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Water from Turkey to Gaza
Gershon Baskin, in a meeting with the head of the Palestinian Water Authority, Mr. Shaddad Atilli, proposes to ship water from Turkey to Gaza using Spragg water bags.
Gershon Baskin, in a meeting with the head of the Palestinian Water Authority, Mr. Shaddad Atilli, proposes to ship water from Turkey to Gaza using Spragg water bags.
Gershon Baskin said he regards the election of Obama as “essential for Israel,” but he also said that the majority of Israelis will never agree with him as he doesn’t have the knee-jerk reaction of using force to fix everything, which is a widespread Israeli position on much of the left as well as the right.
Gershon Baskin calls Palestinians and Israelis who support real peace with Palestinians to wake up now and to begin to prepare the strategy for failure, that we hope will never have to be used. Failure in negotiations may happen. Violence after failure should not be the answer. It is time to get smart.
Dr. Gershon Baskin thinks it is “great” that Carter wants to meet with the Hamas leader and it would take someone like Carter to open a dialogue with the Hamas.
Gershon Baskin feels that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations is what will enable the ultimate fulfillment of Jewish national aspirations. Our security is their security, their security is ours. Time is running out for both of us, but there is still sufficient time to reach an agreement that will save both national movements from mutual destruction.