Gershon Baskin feels that Larry Derfner has a right to write that Palestinians have a legitimate right to struggle against occupation, but I think those rights stop short of terrorism.
When a series of terrorist attacks killed eight Israelis around the southern Israeli city of Eilat, Gershon Baskin knew immediately that the deaths had the potential to escalate into a full-blown conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza. And he saw himself as one of the Read more
Dr. Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora and share their insights about the Palestinian bid for UN membership.
Gershon Baskin is featured in a film that examines the Jewish community’s polarization over Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories
Gershon Baskin shares his ideas in the film Between Two Worlds, where he confirms his belief that the Holocaust is not the center of our identity. The center of our identity is the moral code that we have been brought up with which is the heart of what Jewish traditions and values teach us.
In cooperation with the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI), the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Ramallah organized a conference entitled “Going to the UN? What’s it all about?”.
Nothing scares off investors like the unkown and right now, it’s very difficult to see a clear path ahead for bringing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict closer to a resolution.
Gershon Baskin warns that without a fundamental change in relations between the parties [Israelis and Palestinians], the option of a two-state solution will soon be off the table.
The question Mr Baskin and others ask is where Mr Netanyahu falls in this debate and
whether he wants an Israel that is both Jewish and democratic.
if hard core left-wing Israelis (like Gershon Baskin) and Palestinians committed to non-violence could not come close to a deal at a conference such as this, I did not see any bilateral agreement on the horizon–whether or not George Mitchell was injected into the formula.