From: Terje Rod-Larsen To: Jeffrey Epstein < Subject: Fwd: New NYC Play Showcases Unexpected Heroes of Oslo Accords Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:18:11 +0000 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Jilla Moazami Date: July 12, 2016 at 21:37:44 GMT+3 To: Terje Rod-Larsen < >, "Mona Juul Subject: New NYC Play Showcases Unexpected Heroes of Oslo Accords 'Oslo' focuses not on the main political players who forged the 1993 agreement, but rather on the Norwegian couple that worked behind the scenes to help bring about a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-1.730197 On September 13, 1993, on the White House lawn, U.S. President Bill Clinton presided over one of history's more awkward but momentous handshakes. A new play, "Oslo," premiering Monday at New York City's Lincoln Center, brings to life the largely unknown drama of the secret back-channel negotiations that resulted in PLO chief Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shaking hands over the first peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. While many memories of that momentous day, and of the famous agreement, focus on Rabin and Arafat and on the personal and political chasms they and their colleagues had to cross while forging it — the play focuses on other people: those who toiled tirelessly, at great personal risk, to make it all possible. The unlikely heroes of this version of the tale are Mona Juul and Terje Rod-Larsen, the Norwegian couple who helped orchestrate the clandestine talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, but receded into the background once the public faces of the agreements — the leaders who would actually sign them and enshrine them in history — stepped forward. The story of Juul and Rod-Larsen, both diplomats, may have remained a historical footnote if not for a chance encounter. In 2011, while they were living in New York and working for the United Nations, they