Insights

Gershon Baskin believes that for the sake of Jerusalem, we all need to find the way to celebrate its diversity and not to lock it away in the chains of possession and exclusion.

Gershon Baskin explains why he penned his memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace.

Gershon Baskin feels that the US recognition of Jerusalem will have little effect outside of the immediate aftermath and that in the longer term, a solution is needed to the conflict, which can come either from US initiative or new leadership in both Israel and Palestine.

Gershon Baskin believes that the challenge facing Israeli and Iranian civil society is to take the initiative to talk, to meet, to reason and to influence.

Gershon Baskin shares his impressions regarding President Trump’s remarks on Jerusalem.

Gershon Baskin believes that November 29 should become an official day of national celebration when we complete the fulfillment of the resolution and partition the land into two states for two peoples.

Gershon Baskin believes that no agreement in the Middle East will be reached or translated into genuine peace without a sense of mutuality and reciprocity.

Gershon Baskin accuses those who deny modern and liberal expressions of Judaism as no longer being Jewish or being part of the Jewish people.

Gershon Baskin shares his recollections of his meeting with Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat.

Gershon Baskin believes that we need Israel’s best minds to once again begin to present new ideas, to launch public debate and discourse in order to strengthen our democracy.