Gershon Baskin joined the family of Avraham Abera Mengistu, an Israeli man held by Hamas in Gaza, at a demonstration demanding his release in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem to mark two years since his disappearance.
Gershon Baskin reveals how relations in the Middle East are based on justified fear, influenced by lack of human contact and reinforced by continued violence that solidify patterns of thinking and behavior that negatively influence public policies.
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Gershon Baskin addresses YaLa’s Peace Conference during which political, economic and cultural leaders shared their messages of support and encouragement for the 5th anniversary of the YaLa Young Leaders movement
Gershon Baskin is a thoroughly engaging speaker who brings to audiences a new, frank, and honest viewpoint about the situation in the Middle East. His delivery is passionate, emotional and inspiring.
Gershon Baskin believes that Jerusalem was a microcosm of the entire Arab-Israeli conflict and that conventional wisdom throughout years of the peace process had been to leave Jerusalem “until the end” when, in fact, it should have been the first issue on the agenda.
Gershon believes that as a result of a failed peace process, both sides have lost confidence, and there is now a significant amount of people feeling that peace its not possible.
Gershon Baskin was not concerned about his appearance at Kings College in London, and claims that he almost never been protested or demonstrated against by anyone from any side.
Gershon Baskin isn’t convinced Hamas operatives are behind the kidnapping.
Gershon Baskin spoke about Peace and the Two-State Solution in the Harmon Room of the DeWitt Wallace Library at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN.
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.