The UN Should Stay the Hell Out of Israel's Way
We've pointed out our utter antipathy toward the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon more than once. This is the post where we remind you just how much they collaborate with Hezbollah and what a total lie their "neutrality" is:
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been deployed since 1978, not long after Israel first entered Lebanon in pursuit of PLO terrorists...
UNIFIL's most notorious collaboration with terrorists involved the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli soldiers, and the subsequent cover-up. On October 7, 2000, Hezbollah terrorists entered Israel, attacked three Israeli soldiers on Mount Dov, and abducted them Lebanon. The kidnapping was witnessed by several dozen UNIFIL soldiers who stood idle... Clad in UN uniforms, the terrorists called out, "Come, come, we’ll help you." The Israeli soldiers approached the men in UN uniforms. Then, a Hezbollah bomb... wounded the disguised Hezbollah commander, and three Israeli soldiers... Two other terrorists in U.N. uniforms dragged... the three wounded soldiers into a getaway car.
"Dozens of UN soldiers from the Indian brigade came around"... the brigade knew that the kidnappers in UN uniform were Hezbollah... the brigade did nothing... According to the Indian soldier, the UNFIL brigade in the area "could have prevented the kidnapping... we saw what happened," he said. Hezbollah "were wearing our uniforms and it was too bad we didn’t stop them."
[A]t least four of the UNIFIL "peacekeepers,"... received bribes from Hezbollah in order to assist the kidnapping by helping them get to the kidnapping spot and find the Israeli soldiers. Some of the bribery involved alcohol and Lebanese women... An Indian government investigation sternly criticized the brigade's conduct. There is evidence of far greater payments by Hezbollah to the UNIFIL Indian brigade, including hundreds of thousands of dollars for assistance in the kidnapping and cover-up. The UN cover-up began almost immediately.
And by "cover-up" we mean "cover-up":
The Indian UNIFIL began removing the contents of the cars. The Range Rover was soaked with blood. Among the contents of the vehicles may have been a cell phone belonging to the terrorists. The UNTSO officer confirmed that the cars contained "extremely sensitive" items which included "current and relevant information that could have been easily linked to the incident."
A UNIFIL peacekeeper videotaped the removal of the contents, and attempted to tow one of the cars... The end of the UNIFIL videotape featured armed Lebanese men confronting the UN forces, and taking the cars away from the UN. The UN personnel did not resist... the UN ordered its personnel to destroy all photographs and written reports about the incident.
The U.N. did not provide the Israelis with the automobile contents, or the videotape, both of which might have helped the Israelis rescue the kidnap victims. Instead, the seized contents of the cars were taken to a town in Lebanon, stored in a safe, and some were eventually returned to Hezbollah. Israel found out about the videotape, and demanded that the UN let Israeli investigators see it. Kofi Annan and his Special Envoy denied that any videotape existed... nine months after the kidnapping, July 6, 2001, the UN admitted that is had the videotape... the UN [actually] had two additional videotapes - one of which contained still photographs from the kidnapping itself... Annan refused to allow Israel to view [the video]. He claimed that letting Israel see evidence about the kidnapping would undermine the UN’s neutrality.
This being the definition of UN neutrality, it's not exactly a wonder that Israel is less than eager to accept even more UN peacekeepers - aka more potential Hezbollah collaborators and more people that will get in Israel's way when Israel launches counter-terrorism operations.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been deployed since 1978, not long after Israel first entered Lebanon in pursuit of PLO terrorists...
UNIFIL's most notorious collaboration with terrorists involved the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli soldiers, and the subsequent cover-up. On October 7, 2000, Hezbollah terrorists entered Israel, attacked three Israeli soldiers on Mount Dov, and abducted them Lebanon. The kidnapping was witnessed by several dozen UNIFIL soldiers who stood idle... Clad in UN uniforms, the terrorists called out, "Come, come, we’ll help you." The Israeli soldiers approached the men in UN uniforms. Then, a Hezbollah bomb... wounded the disguised Hezbollah commander, and three Israeli soldiers... Two other terrorists in U.N. uniforms dragged... the three wounded soldiers into a getaway car.
"Dozens of UN soldiers from the Indian brigade came around"... the brigade knew that the kidnappers in UN uniform were Hezbollah... the brigade did nothing... According to the Indian soldier, the UNFIL brigade in the area "could have prevented the kidnapping... we saw what happened," he said. Hezbollah "were wearing our uniforms and it was too bad we didn’t stop them."
[A]t least four of the UNIFIL "peacekeepers,"... received bribes from Hezbollah in order to assist the kidnapping by helping them get to the kidnapping spot and find the Israeli soldiers. Some of the bribery involved alcohol and Lebanese women... An Indian government investigation sternly criticized the brigade's conduct. There is evidence of far greater payments by Hezbollah to the UNIFIL Indian brigade, including hundreds of thousands of dollars for assistance in the kidnapping and cover-up. The UN cover-up began almost immediately.
And by "cover-up" we mean "cover-up":
The Indian UNIFIL began removing the contents of the cars. The Range Rover was soaked with blood. Among the contents of the vehicles may have been a cell phone belonging to the terrorists. The UNTSO officer confirmed that the cars contained "extremely sensitive" items which included "current and relevant information that could have been easily linked to the incident."
A UNIFIL peacekeeper videotaped the removal of the contents, and attempted to tow one of the cars... The end of the UNIFIL videotape featured armed Lebanese men confronting the UN forces, and taking the cars away from the UN. The UN personnel did not resist... the UN ordered its personnel to destroy all photographs and written reports about the incident.
The U.N. did not provide the Israelis with the automobile contents, or the videotape, both of which might have helped the Israelis rescue the kidnap victims. Instead, the seized contents of the cars were taken to a town in Lebanon, stored in a safe, and some were eventually returned to Hezbollah. Israel found out about the videotape, and demanded that the UN let Israeli investigators see it. Kofi Annan and his Special Envoy denied that any videotape existed... nine months after the kidnapping, July 6, 2001, the UN admitted that is had the videotape... the UN [actually] had two additional videotapes - one of which contained still photographs from the kidnapping itself... Annan refused to allow Israel to view [the video]. He claimed that letting Israel see evidence about the kidnapping would undermine the UN’s neutrality.
This being the definition of UN neutrality, it's not exactly a wonder that Israel is less than eager to accept even more UN peacekeepers - aka more potential Hezbollah collaborators and more people that will get in Israel's way when Israel launches counter-terrorism operations.
