Claims that international lawyers are unanimous that joint military operations against Iran by the US and Israel are illegal are risible. Contests of legal claims are as old as the idea of law. This is just as true for claims on the illegality of the war with Iran. A unanimous legal view is heard only in a well-sealed echo chamber.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she will leave the legality of the war to the US and Israel. But Greens leader Larissa Waters asserts the Iran war is unlawful, and we can’t “bomb our way to peace”.