There are study days, lunch-time talks and meetings with artists where the back-and-forth with festival-goers reveals a high degree of intellectual curiosity.

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As we were discussing over lunch, it is time for direct talks, not least because it is time for each, Israel and Palestine, to test the seriousness of the other.

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After lunch, it was a dash back to Kuala Lumpur for talks in the afternoon with Razali Ismail, the Malaysian who is president of the U.N.

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