Ralph Bunche, an American diplomat asked by…
January 1949 CE
Ralph Bunche, an American diplomat asked by UN Secretary General Trygve Lie to aid the special committee appointed to negotiate a settlement between the warring Palestinian Arabs and Jews, had been thrust unexpectedly into the principal role when Bernadotte was assassinated.
Armistice talks between Israel and the Arab League resume on Rhodes on January 13, 1949, with Bunche mediating (a truce follows in March.)
