Martin Indyk

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It’s been a month since Indyk passed away. He will be sorely missed by his many colleagues and students in the United States and Israel. May his memory be a blessing.

 MARTIN INDYK speaks to the media as then-US secretary of state John Kerry looks on at the State Department, in 2013. Kerry had just named Indyk to serve as an envoy in Israeli-Palestinian talks.
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 MARTIN INDYK, serving as US special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, speaks with then-secretary of state John Kerry, in Paris, in 2013. Indyk continued to work hard to renew the peace process he had unsuccessfully attempted during the Oslo years, the writer recalls.

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 Martin Indyk, pictured in 2015.

Martin Indyk, blunt diplomat who longed for Arab-Israeli peace, dies at 73


Former US ambassador: Annexation 'driving Zionist project off a cliff'

Martin Indyk was US ambassador to Israel between 1995-1997 and then again between 2000-2001.

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Martin Indyk: Golan does not belong to Israel even with US recognition

A former US special Middle East envoy under Obama, Indyk joked he’s willing to wager a ‘Yarden Mount Hermon wine’ that Arab states won’t accept such a move.

Martin Indyk checks his phone at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv January 6, 2014

Indyk confronted on America's role in Israel-Palestinian peace talks

The interview furthermore explored the ostensibly tense relationship between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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PM's office claims Indyk made up story of conversation with Netanyahu at Rabin funeral

Martin Indyk claims Netanyahu criticized Yitzhak Rabin at the slain prime minister's funeral in 1995.

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No Holds Barred: Indyk accuses PM of lacking generosity

Martin Indyk says that Netanyahu is unable to negotiate because he’s afraid of looking like a frier, which is Israeli for “sucker.”

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'Why all the fuss over Oren's criticism of Obama, when Indyk slams Netanyahu all the time?'

Jerusalem official questions furor over Michael Oren's critical comments of Obama.

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Ex-Obama aide says US should pass law mandating military action if Iran violates nuclear deal

Speaking in Tel Aviv, Dennis Ross says the White House and Congress could work together to agree in advance what the price of violations will be.

US-made F-16 fighter jets in action.

Watch: Ambassador Shapiro, Indyk discuss US-Israel relations

Current US envoy to Israel to make speech at INSS conference; former ambassador to partake in panel discussion.

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Indyk: Get ready for UNSC resolution proposed not by Palestinians, but int'l community

Former envoy to peace talks hints that US would be part of such a resolution that would “lay out and preserve the principles of a two-state solution in the future.”

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December 12: We have a problem

Ben Caspit’s column on Naftali Bennett’s lively conversation with Martin Indyk at the Saban forum is a perfect example why we should be thankful for social media.

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Indyk quits as Washington’s special envoy to peace talks

US commitment said to remain high, despite no immediate replacement; Indyk to return to former post at Brookings Institute.

US envoy to the Middle East Martin Indyk.