Former American Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, who tried to help US Secretary of State John Kerry advance an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, has been "enjoying" a similar treatment from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's associates in recent days. They are accusing him of hypocritical behavior, reminding him of his Jewishness and are speaking evil of him, using inappropriate language.

All Indyk said was that the talks failed because every time it seemed something was about to happen, a statement was released on further construction in the territories.

As a matter of fact, Indyk's diagnosis wasn't an original one. Every observer and every minister from the right and from the left has mentioned this fact – some gladly and some sadly.

Indyk can take comfort in the fact that his name joins a very respectable list of American Jews who stood by Israel courageously and devotedly. I'll only mention Eddie Jacobson, a friend of President Harry Truman, who convinced him to support the establishment of the State of Israel against the State Department's firm stance; or Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who during the Yom Kippur War organized the airlift of supplies which enabled us to defend ourselves against the Egyptian and Syrian armies, and later brokered the talks for a ceasefire.