Radio Sputnik discusses the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the founding Co-Chairman of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information and a columnist for The Jerusalem Post – Gershon Baskin.
Gershon shares his take on the current wave of violence in Jerusalem and his perspective on peace in the region.
Radio Sputnik discusses the latest escalation of tensions with socio-political activist and co-Chairman of Israel Palestine Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI) Gershon Baskin.
Gershon Baskin shares his insights about the changes in Gaza since the 2005 disengagement and what has transpired in Gaza since Operation Protective Edge in the Summer of 2014.
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.
Gershon Baskin thinks that you cannot resolve the problem by just throwing money at it, as it is very much an Israeli/Jewish mindset which says ‘let’s throw money at the problem and resolve it.’
Gershon Baskin shares his ideas on how to achieve peace in the midst of the conflict in the Middle East.
Gershon Baskin claims that the only way for Israel to reach a sustainable relationship with Hamas is to pursue a peace agreement with the Palestinians’ pragmatic leadership in the West Bank.
Gershon Baskin shares his memories of the lunch he had with Yasser Arafat two and a half months before he died insights as to the reasons behind Arafat’s death and feels that the current situation is not sustainable.