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In August 1993, people around the world were taken by surprise with the news that a breakthrough between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had been achieved. In less than eight months, a small group of Israelis, Palestinians, and Norwegians managed to secretly negotiate and conclude a Declaration of Principles (DOP). This result stood in stark contrast to the dominant media images transmitted from Washington about the official negotiations, which were constantly punctuated by deadlocks. Many turned with puzzled attention to Norway, a tiny country in the north of Europe, pondering what had taken place there. One of the key players to initiate, sustain, and facilitate these secret negotiations was Terje Rød-Larsen, a sociologist and director of the Norwegian research institute, Fafo.
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Aggestam, K. (2012). The Psychology of Peacemaking: Terje Rød-Larsen. In: Fixdal, M. (eds) Ways Out of War. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137030542_4
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