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Following the assassination, Bunche became the UN's chief mediator and chose to conduct all future negotiations on Rhodes.

The representative for Israel was Moshe Dayan ; he reported in memoirs that much of his delicate negotiation with Bunche was conducted over a billiard table while the two were shooting pool.

Optimistically, Bunche commissioned a local potter to create unique memorial plates bearing the name of each negotiator.

When the agreement was signed, Bunche awarded these gifts.

After unwrapping his, Dayan asked Bunche what might have happened if no agreement had been reached.

" I'd have broken the plates over your damn heads ," Bunche answered.

For achieving the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Dr. Bunche received the Peace Prize, in 1950.