Insights

Gershon Baskin hopes and prays that this is the last time we will have to face an issue-less political season, and we can begin returning to ourselves.

Gershon Baskin feels that Israel will be judged by the nations of the world on how it relates to its Arab minority.

Gershon Baskin thinks that back-channel contacts initiated by Israel through the intelligence community could be the best possible launching pad for an Israeli peace initiative.

Gershon Baskin believes that he Trump deal of the century will probably be still-born andIsraelis and Palestinians will remain with no deal, and no future, unless we come to terms with each other’s existence.

Death of a loved one, a parent, is never an easy experience. We are relieved that my Father’s suffering is over and that he died at home, where he loved to live.

Yuval Ben Ami shares his memories of his wife’s grandfather, Arnold Baskin.

This week, the Israel Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), headed by former Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (res.) Asher Yadlin, issued a new plan for confronting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The INSS plan is called “A Political-Security Framework for the Israeli-Palestinian Arena.”  In its introduction they state: “Although Israel has never Read more

Gershon Baskin believes that we have to raise the level of what the politicians are dishing out to us

Gershon Baskin recommends to the new chief of staff that the spirit of the IDF needs not only to be about being victorious in battle, but also being respectful of human life. 

Gershon Baskin believes that when we and our leaders begin to think about those people as human beings and as neighbors and not as the enemy, the situation on the ground will have a chance of improving and with it, the strategic options that decision-makers will face.