Insights

Gershon Baskin thinks that today we have a one-state binational reality and it is bad for Israel and bad for Palestine.

Gershon Baskin completely understands the anger many Israelis feel when they open is Facebook page and immediately see a large picture of Abbas and himself embracing.

Gershon Baskin thinks that the parameters of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement are well known – all it would take is an Israel government courageous enough to sign up.

Gershon Baskin provides insights into some of the lessons that we must learn from the failures and successes of the past and proposes that we can learn from those failures and repair the damage resulting those mistakes.

Gershon Baskin believes that the agenda would be the creation of regional mechanisms to strengthen security, stability, economic development and peace. It would also entail resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Gershon Baskin believes that the majority of Israelis will support any peace agreement brought to them by the prime minister.

Gershon Baskin believes that the lack of effective mechanisms for monitoring and verifying obligations and the absence of workable conflict resolution mechanisms ensured failure of the peace process.

Gershon Baskin thinks that implementable agreements on the core issues that will positively impact realities on the ground for both sides will serve as the best corridor to confronting the narrative issues.

Gershon Baskin believes that governments have a lot of tools at their disposal to foster a culture of peace. It begins with leadership serving as an example and must follow through with the allocation of real resources for its success.

Gershon Baskin thinks that if Israel is to survive and to be a place worthy of living in, it will come back to the ideology of the Left, which will be embraced by the future leaders of the Right.