More Lies – Gershon Baskin

Netanyahu continues to lie and continues to sacrifice the hostages.

I know with certainty that the deal that was only the table last July – is the same one that Khalil Al Haya presented two days ago- all of the hostages (59) for ending the war, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the release of an agreed list of Palestinian prisoners. Nothing has changed in the Hamas position in the past nine months.

What has changed is that many more Israeli hostages are dead and thousands of more Gazans are dead. Hamas will not surrender to Israel. That will not happen. But Hamas can be replaced in Gaza and Hamas can be disarmed – not by Israel but by the people of Gaza and the Arab states. That will happen when the war ends and when Israel is not in Gaza. Netanyahu is guaranteeing that more hostages will be killed and more Gazans will be killed.

Netanyahu is guaranteeing that more Israeli soldiers will be killed. Netanyahu is a danger to our security. He is a danger to our people and to our future. Everyday that Netanyahu is in power, Israel is weakened and his government loses its right to exist. It is frightening to think that only Trump is in the position to save us. That’s how desperate our situation is.

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Gershon Baskin

Gershon Baskin is one of the most recognizable names in the Middle East Peace process. He is a political and social entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to peace between Israel and its neighbors. His dedication to creating a culture of peace and environmental awareness, coupled with his impeccable integrity, has earned him the trust of the leaders of all sides of the century old conflict. Few people have such far-reaching and positive impacts on promoting peace, security, prosperity and bi-national relationships. Gershon is an advisor to Israeli, Palestinian and International Prime Ministers on the Middle East Peace Process and the founder and director of IPCRI, the Israeli-Palestinian Public Policy Institute. He was the initiator and negotiator of the secret back channel between Israel and Hamas for the release of 1,027 prisoners – mainly Palestinians and Arab-Israelis of which 280 were sentenced to life in prison, including Yahya Sinwar, the current Palestinian leader of the Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The prisoners were imprisoned for planning and perpetrating various attacks against Jewish targets that resulted in the killing of 569 Israelis in exchange for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Schalit. Gershon is actively involved in research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, environmental security, political strategy, peace education, economics, culture and in the development of affordable solar projects with the goal of providing clean electricity for 50 million people by 2020. He is a founding member of Kol Ezraheiha-Kol Muwanteneiha (All of the Citizens) political party in Israel. He is now directing The Holy Land Bond and is the Middle East Director for ICO – International Communities Organization - a UK based NGO working in conflict zones with failed peace processes.