of the status quo. They will get their state in the end – whether through violence or by turning to international organizations." The remarks angered Israeli officials. Media appearances While promoting his book, Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy, on 8 January 2009, Indyk engaged in a discussion of Israeli–Palestinian peace negotiations with Norman Finkelstein of Democracy Now!. Indyk indicated he felt "sandbagged" by not being informed "that I was going to be in some kind of debate with Norman Finkelstein. I’m not interested in doing that. I’m also not here as a spokesman for Israel". Books Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East. 2009. Simon & Schuster Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution Press, February 3, 2012 Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy, Knopf, October 26, 2021 References External links Martin S. Indyk, Brookings Institution The Middle East Isn’t Worth It Anymore 1951 births Living people American Israel Public Affairs Committee Jewish American academics English emigrants to Australia English Jews Jewish American government officials Australian emigrants to the United States The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Ambassadors of the United States to Israel United States Special Envoys Assistant Secretaries of State for the Near East and North Africa Center on International Cooperation 21st-century American Jews Brookings Institution people