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UN role in founding Israel and Middle East fighting
The article traces UN involvement from the 1947 partition plan through 1949 cease fires, noting key events such as the declaration of Israel in May 1948, Arab rejection, and successive UN mediation efforts. It covers the assassination of Walter Bernadotte, subsequent mediators, and the 1956 Suez Crisis with UN force deployment and withdrawals. It ends with the 1967 tensions and the Nov. 22 UN resolution for Israeli withdrawal and Arab recognition.
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United Nations
N.Y
Middle East
Israel
U.N
Trygve Lie
Norway
Dag Hammarskjold
Sweden
U Thant
Burma
Kurt Waldheim
Austria
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
League of Nations
Britain
League
U.N. General Assembly
Jerusalem
Security Council
UN Rvers
Wateh
Bernadotte
Ralph J. Bunehe
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Nobel Peace Pri
Gamal Biel Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
France
Canal
General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Thant
Cairo
Sinai
Gulf
Soviet Union
Council