Insights

The murders of Ali Dawabshe and Shira Banki were committed not by crazy people; they were acts inspired by rabbinic authorities and politicians who sanctify land above people.

Gershon Baskin calls upon Israel’s leaders to bow their heads today and engage in self-scrutiny and ask how and why have we reached this abyss?

Hopefully the lessons of these tragic mistakes will be learned and turned into new policies for the future.

The cycle must be broken and a new modus operandi needs to be employed.

I would propose a moment of naiveté, or a moment of dreaming, that the current agreement could actually be the first step in creating a Middle East free of all weapons of mass destruction.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still believes that the establishment of a Palestinian state next to Israel is an Israeli interest. He has stated, since the elections, that he does not want to see Israel becoming a bi-national state and therefore a peaceful, democratic Palestinian state that recognizes Israel as the Read more

Instead of predicting the non-resolvability of the conflict, why aren’t Israel’s leaders doing everything possible to find a way to resolve it?

Let’s begin to think of what can be done that can improve life for people rather than making it more difficult.

I wish all of our Muslim neighbors a peaceful and fulfilling Ramadan.