Insights
The Left is right
Gershon Baskin thinks that if Israel is to survive and to be a place worthy of living in, it will come back to the ideology of the Left, which will be embraced by the future leaders of the Right.
Gershon Baskin thinks that if Israel is to survive and to be a place worthy of living in, it will come back to the ideology of the Left, which will be embraced by the future leaders of the Right.
Gershon Baskin claims that he personally delivered offers of direct secret meetings to Netanyahu from Abbas and they were all rejected.
Gershon Baskin, who has in the past acted as a conduit between the Netanyahu government and Palestinian officials, said that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas offered three times to begin secret, direct negotiations with Netanyahu. Each time, Baskin said, Netanyahu refused.
Request Gershon Baskin to share his unique perspective for assessing the key challenges of sustainable peace, international diplomacy, environmental security and globalization in the 21st century at your next event.
Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, Iran, Palestine – The Middle East is a scary place these days – threats are real and the safety and security of the region and the world are at risk. The complex realities that are included in the speech topics of Gershon Baskin shed light on issues that often difficult to understand, issues that have instilled a pervasive sense of pessimism and hopelessness. This is an opportune time to invite Gershon to your community to speak about these and other issues.
Gershon Baskin is a thoroughly engaging speaker who brings to audiences a new, frank, and honest viewpoint about the situation in the Middle East. His delivery is passionate, emotional and inspiring.
Best known for establishing the back channel with the Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (the Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement) that led to the release of Gilad Shalit, Dr. Gershon Baskin has established himself as one who works across political lines to find common ground, a person who speaks his conscience and who gets things done for the good of all people in the Middle-East. Gershon’s insights and perspectives combined with his robust knowledge of the major issues of the day, has made him a highly sought-after speaker.
Gershon insights and perspectives combined with his robust knowledge of the major issues of the day, has made him a highly sought-after speaker in venues around the world, from United Nations meetings to the chambers of national Parliaments and the podiums of international conferences.
Gershon Baskin believes that Obama’s legacy for Israel and Palestine should be fostered through the UN Security Council, which would cement Israel’s legitimacy despite the actions of its government which, until it finds a way to end the occupation, is delegitimizing Israel’s existence.
Gershon Baskin believes that Jerusalem was a microcosm of the entire Arab-Israeli conflict and that conventional wisdom throughout years of the peace process had been to leave Jerusalem “until the end” when, in fact, it should have been the first issue on the agenda.