Insights
Framework document for the establishment of permanent peace
In January 2014 I drafted this document and shared it with the Israeli, Palestinian and US negotiators.
In January 2014 I drafted this document and shared it with the Israeli, Palestinian and US negotiators.
With people dying every day and living through unimaginable suffering, why not offer them a new life today? Why wait for tomorrow? Bring them home to Palestine now!
Security is the most fundamental element of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and their outcome must create a reality in which security is enhanced, not reduced.
Gershon Baskin shares his insights on how he was instrumental in mediating between the Hamas and Israeli governments, which eventually brought about the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit after more than five years in captivity.
I have yet to figure out what people on the Right propose instead of partitioning the land into two states for two peoples.
Israel is no less the state of Palestinian Arabs who were born here for generations than it is the state of a new Jewish immigrant from Ethiopia, Russia or France.
As long as the parties are talking, Israel can continue to say that its hand is outstretched in peace to its neighbors.
Netanyahu as the leader of the right wing in Israel is the ideal political leader to make the deal with the Palestinians.
Examining some of the intricacies of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship through Netanyahu’s recent proposal to allow settlers who don’t withdraw, to remain in future Palestinian state.
Gershon Baskin wishes that there was room for grassroots activities for peace, separate and joint, but it seems that the time is not yet ripe for that since although a majority of Israelis and Palestinians want peace, a majority on both sides, roughly the same size, does not believe that it is possible.