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On September 17, 1948 - the day after Count Bernadotte submitted his report advocating Palestinian right of return - four Lehi operatives ambushed his motorcade in Jerusalem and killed him. Bernadotte was not a random diplomat. He was the man who had rescued over 30,000 prisoners from Nazi concentration camps through negotiations with Heinrich Himmler in the final months of the war. He saved more Jews from the Holocaust than almost any other individual. His final report to the UN Secretary-General stated: 'It would be an offense against the principles of elemental justice if these innocent victims of the conflict were denied the right to return to their homes, while Jewish immigrants flow into Palestine.' The man who saved 30,000 Jews from Nazi death camps was assassinated by Jewish extremists for defending Palestinian rights. The brains behind the assassination: Yitzhak Shamir - future Prime Minister of Israel (1983-1992). Israel arrested and tried some Lehi members for the murder. They were pardoned almost immediately. UN Resolution 194 - adopted December 1948 - affirmed the right of return for Palestinian refugees. It has never been implemented.