Interviews
Gershon Baskin asks “Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Still Possible?” at George Washington University
Gershon Baskin asks “Is Israeli-Palestinian Peace Still Possible?” at George Washington University.
Interviews
Baskin stresses need for Israeli peace
Gershon Baskin thinks that there is a lot of complexity in resolving the Middle East conflict, because so much of this deals with the irrational and the two sides don’t act in their own best interest and don’t act logically because there is so much emotional baggage that each side carries along with it.
Insights
Unintended consequences of an Israeli strike on Iran
One of the main fears of a nuclear Iran is the beginning of a rapid arms race in the region. The crippling of its nuclear program could have the reverse effect and that would be good for Israel, for the region and for the entire world.
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Gershon Baskin and Salam Fayyad share Israel’s nuclear Iran fears
Salam Fayyad and Gershon Baskin believe that the victims of violence are the victims of the absence of peace.
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To be or not to be – that is the question
Gershon Baskin was correct in assessing the magnitude and urgency of the emerging danger when he stated that we have a very short period of time remaining before we come to the conclusion that there is no longer any resolution to this conflict that enables us to have a Jewish nationstate in the Land of Israel. If this happens, it will be the end of the Zionist dream that so many have worked so hard for so long to create and sustain.
Interviews
Palestine: What Sherlock Holmes would say
Gershon Baskin’s positions….raises a question of great relevance and urgency which his ideological adversaries will ignore at great peril.
Insights
Normalizing anti-normalization
I have asked Palestinian friends who support anti-normalization just how not talking to me will advance the cause of Palestinian statehood. I have yet to hear an answer to that question.
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Final letter as IPCRI co-director
Th final letter that I am sending you as IPCRI co-director after 24 years of my work towards reconciliation and peace, to thank you for your continued support of IPCRI and to ask for your contribution to continue this work.
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Gershon Baskin Opening the Best Plans Conference
Gershon Baskin keynotes at the Opening of the Best Plans Conference, Jerusalem.
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Further from peace, closer to reconciliation
Gershon Baskin believes that if given a clear choice the Palestinians will chose peace, but that is not the choice given to them at the moment. Like in Israel, the public perception is that we need leaders who are better at resistance than at peacemaking.