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Source: http://daily.nysun.com/standard/ShowStoryTemplate.asp?Path=NYS/2003/06/12&ID=Ar00104&Section=Foreign
International Peacekeepers Are Not the Solution
(New York Sun) Benny Avni - Responding to Senator Warner's proposal to send a NATO force to the Palestinian areas, Sharon adviser Dore Gold said, "Peacekeeping forces have been useful only in the context of resolved conflicts. In unresolved conflicts they are more the source of problems than a solution." He said peacekeepers become a target if they are in lieu of peace agreements. In Lebanon, the UN forces tended to appease the Hizballah terrorist organization to avoid casualties, he said. He added that peacekeepers are more effective preventing uniformed forces from crossing borders, such as the Israeli army, than in preventing infiltration of non-uniformed combatants, like terrorists.