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What It Takes To Be Jerusalem’s Mayor
Gershon Baskin believes that Jerusalem needs someone who will put the unique needs of the city and its people first.
Gershon Baskin believes that Jerusalem needs someone who will put the unique needs of the city and its people first.
The very future of the viability of the two-state solution is at stake. The Annapolis process has taken off. It must now succeed.
There is a shared, deep sense of concern – on both sides of the ocean – that Annapolis must succeed, failure is not an option, the consequences of failure are too severe. Annapolis is not going to be a negotiating forum; everything must be concluded prior to arriving there.
we call upon the two leaders to work out a results-based implementation plan with clear benchmarks that will concretely reflect positive changes in the life of the Palestinian and Israeli people, and to provide peace, respect for human rights and security to the two peoples
Creating and sustaining the lie that the Palestinian refugees of 1948 would return to their original homes and lands makes it almost impossible for President Mahmoud Abbas to reach an agreement with Israel on this, the most central issue in the conflict.
This is the moment of truth. There may be no such moments in the near future. Of course there are many risks involved but there are even more risks for both sides if they fail to reach agreement. This is the real test of leadership.
A Ministry of Peace aims at enlarging the tool box of resources at the disposal of governments for dealing with conflicts, internal and external, and at enabling governments to develop alternative policies to the use of force.
Gershon Baskin believes that there is so much more to be gained from Syrian engagement than from their isolation.
Gershon Baskin, the founder of IPCRI, an Israeli and Palestinian think tank and Knesset member Robert Ilatuv of the Israel Beitenu party discuss pros and cons of a two State Solution.
Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora, in an open letter to the leaders of Palestine and Israel present three wild “out-of-the-box” ideas that could help to translate some of the progress into concrete steps that can be already implemented and would not only strengthen the process by translating them into reality, but will also strengthen their leadership facing their own people and the need to convince the public to support the process.