One of the main fears of a nuclear Iran is the beginning of a rapid arms race in the region. The crippling of its nuclear program could have the reverse effect and that would be good for Israel, for the region and for the entire world.
Salam Fayyad and Gershon Baskin believe that the victims of violence are the victims of the absence of peace.
I have asked Palestinian friends who support anti-normalization just how not talking to me will advance the cause of Palestinian statehood. I have yet to hear an answer to that question.
Th final letter that I am sending you as IPCRI co-director after 24 years of my work towards reconciliation and peace, to thank you for your continued support of IPCRI and to ask for your contribution to continue this work.
Gershon Baskin keynotes at the Opening of the Best Plans Conference, Jerusalem.
Gershon Baskin believes that if given a clear choice the Palestinians will chose peace, but that is not the choice given to them at the moment. Like in Israel, the public perception is that we need leaders who are better at resistance than at peacemaking.
Gershon Baskin, Mukhaimer Abu Saada, (Professor of Political Science at the Al-Azhar University in Gaza), and Ali Abu Shahla -Director General of AA Consulting Engineers and Private Sector Representative to the Higher National Dialogue Committee, share their analysis on the political and economic developments in Gaza.
Gershon Baskin thinks that we need the historic leader in the mirror to stand tall and to lead – taking the challenge and demonstrating that he really has the rare quality of deciding for the future and not the moment – making history rather than being history.
Embraced by a broad spectrum of Israeli political and ideological fractions upon the conclusion of the prisoner’s swap, Gershon Baskin’s persistence and good faith brought back to surface the important role peace mediators and academics play in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Gershon Baskin shares his perspectives of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap.