US-Israeli war against Iran violates international law, German parliamentary study says

Legal experts for the German parliament consider the war waged by the US and Israel against Iran to be in violation of international law and warn of potential implications for Germany, media reports said Sunday, Anadolu reports. According to a report commissioned by the opposition party The Left, the attacks, “according to prevailing opinion,” violate the prohibition on the use of force under the UN Charter, as they are neither justified by self-defense nor authorized by the UN Security Council. In their 12-page analysis, the experts examined whether the potential use of US military bases in Germany — including Ramstein Air Base — for operations against Iran could amount to assistance for which Germany bears responsibility under international law. They […]