Margarida Santos Lopes – Gershon Baskin

The office of Gershon Baskin, co-founder of IPCRI, who tirelessly worked to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from long captivity at the hands of Hamas. The veteran peace activist is always working. If someone in distress calls him at dawn, for instance, he leaves everything behind and goes wherever he has to, with little sleep.

Gershon Baskin and “Oslo Peace”: Twenty Years On

Gershon Baskin claims that to overcome the lack of mutual trust, the only way is secret back-channel talks. Netanyahu cannot go into a real negotiation with the Palestinians and keep his government. Abbas can’t go into a serious negotiation with Israelis and keep stability on his own side.

By Margarida Santos Lopes, 12 yearsSeptember 18, 2013 ago