Jerusalem’s Future
Gershon Baskin believes that UNESCO and the entire United Nations becomes a hindrance to peace and not an enabler when it decides to ignore the Jewish history and presence in Jerusalem.
Gershon Baskin believes that UNESCO and the entire United Nations becomes a hindrance to peace and not an enabler when it decides to ignore the Jewish history and presence in Jerusalem.
Gershon Baskin believes that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an existential issue for Israel.
Radio Sputnik discusses the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the founding Co-Chairman of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information and a columnist for The Jerusalem Post – Gershon Baskin.
Gershon Baskin claims that Israel has refused to reconvene the US-led committee on dealing with incitement and when the committee existed after the Wye River Memorandum, they never even agreed on the definition of incitement.
Gershon Baskin thinks that what we need are leaders to enter the path and the wisdom of those leaders to learn from the past failures and use the experience and knowledge of those who can assist – both locally and internationally.
Gershon Baskin thinks that the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be moment of opportunity, and he hopes that they don’t blow it.
Gershon Baskin senses that public calls for the death of Arabs are becoming commonplace.
Gershon Baskin believes that the willingness to fight, die and to kill in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict has been clearly demonstrated (by both sides) for more than 100 years.
Gershon Baskin believes that a lot of people are waiting to see if President Obama will launch a new Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative before leaving the White House on January 20, 2017.
Gershon Baskin believes that Israel’s passive wait-and-see attitude and policy of responding to events rather than shaping them is directly against Israel’s own interests.