Gershon Baskin is cited with his comments on the anti-normalization campaign which he notes has been in existence “for more than a decade,” following an IPCRI event being violently broken up by “anti-normalization thugs.”
Gershon Baskin, an Israeli negotiator involved in the talks, backed up claims that despite repeated attempts by Israel to engage with Hamas diplomatically, the Gaza-based group continues to deny it is holding Mengistu, leaving negotiations in a deadlock.
Gershon Baskin has been involved in talks with Khaled Mashal, leader of the Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas, to secure the release of Avraham Mengistu.
Gershon Baskin claims that the 2 Israeli citizens being held captive in the Gaza Strip are not a valuable asset like a captured soldier, and they are not a high-value bargaining card.
Israeli negotiator Gershon Baskin, who has been involved in the efforts to return Mengitsu, claims that Hamas officials had told him they had freed the Israeli when they concluded he suffered from a mental illness.
Elisha Baskin, daughter of Gershon Baskin, was the researcher and associate producer of National Endowment for the Humanities historical documentary titled 1913: Seeds of Conflict, about the origins of the Israeli-Arab conflict, focusing on the late Ottoman, pre-WWI period.
Gershon Baskin met with a group of activists at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. The activists came away with the feeling that Gershon was incredibly honest with them regarding the need for a two state solution between Israel and Palestine, in order to bring peace within the region.
Gershon Baskin is analyzed by the director of the Israel Resource News Agency & The Center for Near East Policy Research.
Gershon Baskin claims that thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have been killed since we began the peace process and we need a guide to go forward and that has not happened. Instead there has been violence. We are afraid of each other and don’t believe we can reach agreement, but we can.
Gershon Baskin, the acclaimed activist-journalist-peacemaker, spoke about “Israel’s Direction Post-Election” at Temple Isaiah in LA.