Gershon Baskin claims that what the Obama visit did was to put the Palestinian issue back into the consciousness of everyone and if the [recent Israeli] elections removed the issue from public debate, the Obama visit brought it back.
Gershon Baskin is 100 percent sure that a former disgruntled employed leaked the NSU documents, and that they are genuine.
Gershon Baskin claims that the real issue is the siege on Gaza that until now there hasn’t been much discussion of the issue.
Gershon Baskin feels that Jimmy Carter’s insistence that Hamas would accept a two-state solution is enormous, and the first indication that Hamas is turning its back on its own covenant of never recognizing Israel.
Gershon Baskin claims that he knows that [Hamas Prime Minister Ismail] Haniyeh and his people want a cease-fire, and want it to be observed by Israel as well.