Insights

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.

Gershon Baskin claims that he personally delivered offers of direct secret meetings to Netanyahu from Abbas and they were all rejected.

Gershon Baskin believes that Obama’s legacy for Israel and Palestine should be fostered through the UN Security Council, which would cement Israel’s legitimacy despite the actions of its government which, until it finds a way to end the occupation, is delegitimizing Israel’s existence.

Gershon Baskin believes that UNESCO and the entire United Nations becomes a hindrance to peace and not an enabler when it decides to ignore the Jewish history and presence in Jerusalem.

Gershon Baskin believes that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an existential issue for Israel.