Martin Indyk

Brookings Institution

Guest

Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution and former director of its Saban Center for Middle East Policy; Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs during the Clinton Administration and former US Ambassador to Israel and author of Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East

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As the U.S. moved its embassy to Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers were killing unarmed protesters in Gaza.

Diplomacy in Jerusalem, death in Gaza

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Secretary of State Clinton today formally opened the first direct talks in almost two years between Israel and the West Bank Palestinians.

Another President, Another Try for Middle East Peace

Secretary of State Clinton today formally opened the first direct talks in almost two years between Israel and the West Bank Palestinians.

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Secretary of State Clinton today formally opened the first direct talks in almost two years between Israel and the West Bank Palestinians.

Another President, Another Try for Middle East Peace

Secretary of State Clinton today formally opened the first direct talks in almost two years between Israel and the West Bank Palestinians.

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