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Acclaim for Gershon Baskin
Prince Hassan bin Talal

His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal

Prince of Jordan

“Gershon Baskin, is one of the outstanding originators of peace initiatives in our era. This is based on a deep belief in the qualities of human affinity, human dignity, and selflessness. He is a pluralist and recognizes that social behavior is essential to building peace through participation from the bottom up. Gershon promotes the art of conversation and listening, which in my mind is a major contribution to waging peace.”


Elissa Tivona

Elissa Tivona

International Studies, Journalism & Media Communication, Colorado State University

"Dr. Baskin has earned the trust and regard of diverse individuals, some serving at the highest levels of government on both sides, and countless numbers serving the cause of peace and coexistence on the ground through practical economic, environmental and strategic projects. I cannot name any individual with more devotion to and greater knowledge of the complex issues involved in laying a foundation for lasting peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people."

Peter Alexander Beinart

Peter Alexander Beinart

Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of New York

“Gershon Baskin is among Israel’s most intrepid pursuers of peace. His book is not only a fascinating journey across the Jewish-Palestinian divide, it also provides that rarest commodity in these dark times: hope.”

Andrea Kupfer Schneider

Andrea Kupfer Schneider

Dispute Resolution Program, Marquette University Law School

"My students were absolutely riveted by your story and your assessment of the current situation.
One student told me that after a decade of studying the conflict and four different classes in college and law school, he felt for the first time that he had a coherent understanding after hearing from you.”

James M. Dorsey

James M. Dorsey

Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore

Gershon Baskin may be one of the few sane voices left on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.

Gershon Baskin on the Hostage Situation

Gershon Baskin Shares his Ideas and Unique Insights
Binyamin Netanyahu warns against nuclear Iran at 2012 UN General Assembly. (photo credit:REUTERS)

Israel-Iran

Gershon Baskin feels that there is a near and clear possibility for Israel to de-escalate the situation with Iran and this is what it should do.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

The Letter that Netanyahu has to sign

Gershon Baskin shares a draft letter that he composed intended for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign and send to Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the current president of the United States, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar and Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi, the current president of Egypt.

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The New Year

Gershon Baskin senses that our recovery as a nation will only begin after the return of the hostages

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The Three Week Hostage Deal

Gershon Baskin explores various strategies to apply pressure on both sides, including leveraging the influence of other countries, targeting key decision-makers, and focusing on the legacy of the current President.

Samir Kuntar with Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah after he was released from jail by Israel

War in Lebanon

Gershon Baskin believes that the war in Lebanon is all another Netanyahu's spin in order not to end the war in Gaza and continue to survive politically in power.

Joe Biden at the annual J Street Conference

Biden’s Legacy

Gershon Baskin has put out a call for us to all pressure Biden to force Netanyahu to bring these wars to an end.

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Anatomy of an intervention

Based on a draft proposal by Gershon Basin, Israel’s 12th prime minister and a former Palestinian foreign minister have agreed to work together for peace, for whatever that’s worth

CNN

A Sustainable Peace in the Middle East

CNN's Fareed Rafiq Zakaria talks with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister and PLO representative to the UN Nasser al-Kidwa, who have released a rare joint proposal: a framework for a prospective two-state solution based on the treaty that was originally devised by Gershon Baskin and Samer Sinjalawi.

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War of no victory

Gershon Baskin firmly believes that he Palestinians won’t have freedom and dignity if Israel doesn’t have security..

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Rebuilding Hope

Gershon Baskin feels that war only has losers and we have too many who have lost too much. Only through peace will the people living between the River and the Sea be free and secure.

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On the Negotiations in Doha

Gershon Baskin thinks that if the Israeli negotiators reach the point where they can agree but know that Netanyahu will prevent agreement, then they must return home, present the agreement to the public and all should resign from their post as negotiators. This can be done now - it must be done now!

i24

Is Yahya Sinwar serious about a deal?

Gershon Baskin, who helped secure the release Yahya Sinwar, (the chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau and the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip) as part of the Gilad Shalit deal, shares his ideas if Sinwar is serious about a deal.

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Disaster

Gershon Baskin feels that we, as human beings, must begin to display our humanity by refusing to allow the killing and destruction to continue to be done in our names. This is the only way of creating a future here in this land that is worth living for.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Israel believes Hamas second-in-command may be dead

Gershon Baskin shares his thoughts with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation regarding the serious questions about whether senior Hamas military leader, Mohammed Deif assumed death could alter the course of the on-going ceasefire negotiations, with increasing internal pressure on Hamas leadership to strike a deal.

The Path Not Taken

Gershon Baskin feels that peace will become possible if there us an emergence of leaders on both side who begin speaking the language of peace and demonstrate their willingness and the political sophistication by reaching out – even if they are not presently in power

CNN

Reasons for Cautious Optimism

Gershon Baskin shares why he thinks that there are reasons for cautious optimism as he believes that Hamas may be ready to reconsider its insistence that Israel commit to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza before signing an agreement that would usher in a temporary truce and begin a process to release hostages still held in Gaza.

KAN _ Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

What is Unusual about the Current Response of the Hamas

Gershon Baskin shares with Uri Levi and Sharon Wechsler of Kan-Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation what he thinks is unusual about the current response of the Hamas. He claims that the Hamas has officially claimed that they have submitted a response to the new American proposals, but they do not reveal what is included in their response.

Oslo Freedom Forum

Gaza: What happens Next?

Gershon Baskin sincerely feels that we have had enough of the fossils of yesterday who are stuck in a victimization narrative and that we need new and challenging, compelling voices to brong a sustainable peace to the Middle East