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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/negotiating-lessons-in-martin-indyks-own-words/
Negotiating Lessons from the New U.S. Peace Coordinator
(Times of Israel) Stephan Miller - Martin Indyk, named Monday as U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, in 2009 published an account of his personal experiences as a U.S. diplomat at the heart of the Middle East peace process, entitled Innocent Abroad. Here are some of his conclusions: "Most Israelis view the unilateral withdrawals from Lebanon and Gaza as mistakes because violent attacks continued." "Israelis will support far-reaching concessions provided they know that there will be no further claims on Israel." "Only when an Arab leader concludes that time is not on his side, that the risks of clinging to the status quo are more dangerous than the consequences of change, is he likely to move." When Arab leaders "decide to make peace...it is because they believe their own survival is on the line, not because the U.S. President demands it." "Most Palestinian refugees by now understand that they are not going to be returning to their forefathers' homes in Israel."