Martin Indyk quitting as peace mediator
Martin Indyk, U.S. special envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, reportedly will resign from his position following the recent failure of the U.S.-backed talks.
The Israeli daily Haaretz reported Sunday that Indyk may resign in light of President Obama’s intention to suspend U.S. involvement in seeking a negotiated end to the conflict, citing unnamed Israeli officials “who are close to the matter.”
Haaretz reported that Indyk is being identified in Jerusalem as the anonymous source in a report by senior Yediot Acharonot correspondent Nahum Barnea on Friday in which unnamed American officials blamed Israel for the failure of the peace talks.
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If Indyk, of all people, is blaming Israel for the failure of the talks, then things on the Israeli side must be pretty bad indeed.
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