Interviews
Peace Talks Must Succeed
Gershon Baskin, the man who helped free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. claims that Jews around the world will continue to pay the price for a stalled peace process.
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The war this summer – a discussion of the dilemmas facing Israelis and Jews
Gershon Baskin shares his insights about the war this summer in Gaza.
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Our most important elections
The sense in Gaza is that without more violence Israel will not end the siege on Gaza. That is what people in Gaza understand.
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The missed opportunities
An agreement that would enable Israel to confront the common threats from Islamic radicalism that face our neighbors.
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We want peace, but they don’t
It is not fate that has created the lack of partners – it is the work of leaders who have failed. Now we need new leaders who will refuse to fail and will not try to convince us that peace is only the naïve dream of false prophets. Peace is a decision first, and then it is made through actions.
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Fatah official: Israel, Hamas in direct talks
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stated that Israel and Hamas, are engaged in direct contact. Ghazi Hamad, the go-between who, on behalf of Hamas, oversaw at the time the negotiations for the release of Shalit, working with Gershon Baskin. According to a Palestinian source, “When President Abbas says there are contacts, this is based on vetted information that we have gathered and cross-referenced”.
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Gershon Baskin Quenches Israeli Thirst for Politics
Gershon Baskin was successful in engaging a new swath of the Israeli public at a time when political upheaval has taken Israel by storm.
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Our future is in our hands
Our prime minister, who is running for reelection, has no desire to make peace with the Palestinians, because he is simply not willing to pay the price.
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Defining who we are
I hope and pray that the Palestinian state will have a Jewish minority and that it will decide to define itself as the nation state of the Palestinian people and all of its citizens.
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Unlike religious wars, political wars have solutions
There will be no hope, security or peace in Jerusalem until Jerusalem is the capital of two countries – Israel and Palestine.