Bernadotte Plan

   The Bernadotte Plan, submitted by Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden to the United Nations in 1948, called on Israel to relinquish control over the southern Negev in return for retention of western and central Galilee. The plan also called for the repatriation of all Arab refugees who had fled from Palestine during the War of Independence (1948—19), the merger of the Arab part of Palestine with Jordan, and that Haifa be made an international port. The proposal raised opposition from both Jews and Arabs and was rejected by the Political Committee of the UN General Assembly in early December 1948. Bernadotte was assassinated in Jerusalem on 17 September 1948. The assassins were never apprehended, but they were believed to be associated with the militant Stern Group (also known as Lohamei Herut Yisrael or LEHI).

   See also Arab-Israeli Conflict.