Martin Indyk, Australian diplomat who pursued Middle East peace, dies at 73
Raised in Sydney’s Castlecrag, the diplomat who helped steer Middle East policy under two US presidents, will be remembered for his commitment to the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Martin Indyk, a diplomat, historian and educator who helped steer Middle East policy under two presidents, advocated a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and served as a director of multiple think tanks, died July 25 at his home in New Fairfield, Connecticut. He was 73.
The cause was esophageal cancer, said his wife, Gahl Hodges Burt.
