Its mandate was "to supervise the implementation of the security provisions of the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace and employ best efforts to prevent any violation of its terms."
The helpless forces have been mere spectators to the increasing anarchy in Sinai, which is a real danger to Israel. In recent years, we have witnessed terrorist attacks, kidnapping attempts and the launching of rockets at Eilat.
A further example is the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, created in 1994, As the IDF discovered in 2001, some of the TIPH observers transferred to Fatah's Tanzim photographic and written information regarding the actions of the IDF and the Jewish residents of Hebron. In 2010, a Foreign Ministry report stated that it is clear that the monitors almost solely dealt with criticizing Israel.
On our northern border, after the Second Lebanon War, the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was expanded by UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The new mandate determined that UNIFIL has the power to "take all the necessary action in areas of deployment of its forces... to ensure that its area of operations is not utilized for hostile activities of any kind," and its duty is to protect civilians from the threat of violence.
The UN forces did not release one report criticizing Hezbollah for fear of retaliation, even while it continues to massively rearm.
While there is much talk about it, there is no question that any international forces stationed in the Jordan Valley would not be in the least effective.
The area would merely become another Gaza or southern Lebanon.
The notion that we can rely on others was wrong in 1948 and remains erroneous today, in 2013. There is no operational value to international forces, and frequently they act in a biased and one-sided manner in violation of their mandates.
The State of Israel cannot remain blind to this history of failure, and should use all available means to defend our people and borders by ourselves.
As the saying goes, God only helps those who help themselves.
