After the summer conflict in Gaza, Israeli-American peace activist Gershon Baskin has become a sort of potato merchant; he is scraping together funding to send the 5,000 tons of surplus Israeli potatoes to Gaza.
Gershon Baskin would tell all the Palestinians, everywhere, that the only way you can get things done is through violence, not negotiation..the very fact that Hamas is present in Cairo with a veto power strengthens the group, weakens the Palestinian Authority, and makes it more difficult to return to a peace process with the PA.
Gershon Baskin, one of the negotiators responsible for Gilad Shalit deal, raises $93,000 to transfer Israeli spuds to Gaza.
Gershon Baskin raises $93,361 in 6 days for emergency food aid to Gaza
HuffPost Live talks to Gershon Baskin, co-chairman of the Israel Palestine Creative Regional Initiatives, about what needs to be done next to move forward with peace talks.
Gershon Baskin thinks that we have an opportunity to be bold and create a political process with allies in the region who view the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas as an enemy.
The effort by peace activist Gershon Baskin to buy surplus potatoes in Israel to donate to the people of Gaza has their critics in Israel.
Israeli analyst Gershon Baskin says of the Hamas demands for an extended cease fire, “When Palestinians look at the Hamas demands, they say, ‘this is what we want, what all Palestinians want.’”
Gershon Baskin thinks that Israel is forced to stay in Gaza until they find the soldier and bring him home dead or alive.
Gershon Baskin feels that It’s very difficult for an army like Israel to fight this battle because the Hamas are fighting underground, there are guerrilla warfare, light on their feet, they move around easily. The Israelis have tanks and APCs and move a lot of troops. They have an air force.