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 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.
Gershon Baskin demands that the leaders of Israel put as much effort into preventing the next war that they will have to apply in fighting it.
Gershon Baskin supports Prof. Jerome Segal and hopes that as a US senator he will have a lot more influence in shaping a much more positive US position in support of Israel making peace with its Palestinian neighbors.
Gershon Baskin believes that peace will never be achieved through the barrels of rifles and the power of tanks but rather through the generosity of spirit and the true intention of turning slogans into deeds.
Gershon Baskin feels that the discrepancies between the two societies between the river and the sea are so blatantly obvious and so blatantly unjust.