After the summer conflict in Gaza, Israeli-American peace activist Gershon Baskin has become a sort of potato merchant; he is scraping together funding to send the 5,000 tons of surplus Israeli potatoes to Gaza.
Gershon Baskin thinks that you cannot resolve the problem by just throwing money at it, as it is very much an Israeli/Jewish mindset which says ‘let’s throw money at the problem and resolve it.’
Gershon Baskin shares his ideas on how to achieve peace in the midst of the conflict in the Middle East.
Gershon Baskin claims that the only way for Israel to reach a sustainable relationship with Hamas is to pursue a peace agreement with the Palestinians’ pragmatic leadership in the West Bank.
Gershon Baskin shares his memories of the lunch he had with Yasser Arafat two and a half months before he died insights as to the reasons behind Arafat’s death and feels that the current situation is not sustainable.
Gershon Baskin was speaking for himself and trying to get into the door of the prime minister’s office to convey some of the messages he was getting from Hamas, with a view that they might be able to settle the prisoner situation
If there’s one person who can claim much of the credit for Gilat Shalit’s release it’s Gershon Baskin. He was the first Isaeli to make contact with Hamas, only days after Gilad Shalit was abducted more than five years ago.
Nothing scares off investors like the unkown and right now, it’s very difficult to see a clear path ahead for bringing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closer to a resolution.
Gershon Baskin presents his twenty-three year experience trying to advance peace on the basis of Two-States for Two-Peoples. He provides his understanding of the development of the conflict over the past two decades, and offers a detailed analysis of the current political climate in Palestine.