My report for Inter Press Service on how the options, or lack thereof, are shaping up for renewing the lifeless corpse called the “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinians in Obama’s second term.
Posts Tagged ‘Martin Indyk’
Frank Talk From Martin Indyk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AIPAC, Barak, Gaza, Israel, Israel Lobby, Martin Indyk, Middle east, Obama, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Syria, Two-state solution, West Bank on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Martin Indyk was twice ambassador to Israel. He used to be research director for AIPAC and was the founding Executive Director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
When people write about “The Israel Lobby,” whether sensibly or otherwise, the very icon of their subject is Martin
Ehud Olmert and Martin Indyk
Indyk.
In this translation of an interview with Yediot Achronot (interesting that there is, as yet, no English version of the original article), Indyk speaks quite bluntly on a variety of issues. Most of them concern the real reasons why Camp David failed (not surprisingly, Indyk makes it clear that the US and Israel were just as much to blame as the Palestinians), and why US involvement in the peace process has brought no progress.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find a better explanation as to why Obama is heading in the right direction and why anyone who has any concern about Israel’s future or the Palestinians’ well-being should be doing everything they can to support him, even if their own ideologies don’t match his.
The Change is Becoming Visible in the Obama Era
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ackerman, AIPAC, Border Crossings, Chomsky, Durban 2, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel Lobby, Martin Indyk, Middle east, Obama, WCAR, WINEP on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My latest piece at Zeek magazine. You can see it by clicking here. In it, I describe the first visible steps the Obama administration is taking toward breaking with past policies.
The change is visible on many levels, and perhaps most importantly in Congress, where a major pro-Israel figure is stepping up and sharply criticizing settlements and other Israeli practices.
My view counterpoints the cycnicism of much of the hardcore left, which seems determined to believe that Obama will change nothing of substance in his dealings with Israel.
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