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A time to destroy, a time to build
Israel must have mechanisms to guarantee its security and to ensure that Gaza will not rearm itself for the next war.
Israel must have mechanisms to guarantee its security and to ensure that Gaza will not rearm itself for the next war.
Gershon Baskin thinks that there are lots of hard choices to make, we need leaders capable of making the, and we don’t have those kind of leaders right now. The diplomatic/political price that Israel will have to pay to end this war is recognizing the Palestinian National Reconciliation Government. (I Read more…
Israel should issue this offer to the Hamas as a clear Israeli statement of intent.
A challenge to the Palestinian leadership to come up with its own initiative.
Gaza is different in many ways, but one lesson that should be learned from Iraq and is 100 percent relevant for Gaza is that you cannot resolve a political problem solely with military means.
After the summer conflict in Gaza, Israeli-American peace activist Gershon Baskin has become a sort of potato merchant; he is scraping together funding to send the 5,000 tons of surplus Israeli potatoes to Gaza.
CNN’s Atika Shubert speaks to Gershon Baskin about how to take Israel Gaza peace talks to the next level.
Gershon Baskin raises $93,361 in 6 days for emergency food aid to Gaza
How can one explain the lack of an Israeli political initiative with clearly defined political goals for the postwar period?
HuffPost Live talks to Gershon Baskin, co-chairman of the Israel Palestine Creative Regional Initiatives, about what needs to be done next to move forward with peace talks.