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Full Title

Ralph Bunche and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Mediation and the UN, 1947-1949 1st Edition

Author(s)

Elad Ben-Dror

Edition

1st Edition

ISBN

9781317654698, 9781138789883, 9780367870089, 9781317654704, 9781317654681, 9781315764573

Publisher

Routledge

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

“I swear by all that’s Holy, I will never come anywhere near the Palestine problem once I liberate myself from this trap.” Ralph Bunche wrote these lines to his wife in 1949, during the armistice talks on Rhodes. A year later, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his success in ending the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Ralph Bunche and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive study of Ralph Bunche’s diplomatic activities on the Palestine question. Bunche was at the centre of the story from the referral of the issue to the United Nations in 1947 until the signing of the armistice agreements that ended the war. He began as advisor to UNSCOP and then headed the secretariat of the commission tasked with implementing partition. Later, after serving as the senior aide to UN mediator Folke Bernadotte, he was appointed to replace the Count after the latter’s assassination. Using extensive archival materials (some of it revealed here for the first time), this book addresses central questions, such as the relationship between Bunche’s African American identity and his diplomatic endeavours, and the complexities of his outlook on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Through research and careful analysis, it uncovers how Ralph Bunche managed to bridge the gaps between Israel and Arab states. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Middle Eastern History, particularly Israeli History, as well as Political Science and Diplomacy.