Thread by @althecat

Surely an attack on a @WFP convoy is enough provocation for the United Nations, U.S. and E.U. to call on the TPLF to observe the Tigray ceasefire.

And if they fail to do so, to send peacemakers and peacekeepers to protect their humanitarian convoys.
@SecBlinken @JosepBorrellF

https://twitter.com/Qomche/status/1419090141633785862

@eu_eeas @WFP_Ethiopia @mfaethiopia @antonioguterres @jakejsullivan @StateDeptSpox @nimaelbagir

@joebiden @vonderleyen

It is true that @RAbdiAnalyst said this. And he is definitely a TPLF mouthpiece of some kind.

https://twitter.com/Anteneh001A/status/1419308190106333192?s=20

This attack video makes it clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that the TPLF is.
1. Not at all concerned with the plight of the starving people of Tigray, and quite possibly trying to use them as hostages.
2. Seeking to establish arms supply lines to attack Ethiopia.

We know this because:
1. Looting and disrupting an aid convoy is not consistent with feeding people. They could easily take whatever they want from the convoy once it arrives.
2. Because there is no other explanation for this action.

But there is a possible twist.

It is possible that an additional reason for this particular military action against this particular convoy took place because this particular convoy contained an arms shipment.

This is escalating fast. And the powers that insisted that Ethiopia seek a peaceful resolution now need to realise this. The window to slow down the escalation back towards war is closing fast.

Options:
1. Ethiopia could call for a peacekeeping, peacemaking force to come to their aid.
2. The UNSC should perhaps call a meeting to address this.
3. Given that there is an Olympics Truce in place (2) sounds like the sort of decision which would affirm the role of the UN.

Reasons for 3:

If the Olympics Truce is to have any moral authority it needs to be defended.

Ethiopia has been rebuked internationally for it's role in the Tigray War. It was asked to declare a ceasefire to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered.

Ethiopia agreed to do so even though it was under grave attack, a grave attack which is ongoing, and which was escalated sharply during Ethiopia's first free and fair elections. An election which they had deployed their security services to protect.

Ethiopia has a team at the Olympics Games and is at this very moment - in addition to maintaining its unilateral ceasefire under constant provcation - observing the Olympics Truce.

The TPLF on the other hand is now for the third time exploiting the cover of a large international event (their first attack on November 3 took place during the U.S. Elections) intentionally ignoring the Olympics Truce.

The TPLF is flouting international law with impunity and have been doing so since Nov. 2020. Ethiopia as a sovereign state has the right to defend itself. The TPLF is now also dishonouring an ancient tradition which underpins a modern international order based on law, not might.

The credibility of the United Nations, the members of the P5, and and of the entire notion of a rules based system for addressing conflict and humanitarian disasters now faces a crisis of credibility. Decisive international action must be taken now.

/ENDS

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