Interviews
Gershon Baskin in Mirrors
Gershon Baskin is featured in the documentary “Mirrors” by Yael Arava, which attempts to bring the human side to the conflict in the Middle East.
Interviews
Is Anti-Israel Bias at UCLA Breaking Federal Law? One Study Says Yes.
David Myers, a UCLA history professor, objected to the AMCHA initiative characterization of Gershon Baskin as a critic of Israel. Gershon Baskin was interviewed in the film “Between Two Worlds,” which UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies (CNES) screened in an event co-sponsored by UCLA’s history department and J Street U.
Insights
The land we love and trash
Israelis love to barbecue outdoors – and then leave the burnt remains on the ground next to where they fed themselves.
Insights
Doing it better and doing it now
The continued denial of the Palestinians’ rights for freedom and independence will draw those radical extreme and violent ideas and movements into Palestine and Jordan.
Interviews
Palestinians to turn to UN amid frustration with peace process
Gershon Baskin thinks that the Palestinians have concluded that negotiations with the government of Benjamin Netanyahu are a waste of time, and are meant to waste time while it continues to do what it does, which is to continue the occupation by building more settlements.
Interviews
The Time has Come!
Israel needs a Prime Minister with great vision, serious business sense, and yet the bravery, compassion and wisdom to bring about a viable, comprehensive and lasting Peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Interviews
Mutual deterrence achieved between Israel, Gaza
Gershon Baskin revealed that he had relayed a message from Hamas to the Israelis offering a return to the 2012 cease-fire agreement. According to Baskin, a senior Israeli army general dismissed the offer, telling Baskin not to interfere. “I didn’t [interfere] and they got their war,” said Baskin on Twitter.
Book Reviews
Invaluable Inside Insights toward Israeli-Palestinian Coexistence
Invaluable insights by a pioneer toward Middle East Peace.
Insights
A time to destroy, a time to build
Israel must have mechanisms to guarantee its security and to ensure that Gaza will not rearm itself for the next war.
Insights
Recognizing the Palestinian National Reconciliation Government
Gershon Baskin thinks that there are lots of hard choices to make, we need leaders capable of making the, and we don’t have those kind of leaders right now. The diplomatic/political price that Israel will have to pay to end this war is recognizing the Palestinian National Reconciliation Government. (I want to emphasize that I use this terms and not “national unity government” – the distinction is important because there are no Hamas or Fatah Read more