Insights
A speech in Ramallah, a speech in the Knesset
Speeches that Abbas and Netanyahu should each give if they were to speak directly to the people from the Knesset and from Ramallah.
Book Reviews
The Negotiatior – A behind the scenes recounting of history in our days.
Baskin unpeels the layers that eventually lead to bringing Gilad Shalit home.
Insights
20th Anniversary of the Oslo Peace Accord: What Went Wrong and What are the Prospects for Peace between Israelis and Palestinians
Gershon Baskin shares his insights about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine and what can be expected going forward.
Insights
Encountering Peace: Negotiating atmospherics
Building peace requires negotiators reach best deal possible; that becomes more possible when both sides demonstrate same amount of positive will, actions.
Book Reviews
Review of Gershon Baskin’s “The Negotiators”
Gershon Baskin, the eternal peacemaker, believes there are pragmatists on both sides and he remains hopeful that Israelis and Palestinians can reach a peace agreement someday.
Insights
Peace is closer than you think
The Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are shrouded with secrecy. Most of what has been written so far about what is transpiring behind the closed doors is not true.
Book Reviews
One person can make a difference!
A fascinating, detailed account of the behind the scenes negotiations for Gilad Schalit’s release.
Insights
Encountering Peace: No solace
There are no happy Jewish Israeli citizens watching the release of 26 more Palestinian murderers from Israeli prisons.
Interviews
NYT columnist allegedly threatened to give royalties to Hamas if his novel was published in Hebrew
Gershon Baskin enlisted Amos Schocken, the editor of Haaretz, to publish the Hebrew translation of The Yacoubian Building, by New York Times columnist Alaa al-Aswany, who threatened to give any royalties from the book’s Hebrew translation to Hamas.