The New Observer Uncategorized The US-UK call for “de-escalation”…

The US-UK call for “de-escalation”…

In the face of the twin bombing attacks by, presumably, Israel against the Hezbollah political-military-social organisation the US and UK have both called for “de-escalation”. The Foreign Office has said “We urge calm heads and de-escalation at this critical time” and said civilian deaths are “distressing”. Blinken has also been calling for “de-escalation”. When Hamas perpetrated their attack on Israel on 7 October 2022 the UK government did not, as far as I can recall call for Israel to be “calm” and “not escalate” – as they should, of course, have done.

From 9.10 we have a IHL perspective. Good, of course, that C4 gives this interpretation of the law of war air-time.