Gershon Baskin feels that Israeli citizens really need to wake up and face the reality that Israel cannot call itself a democracy and at the same time prevent millions of people from having full democratic rights.
Gershon Baskin is prepared to come and work with any Palestinian municipality that is prepared to sign a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement, for the development of solar energy for their community.
Gershon Baskin feels that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians have lost confidence in the leadership, and believe that President Mahmoud Abbas should step down immediately.
Gershon Baskin thinks that Hamas separates the issue of prisoner release from any other issue, including the issue of rehabilitating Gaza and the transfer of funds to the strip,
The challenge to Israel, as a democracy, is to create a genuinely shared society, and the best places to develop the shared society concept are in the mixed Arab-Jewish cities.
Gershon Baskin has faith that the situation will change and that change will be brought about by leaders. And if not now, then sometime in the future.
Gershon Baskin feels that the reality is that as the non-viability of a two-state solution becomes increasingly clear, we will all have to become a lot more serious in the collective search for other solutions.
Gershon Baskin thinks that the US recognition of Palestine could be a step that could shape the future and possibly breathe much needed life in to the dormant two-state solution.
Gershon Baskin believes that we should begin to develop integrated housing to deeply impact the ways that we can build a shared society in Israel.
Gershon Baskin shares his ideas on how to change the political environment that could possibly lead to the chance of a new peace process.