Mona Juul says Russia-Ukraine talks would be premature—but preparing for them would not
Norway’s UN ambassador writes as part of a series debating the wisdom of peace negotiations
YEARS AGO in Jerusalem, I sat across the negotiating table with a minister in the Israeli government. My task was to try to encourage him to accept an arrangement whereby Palestinians would feel that Jerusalem was also their capital. His opening words welcomed me to the undivided and sovereign capital of Israel for the past 3,000 years and for the next 3,000 years.
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