Gershon Baskin thinks that we must rise to impetrative of our Jewish values and experience and relieve ourselves of our apartheid status and that we must be a free people in our land and in order to do that the Palestinians must also be a free people in their land.
My vision of two states for two peoples is closer to the true Zionist dream than any vision that settler leaders have presented denying the reality of two peoples living in this land and agreeing to do so under one flag (which is the Jewish flag).
Dr. Gershon Baskin feels that a deal is possible and both leaders must decide.
I know that there are serious leaders in Israel who would respond positively to positive changes in Hamas. This is not just dream a naïve dream. This is possible. This can happen sooner than you believe.
Gershon Baskin responds to the scathing attack of Martin Sherman, the founder of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies and the first academic director of the internationally renowned Herzliya Conference, against him. Gershon Baskin argues that the denial of the national political rights of one of the peoples living here will continue to prevent peace.
The world still believes Netanyahu intends to one day create a Palestinian state, but there is not much they can do as long as he keeps on declaring his willingness to negotiate and the Palestinian leaders keep staying away from negotiations.
Gershon Baskin seesa great disaster about to unfold, and simply cannot understand why people are not shouting “don’t let this happen!”
Gershon Baskin extends his hand in peace to the people of Egypt and to its elected leaders and congratulates the people of Egypt and their new president, Mohammed Morsi, for the first fully democratic elections in the largest Arab country in the world.
Gershon Baskin believes that it is most unfortunate that even with such a large coalition and political stability, Israel’s outstretched hand is not seeking a handshake of peace with the Palestinians, but instead is carrying government decisions to take more of their land.
Gershon Baskin believes that the logic of Oslo was that Israel would withdraw from territory and turn it over to the Palestinians who would guarantee Israel’s security by fighting against terrorism.