A former Australian national, he volunteered on a kibbutz. His gigs included ambassador to Israel and Middle East envoy. Indyk himself is a veteran of the Clinton and Obama administrations. Indyk’s wife, Gahl Burt, once worked on Kissinger’s staff. Kissinger last granted Indyk an interview at the age of 97. The book reflects the author’s admiration for and access to his subject. Now comes Martin Indyk with a 688-page, well-woven history fittingly subtitled “Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy”. The Palestinians were not so high on Kissinger’s agenda. The Viet Cong earned a seat at the table because US troops were bogged down. To him, the cold war and existing nation states were what mattered most. His pivot to China was about boxing in the USSR. Relations with Saudi Arabia are possible.įor Kissinger, student and preacher of realpolitik, peace was seldom an end in itself. Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan have diplomatic ties with Jerusalem. The Sunni Arab world has gradually come to terms with the existence of the Jewish state.
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