US Secretary of State John Kerry is coming back to Israel today after months of intensive work with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on finding the mechanism to formally renew Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
There is no possibility for Israel to have it both ways – we can either have a Jewish nation-state on that territory or a democratic state.
Gershon Baskin succeeded where others had failed. He was able to open a secret back channel with Hamas and brought Shalit’s captivity to a happy ending, after five years and four months, in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Gershon Baskin from the Israel / Palestine Centre for Research and Information, gave a gripping blow by blow account of the process of negotiating the release of Gilad Shalit in which he was intimately involved. Cross-accusations among Jewish leaders in debate on Israel spill over into annual Limmud Oz conference.
The MidEast Advisor Services Speakers Bureau takes pride in organizing the presentations of Dr. Gershon Baskin.
Gershon Baskin from the Israel / Palestine Centre for Research and Information gave a gripping blow by blow account of the process of negotiating the release of Gilad Shalit in which he was intimately involved at the Limmud Oz.
Half a year after Gilad Schalit was kidnapped there was a deal with Hamas for his release.
Real Zionists and real Palestinian nationalists will march their people to peace. We should all thank Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama for pushing us to act in our own interest.
Gershon Baskin confirms that the Hamas military leader, Ahmed Jabari, at the time he was killed, was in the final stages of negotiating a long-term ceasefire with Israel and that Israel has tried every military option to crush the capacity and will of Gaza to engage in violent resistance.