Those who want to support the moderates in Palestine and Abbas, their leader, must advance a genuine peace process. Creating hope based on political progress is the best ammunition in the battle for peace.
The issue of the construction of the Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance on the site of the Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem’s Mamilla quarter is back in the High Court. In the meantime, on Wednesday morning there will another hearing in the Interior Affairs Committee of the Knesset on this issue. IPCRI is involved in an initiative together with a group of professors led by Shimon Shamir and with the Israeli organization Tolerance to apply to Read more
Gershon Baskin stated that, even if the conflict goes on, civil society continues cooperating, despite the temporary freeze in official Israeli dialogue with the Palestinian Authority, including the work of Joint Water Committee.
It would be wise for all those genuinely concerned for Israel’s future to encourage and support the international community in fully backing the Arab League’s peace initiative.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center may be going too far by trying to build a museum on a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem.
The call for Israeli-Palestinian peace based on the `two-states for two peoples` formula will be the uniting force that will bring out millions of people across the globe.
Gershon Baskin explained that the conference had been planned when relations between Israelis and Palestinians had begun to look optimistic.
Gershon Baskin believes that civil society peace activists must work together across the conflict lines to design a new process that empowers the common people. Their well-established cooperation provides the basis for bringing the voices of both societies to the table. It is time for the public to stand up and it is time for civil society peace activists to take the lead.
Gershon Baskin organized the International Conference on Education for Peace and Democracy held in Antalya, Turkey.
Gershon Baskin explains that the way he does “peace” is that when one side says something, the other side gets a chance to also say something.