Martin Indyk, blunt spoken diplomat who longed for Arab-Israeli peace, dies at 73
Indyk may be the only diplomat to have the distinction of publicly enduring anti-Jewish slurs from both Israeli and Arab officials
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Vice President Mike Pence’s promise that President Trump is “giving serious consideration” to the idea of relocating the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem won applauds from the AIPAC audience Sunday night. But the wording didn’t fool veteran Middle East watchers — they say the embassy ain’t going anywhere fast. One of them, Martin Indyk,…
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In one telling moment, the Jewish state’s rising right-wing star and the Democratic Party’s most prominent pro-Israel donor demonstrated just how deep the coming gap may be between Israel and its closest ally. Haim Saban, a key backer of Hillary Clinton who grew up in Israel and launched his career there, wanted to know how,…
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News Right Wing Star Naftali Bennett Trashes Two-State Solution for Israel — Is That Kosher?
It takes plenty of chutzpah to tell an audience made up of American and Israeli political insiders and diplomats who have devoted their careers to promoting a two-state solution that they know nothing about how the Middle East works. But that is pretty much what Israel’s rising right-wing star Naftali Bennett did on Saturday night….
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Breaking News Mediator Martin Indyk Describes Collapse of Peace Talks
(JTA) — What was supposed to have revived the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – allowing negotiations to develop organically – instead helped kill them, Martin Indyk, until recently the top U.S. peace broker, told JTA in a candid and wide-ranging interview. Speaking by phone Sept. 19 while in transit to his native Australia for the High Holidays,…
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Opinion Could Lieberman Topple Bibi? We’ll Know Soon
Well, I said he’d do it and he’s doing it. Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has reportedly (see here and here) offered the job of United Nations ambassador to the information and homefront defense minister, Gilad Erdan, when current ambassador Ron Proshor steps down in December. Erdan’s departure would bring the next candidate on the…
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Opinion Does Israel Buy Influence at U.S. Think Tanks?
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks alongside Saban Forum Chairman Haim Saban / Getty Images The New York Times over the weekend shed some needed sunlight on the close ties between Washington think tanks and foreign governments. Digging into the funding practices of some of the nation’s most respected research institutions, the article outlined an impressive…
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Breaking News Martin Indyk Says Israeli Settlements Killed Middle East Peace Talks
Martin Indyk, the former chief U.S. envoy for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, said Israeli settlement activity caused the Palestinians to walk away from negotiations. Indyk, who quit his post as peace envoy last week after the breakdown of talks, blamed settlement activity for the failure in an interview published Thursday by The Atlantic. “The Israeli attitude…
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