Gershon Baskin believes that it is not too late to turn it all around if there are agreed territorial swaps, two capitals in Jerusalem, including Palestinian control over the al-Aksa compound and an agreed formula for the refugee issue (according to the Arab Peace Initiative).
Gershon Baskin believes the Palestinian accusations over alleged Israeli government plans to divide the mosque or to destroy it in order to build the Temple are false.
Gershon shares his take on the current wave of violence in Jerusalem and his perspective on peace in the region.
Gershon Baskin has been writing to Abdullah bin Hussein bin Talal bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Ali, the King of the Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, urging him to convene a Status Quo Summit in Amman.
Gershon Baskin says to John Kerry: Mr. Kerry: use your frequent flyer miles somewhere else, surely some other countries in the world can better use your initiatives.
Gershon Baskin feels that keeping the status quo means that Jews will not be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount for the foreseeable future and even though there is no justice in this, the reality of the sensitivity of the issue now demands that this issue be removed from the agenda until after there is peace.
Radio Sputnik discusses the latest escalation of tensions with socio-political activist and co-Chairman of Israel Palestine Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI) Gershon Baskin.
Gershon Baskin believes that when Jerusalem’s present and its future potential outshines its past, without losing respect and appreciation of its past, then Jerusalem will be a magnet, instead of being a burden.
Gershon Baskin feels that if we want Jerusalem to be recognized as the eternal capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people, it must also be recognized as the eternal capital of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
Gershon Baskin concludes that in the current wave of violence, facts have nothing to do with perception and perception has nothing to do with what people believe.