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US special Mideast envoy Martin Indyk has resigned on Friday, some two months after the collapse of so-called "peace" talks between the Zionist entity and the Palestinian Authority.

A senior "Israeli" official who was notified on Indyk's resignation said that Indyk will return to his previous job at The Brookings Institution think tank next month.

Indyk will continue to serve as an external adviser to the Obama administration on the talk process and will return to his post as special envoy if talks resume, the official said.

Indyk is a former US ambassador to the Zionist entity. He was appointed to the envoy post last July when US Secretary of State John Kerry announced talks would resume with the goal of reaching a settlement within nine months.
In recent months Indyk was considering his future option in light of the collapse of talks.

At first he considered remaining at his post, but over the past several weeks the Brookings Institute made it clear he would not be able to hold both jobs, and that if he decides to carry on as envoy there would be no other option but to appoint someone else as vice president of the institute.

In early May, Haaretz "Israeli" daily highlighted that Indyk was considering resigning following the blowup of talks between "Israel" and the Palestinians.
The White House and Secretary of State John Kerry asked him to wait and see how events unfold in the region, but after the establishment of the Palestinian unity government it became clear that talks will not be resuming anytime soon, and Indyk decided to resign.

An official US administration statement on the matter is expected during the day.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team