Martin S. Indyk, a diplomat, author and foreign-policy thinker who spent decades trying to solve the riddle of Middle East peace, twice as the United States ambassador to Israel and later as a special envoy for President Barack Obama, died on Thursday at his home in New Fairfield, Conn.
An Australian-bred academic with a quick wit, blunt manner and pro-Israel pedigree, Mr. Indyk cut an unconventional figure in the State Department of the 1990s.
But he propelled himself to the heart of America’s efforts to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
In 2013, he shuttled from one side to the other as Mr. Obama’s emissary.
Fifteen years earlier, he helped craft an agreement between them at the Wye Plantation in Maryland on behalf of President Bill Clinton.
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Martin S, Barack Obama, Gahl Hodges Burt, Indyk, Obama’s, Bill Clinton
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East, United States, Israel, New Fairfield, Conn, Australian, Wye, Maryland, Jerusalem, Kippur