Gershon Baskin wishes that Netanyahu helps to create an Israel whose behavior matches the highest ideals articulated both by the founders of Zionism and by the founders, and current-day leaders, of the American civil-rights movement.
Gershon Baskin believes that people who care about their Holy Places should not use them as places to launch violence against others, and that al-Haram ash-Sharif/The Temple Mount in the holiest place in the world for Jews and Jews should have the right to pray there.
The people of Gaza should know that they are sitting in the dark because the leaders of Hamas refused a deal to provide them with more electricity in exchange for releasing the 2 israeli civilians: Abera Mengisto and the Bedouin and the two bodies of Hadar Goldin and Oran Shaul.
Gershon Baskin thinks that the Palestinians should issue a unilateral declaration of peace between the State of Palestine and the State of Israel, which would transform the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a state-to-state dispute that would be more easily accepted by the nations of the world and the members of the UN Security Council.
Gershon Baskin shares his ideas regarding the next generation of leaders for the The Palestinian National Authority. He thinks that the whole field of possibilities is open and it is impossible to predict what will be the political agenda of the next leader.
Gershon Baskin thinks that most people here and around the world look at the Israeli-Palestinian predicament and say it’s hopeless. There are no solutions any more.
Gershon Baskin thinks that there will never be peace without talking with the moderate Palestinian leadership. There will not be peace now by talking to Hamas
Making an agreement with Hamas is not in the interests of Israel or the Palestinians – which is the main reason why I think that this story is a lot more Tony Blair hype than reality.
Jerusalem must become the capital of both countries, but the physical division of Jerusalem cannot be accepted or tolerated.
The murders of Ali Dawabshe and Shira Banki were committed not by crazy people; they were acts inspired by rabbinic authorities and politicians who sanctify land above people.