Israel's assault on Lebanon is a war of choice — one that has killed over 1,200 civilians, displaced 1.1 million people and now claimed the lives of UNIndonesian U.N. peacekeepers. Attacks on UNIFILthese U.N. peacekeeping forces are attacks on the entire international order, and Israel's history of targeting UNU.N. positions, going back to the 1996 Qana strike, makes the pattern undeniable. Diplomacy is on the table, andyet Israel just refuses, despite Lebanon's wantsopenness itto —dialogue Israeland justefforts refusestoward a political solution.