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@RnaudBertrand Beware bush lawyers. UNCLOS is observed by so many states that it has largely morphed into customary international law as precepts for behaviour, even though Iran etc could not be forced to accept the treaty's enforcement mechanisms.
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Kallas long ago forfeited her right to start any sentence by "under international law."
And unsurprisingly, in this instance she's wrong: the international law she's referring to is UNCLOS which Iran didn't ratify. So actually, if she really cared about international law, she should say: "under international law, invoking a treaty against a non-party is wrong so we won't do that."
Kaja Kallas@kajakallas
Under international law, transit through waterways like the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free of charge. This is what leaders made clear in their call on reopening the Strait today. Any pay-for-passage scheme will set a dangerous precedent for global maritime routes. Iran has to abandon any plan to levy transit fees. Europe will play its part in restoring the free flow of energy and trade, once a ceasefire takes hold. The EU’s Aspides naval mission is already operating in the Red Sea and can be quickly strengthened to protect shipping across the region. This could be the fastest way to provide support.
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Kallas starts her sentence with "Under international law..."
Yet, under the entire genocide in Gaza, Europe completely ignored international law. When the US attacked Venezuela, EU leaders explicitly stated that this was not the time to discuss international law. They repeated that when the US attacked Iran.
But now, Kallas returns to opening her sentence with "international law."
International law is not an optional feature of international relations that you invoke only when it suits you.
Kaja Kallas@kajakallas
Under international law, transit through waterways like the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and free of charge. This is what leaders made clear in their call on reopening the Strait today. Any pay-for-passage scheme will set a dangerous precedent for global maritime routes. Iran has to abandon any plan to levy transit fees. Europe will play its part in restoring the free flow of energy and trade, once a ceasefire takes hold. The EU’s Aspides naval mission is already operating in the Red Sea and can be quickly strengthened to protect shipping across the region. This could be the fastest way to provide support.
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Good. I’d be ashamed of us if he was.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "I'm not happy with Australia"
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@RobertCettl @Greens Robert these are excellent questions and show just how deeply the US has reached into our country and our defences.
First things first though, when you are in a hole stop digging.
No more contracts with US defence primes and a notice to exit AUKUS, effective 12 months later.
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@AngusTaylorMP For god's sake, Angus, keep up. That's been part of the deal for years. Try come up with something original for a change.
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JD Vance pretends Trump waged a “just war” against Iran despite having eschewed negotiations for bombing. But a 1,000-year tradiion says that “a nation can only legitimately take up the sword ‘in self-defense, once all peace efforts have failed.’”trib.al/Yoy7voL
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Israel's systematic war crimes aimed at hospitals, first honed in Gaza, is now finding 'expression' in Lebanon. Israel, the epitome of a rogue terrorist state, is clearly hellbent on wrecking every ceasefire, every Peace Deal that the US seeks. It must be stopped!
Power to the People ☭🕊@ProudSocialist
This is outrageous. Just after Trump announced his sham ceasefire, Israel bombed an ambulance workers funeral in South Lebanon. Channel 4 News was there and captured everything. Israel does NOT want peace. It wants to keep committing genocide and stealing other people’s land.
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The Israeli military’s destruction of the Qasmieh bridge on April 16, hours before a ceasefire, threatens to cut off Lebanese territory south of the Litani River from the rest of the country -- a disproportionate harm and possible war crime. trib.al/wh4z6ke
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This is the sort of leadership Australians thought they had voted for.
Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
“Australians agree that our resources belong to us. Gas that is exported from this country should be paid for by the gas companies that exported and a 25% has export tax is the way to go. - Senator David Pocock ✍️ Sign to support a 25% gas export tax: theaus.in/3OlHsMM
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Australia needs an independent defence policy that makes us safer, not one that ties us closer to unhinged billionaires like Trump.
We should not be locking ourselves deeper into US weapons systems and dependence on a country whose politics can shift overnight.
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The personal
insults are just a disgrace. A vicious bully. Hopefully this will impact on our stance on AUKUS
Solo Monk@JJKALE2
Henry Kissinger — 'It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.' @AlboMP just found out..... pity, cause we all could have told him.
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Israel escalates its evil & illegal policy of medicide:
"Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’. Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international law"
theguardian.com/world/2026/apr…
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If Trump can issue an order like this to Israel to stop bombing Lebanon, why not issue a similar order to stop depriving the Palestinian civilians of Gaza of needed food, medical, and humanitarian assistance. Or to stop ethnically cleaning the West Bank.
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Just 20 minutes before Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz was open—Someone dumped 7,990 lots of Brent crude futures.
A $760 million bet that oil prices would drop.
Orders far larger than anything else in the market at that moment.
They made a fortune.
But somebody knew the announcement was coming.
This is insider trading at the highest level of government.
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It’s time Israel’s 200 nuclear warheads were taken off them.
stranger@strangerous10
Ed Husic on #AfternoonBriefing says if Israel wants to be “arguing others shouldn’t get Nuclear Weapons as well” then they should be “a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”💯 Finally someone said it. #Abc
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Southern Lebanon shows that Israel is unable to resist pressure from Trump to halt military operations. So why isn't Trump pressing Netanyahu to fully lift his blockade of Gaza and stop ethnically cleansing parts of the West Bank? trib.al/v9LsaHu.
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“He would have done the same if she was three years old.”
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