A Mideast Peace Mediator's Murder in Jerusalem 1948

On 17th September, 1948, Count Folke Bernadotte, a United Nations Mediator for Palestine, was murdered in Jerusalem by a Zionist militant organization.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / Stories from the UN Archive
• Video Length: 00:02:23
• Production Date: 5 October 2023
• Asset Language: Original
• Personal Subject: FOLKE BERNADOTTE
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPERS; MEDIATION; ASSASSINATION
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; PALESTINE; MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: 3110088
• Parent Id: 3110088
• Alternate Title: UNV_3110088

Description

Count Bernadotte's presence in Palestine followed the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine and the subsequent unilateral Israeli Declaration of Independence. In this capacity, he succeeded in achieving an initial truce during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and laid the groundwork for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.