Gershon Baskin feels that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations is what will enable the ultimate fulfillment of Jewish national aspirations. Our security is their security, their security is ours. Time is running out for both of us, but there is still sufficient time to reach an agreement that will save both national movements from mutual destruction.
Gershon Baskin thinks that if the process fails, the time will come for evaluating other strategies and possibilities. Until that time, wisdom calls upon us all to give the process the full chance that it deserves.
Gershon Baskin wishes that thousands of Israelis and Palestinians could join him and walk the Green Line in search of understanding and peace. They too would have the opportunity to experience the real possibilities for creating neighborly relations that would benefit both peoples.
Gershon Baskin wishes wholeheartedly to all of his Palestinian friends: “I hope that you too will soon be able to celebrate your independence!”
If Olmert doesn’t agree to release 450 terrorists, every Israeli soldier will know that his government will not go the distance to bring him home.
Gershon Baskin thinks that alongside of the negotiations on territory, borders, Jerusalem, refugees and security, the two sides have agreed to talk about a culture of peace – this is a big step in the right direction and its importance should not be underestimated.
Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora, shared their ideas on the topic “Will the promise of two states for two peoples be kept?” at the Political Science Department of Metropolitan State University of Denver on Monday, March 17, 2008.
Children of Abraham Coalition presented it’s 2008 People’s Peace Award to Gershon Baskin.
Reaching a peace agreement by the end of the year seems almost impossible.
At the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor, a community of worship, witness, inquiry and care, Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora shared their ideas about Middle East Peace.