Insights

Gershon Bsskin believes that we need some new creative thinking on the future of Gaza and the relations between Israel and Gaza.

Gershon Baskin feels that it seems we are in a kind of holding pattern and that it is also clear that if we don’t move forward, we move backward.

Celebrating the moving of the US Embassy to Jerusalem would be complete if an Embassy of the US was also opening in East Jerusalem in recognition of the State of Palestine by the US. Don’t despair – it will happen in the future. If I were the leader of Israel Read more

Iran lied. Wow, that’s news. Is there any serious person in the world who thought Iran’s nuclear program was only for peaceful purposes? Was there anyone who was particularly surprised over the years as unidentified foreign agents picked off one Iranian nuclear scientist after another while Iran remained unsurprisingly silent Read more

Gershon Baskin provides an update on the Gaza Non-Violence Peace Initiative.

Gershon Baskin firmly believes that Jerusalem/al-Quds day will reflect a Jerusalem in which conflicts are settled at the table through calm and rational dialogue by Jerusalemites who recognize that we all have a place in this city.

Gershon Baskin believes that If Hamas has thrown down a gauntlet to Israel to consider a long-term cease-fire, Israel should pick up the gauntlet and explore every possibility.

Gershon Baskin and Aziz Abu Sarah

Gershon Baskin believes that escalation is written on the wall and the people of Gaza and Israeli certainly don’t want escalation and another war.

Gershon Baskin believes that the Yerushalayim-Al Quds joint Palestinian- Israeli list that will run for the Jerusalem city council presents a challenge to all Jerusalemites and an opportunity to save Jerusalem.