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Gershon Baskin urges us let not to forget our responsibility as Israelis

Gershon Baskin believes that removing Hamas from power in Gaza and demilitarizing the Strip must happen—it is Israel’s obligation to achieve these war objectives—but this can be accomplished after the hostages are returned.

Gershon Baskin senses that Netanyahu probably believes that if Hamas executes Israeli hostages, Israel will have the moral right and the greenlight from Trump to finish the job in Gaza – which means killing a lot more Palestinians and taking full control over Gaza including the forced evacuation of Gazans.

Gershon Baskin believes that eventually, we always come back to the idea of partition and two states for two peoples as there is no other logical possibility.

Gershon Baskin believes that there is only one deal that should be advanced – the deal that brings all of the hostages home in one week with 1-2 tranches – not more