Gershon Baskin understands that Egypt wants to create a regional quartet, which includes renewing direct Israeli- Palestinian negotiations, with the assistance of Egypt, and the presence of Jordan at the table. This is essentially what Gershon has been speaking about for more than two years.
Gershon Baskin thinks that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is doing more harm to Palestine and Palestinian interests than a concerted, direct and strategic campaign to engage Israelis would.
Gershon Baskin thinks that today we have a one-state binational reality and it is bad for Israel and bad for Palestine.
Gershon Baskin completely understands the anger many Israelis feel when they open is Facebook page and immediately see a large picture of Abbas and himself embracing.
Gershon Baskin thinks that the parameters of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement are well known – all it would take is an Israel government courageous enough to sign up.