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Palestinians – get over it and recognize the Jewish nation state
I challenge the Palestinians and ask: why it is so hard for them to recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people?
I challenge the Palestinians and ask: why it is so hard for them to recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people?
Gershon Baskin thinks that here is no peace process and there is no reason to think that there will even be one, as the Palestinians are now completely convinced that their international strategy is the only way to move forward.
Israel will not be a better place to live following these elections. But this is what the majority of Israelis voted for and this is what they will get.
It seems a very likely possibility that both Kahlon and President Rivlin will push for a so-called national unity government with Likud and Labor rotating for Prime Minister.
Gershon Baskin, thinks that Netanyahu is not offering any solution as to what Israel will do with the Palestinian people, nor saying what cancelling the two-state solution would mean in terms of the region or our relations with the world.
Gershon Baskin is cited in this study as saying that official statements coming from the Palestinian Authority (PA) or the Israeli government would help to place Dialogue-Based Initiatives in a better light. Yet no public legitimacy has been given to joint initiatives
There is simply no way Israel can be both democratic and the nation state of the Jewish people if Israel continues to deny the Palestinians their right to self-determination.
Gershon Baskin shares his list of eight things that are vital elements to a peace resolution.
We, the people of Israel, will pay for Netanyahu’s arrogance.
Gershon Baskin shares his views at the The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University (CMES) in Sweden