Gershon Baskin, who negotiated with Hamas on the release of the captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, explains that on the morning that Mr. Jabari was killed, he received a draft proposal for an extended cease-fire with Israel, including mechanisms that would verify intentions and ensure compliance.
Michael Mertes, director of the KAS’s Israel Office, paid tribute to the longstanding cooperation between Gershon Baskin, IPCRI and KAS.
One wonders why Gershon Baskin in his prime ministership will not ask Abbas to cease and desist from the consistent virulent message that Abbas conveys in the Arabic language.
In the first week following Shalit’s kidnapping, an unofficial line of communication was established by Gershon Baskin and Razi Hamed, who served as Hamas’ government deputy Foreign Minister.
Many commentators have .. pointed out several facts… and it is these (facts) that have prompted Baskin’s analysis.
Gershon Baskin fears the imminent death of the two-state solution—and therefore, of his “Zionist dream.” He sees a great disaster about to unfold and cannot understand why people are not shouting ‘don’t let this happen!’…The two-state solution…is no more than a speech, empty words on paper with absolutely no value any more.
Gershon Baskin claims that there are dozens of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence groups, but “We Will Not Obey” is the only one that brings Israelis into the West Bank and Palestinians into Israel illegally.
The account Gershon Baskin’s involvement with Mahmoud Abbas, Cuban leader Raul Castro in an attempt to free Alan Gross, a contractor jailed by Havana since late 2009.
Gershon Baskin shares his memories of the lunch he had with Yasser Arafat two and a half months before he died insights as to the reasons behind Arafat’s death and feels that the current situation is not sustainable.
Gershon Baskin position on the two state solution is analyzed by Dr. Martin Sherman, the founder of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies and the first academic director of the internationally renowned Herzliya Conference. Dr. Sherman feels that the only proper thing for two-staters to do is to admit error, apologize for the vast damage they have wrought, and bow out of public life.