ETHNIC PISTANTHROPHOBIA AND JUDAISM WHY DOES ISRAEL NOT TRUST UNIFIL OR ANY FOREIGN ENTITY Many Westerners were astonished and outraged after some peacekeepers were injured by the IDF. Over the years, there have been various incidents where UNIFIL personnel were harmed. One of the most striking events occurred in 2006, during the war between Israel and Hezbollah, when an Israeli airstrike hit a UN position in Khiyam, killing four UN soldiers. Some analysts, particularly Arabs, even speculated about the use—never confirmed—of an experimental depleted uranium device. What happened in recent days, therefore, is not a novelty, and if some found it unusual, it is solely due to the extreme fleetingness of human memory, a media apparatus that has focused on other regional frictions in recent years, and the U.S. choice to downplay the growing discontent of its Asian ally. In any case, Israel, then as now, has always expressed regret and stated that such incidents were not intentional attacks, ...