Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line

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casus belli

casus belli /kā″səs bĕl′ī, kä″səs bĕl′ē/

noun

  • An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war.

  • A matter or occasion of war; an excuse or a reason for declaring war: as, the right of search claimed by Great Britain constituted a casus belli in 1812.

  • An act seen as justifying or causing a war.

(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition)

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