On 17 September 1948, UN mediator Count Bernadotte was murdered in Jerusalem by a Zionist militant organization Lehi. Bernadotte, a leading Swedish diplomat was appointed by the UN Security Council as a mediator to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Count Bernadotte’s presence in Palestine followed the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine and the subsequent unilateral Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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Dr. Marwan Asmar holds a PhD from Leeds University and is a freelance writer specializing on the Middle East. He has worked as a journalist since the early 1990s in Jordan and the Gulf countries, and been widely published, including at Albawaba, Gulf News, Al Ghad, World Press Review and others.
Bassem Youssef: Our Phones Are Time Bombs
Egyptian-American comedian and television host Bassem Youssef commented on the recent Israeli cyberattack on communication devices in Lebanon, which killed at least 26 people and injured over 3,250 others.
Hassan Nasrallah Vows ‘Hell’ For Israel
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah vowed to turn Israel’s actions into a “hell”, Thursday, after the group suffered a “severe blow” when communication devices were detonated earlier this week in Lebanon. …