Interviews

Gershon Baskin feels that the educational textbooks on both sides have absence of a clear, outright recognition of existence and the other side’s right to exist,

Gershon Baskin thinks that regardless of Hamas’ intentions, teaching Hebrew could open doors of understanding, and it has the potential to change world views.

Gershon Baskin guesses that he has logged more hours of discussion with the Hamas than any other Israeli, which makes him uniquely qualified to share his knowledge about the Hamas.

Gershon Baskin, initiator of the back-channel negotiations that led to the release of Gilad Shalit, expounded upon his concrete activities as a private “third-party” negotiator both in the Gilad Shalit case as well with regard to the most recent failed cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

Gershon Baskin, , who was galvanized to political action at the age of 9, shares the improbable things that happened in his life of Baskin

Gershon Baskin asks if would be great if the people of Gaza said to Hamas and Jihad “we don’t want you to defend us by sending rockets into Israel … We want our leadership to invest in building schools, parks, museums, factories, etc. and not rockets, bunkers, and bombs”… [Gaza] is not like the West Bank -Israel has no territorial claims or aspirations in Gaza.

askin spoke of the possibility of the United States supporting this at the UN Security Council, but this did not come to pass. That is why Abbas wants to go now to the General Assembly, which will not lead to a state on the ground, but will enable the Palestinians to attempt to Israel at the International Criminal Court

Gershon Baskin shares information regarding a ceasefire agreement that Israel sent to Ahmed Al Jabari, commander of Ezzedine Al Qassam, Hamas’s military wing.

Gershon Baskin claims that the only reason Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has for celebrating,is that maybe his people in Gaza will get one or two nights sleep without being bombarded.