from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 13:02
https://lemmy.world/post/42956179
A Norwegian ambassador who was involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the 1990s and most recently served in Jordan has resigned as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.
The ministry announced Mona Juul’s resignation on Sunday evening, days after she was suspended as Norway’s ambassador to Jordan. That followed reports that Epstein left the children of Juul and her husband, Terje Rød-Larsen, $10 million in a will drawn up shortly before his death by suicide in a New York prison in 2019.
Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said Juul’s decision was “correct and necessary.” Her contact with the convicted sex offender showed a “serious lapse in judgment,” he said, adding that “the case makes it difficult to restore the trust that the role requires.”
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It’s weird to see this essentially American scandal have actual, real impact in practically all countries except the States.
Weird and frustrating. I’m sure it’s easy to say “of course this is how the US would (not) react” but I think truly many of us are baffled and confused. Hopefully we can fix these issues internally but I fear it’s going to be very painful to do so. These fuckers aren’t leaving power without a fight.