[nsomaru]

It’s not war in terms of international law if it’s internal. Not clear cut that it’s not internal, but there’s nuance.

[bawolff]

The icc warrant claims it is an international armed conflict.

This is important, because palestine did not ratify the amendment to the rome statue criminalizing starvation in non-international armed conflict, so that charge goes away if it is just an internal thing as opposed to an international war.

[dotancohen]

I wonder if that explains the rash of sudden urgency at so many UN offices to recognize Palestine as a state after the war started.