Insights
Returning to negotiations
Creating a genuine peace process that will seek to resolve all of the issues in conflict between Israel and Palestine
Creating a genuine peace process that will seek to resolve all of the issues in conflict between Israel and Palestine
Gershon Baskin, who was behind the momentous release of Gilad Shalit, told an audience that there is no area of life in Israel in which Arabs are not discriminated against.
Gershon Baskin, the man who helped free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. claims that Jews around the world will continue to pay the price for a stalled peace process.
Gershon Baskin shares his insights about the war this summer in Gaza.
The sense in Gaza is that without more violence Israel will not end the siege on Gaza. That is what people in Gaza understand.
An agreement that would enable Israel to confront the common threats from Islamic radicalism that face our neighbors.
It is not fate that has created the lack of partners – it is the work of leaders who have failed. Now we need new leaders who will refuse to fail and will not try to convince us that peace is only the naïve dream of false prophets. Peace is a decision first, and then it is made through actions.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israel and Hamas, are engaged in direct contact. Ghazi Hamad, the go-between who, on behalf of Hamas, oversaw at the time the negotiations for the release of Shalit, working with Gershon Baskin. According to a Palestinian source, “When President Abbas says there are contacts, this is based on vetted information that we have gathered and cross-referenced”.
Gershon Baskin was successful in engaging a new swath of the Israeli public at a time when political upheaval has taken Israel by storm.
Our prime minister, who is running for reelection, has no desire to make peace with the Palestinians, because he is simply not willing to pay the price.