Israeli Suspicion of UN Clouds Lebanon Force Plan

Relations between Israel and the UN plummeted after information emerged that UN peacekeepers on the Lebanon border suppressed video tapes of three soldiers being abducted by Hezbollah in 2000. "We know that they had line of sight and could see the actual kidnapping. They could have put roadblocks up to prevent Hezbollah from escaping. But they didn't lift a finger," said Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the UN.

"There was an international force in place in 2006 and it didn't prevent the current crisis from erupting," Gold said.