Insights
Prime Minister ‘stand-in-place’ Netanyahu
How can one explain the lack of an Israeli political initiative with clearly defined political goals for the postwar period?
Insights
Can Israel Reach A Gaza Peace Deal Without Hamas?
HuffPost Live talks to Gershon Baskin, co-chairman of the Israel Palestine Creative Regional Initiatives, about what needs to be done next to move forward with peace talks.
Interviews
Rebuilding a Demilitarized Gaza Is the Road to Peace
Gershon Baskin thinks that we have an opportunity to be bold and create a political process with allies in the region who view the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas as an enemy.
Interviews
Israelis’ quandary: How to aid Gazans but not Hamas
The effort by peace activist Gershon Baskin to buy surplus potatoes in Israel to donate to the people of Gaza has their critics in Israel.
Insights
What Israel Must Do Now
Gershon Baskin feels that the Gaza War is a dead end and shares his ideas on how Israel can make something out of it.
Insights
What’s next for Israel and Hamas?
Gershon Baskin joins CNN’s Jake Tapper to discuss next steps in this ongoing crisis.
Interviews
Hamas Cease Fire Terms Could Lead to “Normalcy”
Israeli analyst Gershon Baskin says of the Hamas demands for an extended cease fire, “When Palestinians look at the Hamas demands, they say, ‘this is what we want, what all Palestinians want.’”
Audio
Fathom Gaza Symposium: Alan Johnson interviews Gershon Baskin
Gershon Baskin thinks that you cannot resolve the problem by just throwing money at it, as it is very much an Israeli/Jewish mindset which says ‘let’s throw money at the problem and resolve it.’
Insights
Encountering Peace: The aftermath
I know it is hard to express compassion for those on the side of the enemy, but without doing that, we lose our humanity.
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Gaza Symposium: Reconstruction for Demilitarisation?
Israel is based on the Zionist idea of taking our fate into our own hands and not waiting for others to determine who and what we are.