Count
Bernadotte Assassination by Zionist Gangs: 17 September
1948
By Ghada Sharqawy
Al-Ahram, 17 September
1998
It
was realized by those who established the Zionist entity, that
this State would never come to be without using force. They justified
this necessity in their books and speeches, most notably those by
Herzl, the founder of the Zionist State, who urged the use of arms
against the difficulties that may deter the establishment of the
Zionist state, and Jabutensky, the professor of Zionist
terrorism, who taught major terrorists such as Menachem Begin
and Issac Shamir how to prepare the young Zionists to be absolute
belligerent terrorists.
When
the Zionist state was founded, Wiseman, the first Zionist
head of State, called for the use of terrorism. Then David Ben
Gurion drew up the plans of this terrorism, outlining how the Zionist
state would never continue to exist without the use of force. Based
on this premise, some Fascist military trends were formed within the
Zionist community, becoming the core of the Zionist ideology. Due to
this trend toward violence, several Zionist terrorist gangs were
organized in the 1940s in order to “liberate” the Zionist
State and establish an independent one. The most notable gangs were
the Argon organization led by Begin, the former Zionist premier; and
the Stern organization led by Issac Shamir, also a former Zionist
premier. These organizations carried out numerous terrorist
operations against the Arabs and the British forces before the
Zionist gangs were unified when “Israel” was declared
as an independent State in May of 1948 and the British forces
left Palestine. The most important terrorist operations which Begin
boasted of in his book entitled, The Rebellion—Argon
Story, was the Deir Yaseen massacre or genocide, and the bombing
of the King David hotel, which resulted in the deaths of about 200
civilian, in addition to other bloody operations, which Begin
considered the only means to realize the Zionist goals.
Consequently,
the assassination on 17 September 1948 of Swedish Count Folk
Bernadotte, the United Nations delegate sent to settle the
Arab-Israeli conflict, was a natural link in the Zionist series of
terrorist operations against peace. Count Bernadotte was a member of
the royal family in Sweden and the Chairman of the Swedish Red Cross
who became a target of extermination as a result of some historical
events which began on 29 November 1947, the date on which the UN
approved the Division Resolution by majority. This decision divided
Palestine into two independent States—an Arab one and a Jewish
one—while Jerusalem was put under international protection. This
was accepted by most of the Jews, however, it was rejected by
Palestinians and Arabs who prepared themselves to fight against it.
The British announced that the decision would be a failure, and so
they would not apply it.
When
the war broke out between the Arabs and the Zionist state on 15 May
1948, after the British forces had withdrawn, the UN sent Count
Bernadotte as a mediator to Palestine to solve this problem. He began
his mission on 21 March 1948 because there was a cease-fire between
the Arabs and the Zionist state. He suggested several proposals. In
particular, he felt the issue of Zionist immigration to
Palestine, which he considered an issue against peace because the
Arabs feared it, was one that needed to be organized at the
international level because it was essential for the Jews to be on
good terms with their neighbours. Moreover, he also suggested some
changes in the borders between the Arab and the Zionist States
as shown in the UN decision, in particular annexing Al-Naqab to the
Arab State, the Galilee to the Jewish State, and Al-Quds to be
ruled by the Arabs provided the Jews were given autonomy in its
municipal affairs; however, it emphasized that the city was to be
under the protection of the Arabs.
As
soon as the Zionists heard this, they became irate and furious
and considered the Count to be against their goals, especially with
respect to Jerusalem and the Zionist immigration to Palestine. The
most resistant organization was known as the Shtern led by Shamir.
This gang, which had independent units in Jerusalem, began carrying
out demonstrations against Sweden. Some of its leaders, such as
Israel Aldad—the godfather of the gang—Joshua Zetler and
Mashaloum Macover, persuaded Nathan More and Issac Shamir, the gang
leaders, to arrange to assassinate the Count, which was planned by
Shamir himself. This was documented by Charles Anderline in his book,
War or Peace—the Secrets of the Arab-Israeli Negotiations in
1917-1997.
When
the Count and his French assistant, Colonel Pierre Andrea Seiro, came
back to Jerusalem from Syria on Friday, 17 September 1948, they were
sitting in the back seat of their car after having finished some
tasks when a Jeep full of armed men stopped them and three of the
armed men opened fire on the Count and killed him. The criminals ran
away. The details of this crime remained a secret until they were
released by the Zionists on the 40th anniversary of
the assassination.
This act clearly indicated that the
Zionists never intended to work toward a peaceful coexistence
with the Arabs and also showed that peace would never be a
Zionist target because peace is always a barrier against its goals.
The assassination is also evidence that terrorism is the core of
Zionist ideology adopted by the Zionist leaders who led this State.
This crime was not forgotten by the passing of time; however, the
international community did not want to know about it. Even after the
details of the assassination had been released, the criminals were
not punished. This is not surprising since most Zionist crimes in the
Middle East are perpetrated without condemnation or reprimand by the
international community.
