Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, the mouthpiece of Prince Salman bin `Abdul-`Aziz (not to be confused with Al-Hayat, the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid bin Sultan, not to be confused with Al-Watan, the mouthpiece of Prince Khalid Al-Faysal, etc) wanted a Palestinian perspective on the events in Palestine. So they asked Martin Indyk for his commentary.