ABSTRACT
The Kadesh Campaign (29 October-5 November 1956) poses some very interesting and intriguing legal problems, for it brings together some of the fundamental problems of contemporary international law, as they relate to the use of force in international relations. How should a State respond to ongoing provocations, acts of terrorism, initiated across its boundaries in a neighbouring country, with the encouragement, blessing, logistic support etc. of that neighbour? How should a State respond to an ongoing naval blockade of international waterways recognized as such, affecting not only vessels flying its own flag but also vessels of other States bound for its ports? How should a State respond to ongoing threats to its very existence, coupled with an intensified rearming of its neighbour with the avowed and declared purpose of liquidating it? These are but some of the problems that come to the mind of an international lawyer in connection with the Kadesh campaign.
