Radio Sputnik discusses the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the founding Co-Chairman of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information and a columnist for The Jerusalem Post – Gershon Baskin.
Gershon Baskin thinks that what we need are leaders to enter the path and the wisdom of those leaders to learn from the past failures and use the experience and knowledge of those who can assist – both locally and internationally.
Gershon Baskin thinks that the upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will be moment of opportunity, and he hopes that they don’t blow it.
Gershon Baskin senses that public calls for the death of Arabs are becoming commonplace.
Gershon Baskin believes that the willingness to fight, die and to kill in the Israeli- Palestinian conflict has been clearly demonstrated (by both sides) for more than 100 years.
Gershon Baskin believes that a lot of people are waiting to see if President Obama will launch a new Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative before leaving the White House on January 20, 2017.
Gershon Baskin believes that Israel’s passive wait-and-see attitude and policy of responding to events rather than shaping them is directly against Israel’s own interests.
Gershon Baskin thinks that Palestinian society at large has failed a major morality test by lending support to the wave of killings and attempted killings of Israelis by mostly young Palestinians. Most of my columns are directed at Israelis, Jews and a pro-Israel audience – the primary readership of The Read more
Gershon Baskin thinks that it seems that there is no political will from the leaders on both sides to bring this conflict to a political resolution in the foreseeable future.
Gershon Baskin believes that words and platforms must be translated into action and Labor must be proactive in its reaching out to Israel’s neighbors if they expect anyone to take them seriously.