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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
What is the worst job ever, Alex?
Who the #### would volunteer for that or what nation would send their troops to work that.
I'm sorry this isn't a good option.
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Peacekeeping would utterly fail here, and frankly you would end up with an indecisive peace keeping policy, and probably end up with a bunch of dead peace keepers. I mean you would have to look at peace enforcement and suddenly you'd have UN troops going after rocket sites in civilian areas. The UN would never agree to that, it would be a dumb move. And frankly it would be easier to get Israel to sign on to something like that (In theory) if the UN mandate was to remove those rocket sites and perform anti-terror operations against Hamas. But it won't happen, and the risk of casualties is extremely high.
I remember a few years ago reading an article written by a UN observer where Hamas suddenly started setting up rocket sites around his observation area. Because a UN observer killed by a Israeli retaliatory air strike would be PR gold for Hamas.
Also the UN would have to work to choke off funds and munition shipments for example from Iran, and that's not going to happen either. Its a quagmire situation that the UN should not commit troops to unless its iron clad and understood from both sides that strikes will be met with a swift and harsh response and that's not going to happen.
The solution has to be diplomatic, and frankly involve heavy aid and financing into Gaza for example, and a guarantee of security to Israel in exchange for no more settlement evictions from Israel. Its also not going to work as long as Hamas in in power.