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.
In January 2011, Gershon Baskin claimed that he was 100 percent sure that a former disgruntled employed of the Palestinian Liberation Organization‘s (PLO) Negotiations Affairs Department leaked the Negotiation Support Unit (NSU) documents, and that they are genuine. Even though the PLO vehemently denied the report, 5 months later, Ziyad Clot, a former adviser for the NSU involved in 2008 Annapolis negotiations confirmed Gershon Baskin’s claim and exposed himself as one of the sources of the leaks.
Gershon Baskin shares his insights regarding the prospects and obstacles of a NATO or UN peacekeeping mission in the Palestinian territories and to discuss possible solutions.
Gershon Baskin explained the feasibility of a two-state solution and spoke about his nearly 25-year-long career in bringing groups of Israelis and Palestinians together to collaborate on solving some of the most pressing issues of the peace process.
Gershon Baskin presents his twenty-three year experience trying to advance peace on the basis of Two-States for Two-Peoples. He provides his understanding of the development of the conflict over the past two decades, and offers a detailed analysis of the current political climate in Palestine.
Gershon Baskin is 100 percent sure that a former disgruntled employed leaked the NSU documents, and that they are genuine.
Gershon Baskin is 100 percent sure that a former disgruntled employed member of the Negotiations Support Unit headed by Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat leaked the documents. In the NSU document leaked about Gershon Baskin he advocates imposing the two-state solution in the United Nations, as once Palestine gets full membership at the United Nations,the situation on the ground would be of one member-state (Israel) occupying another member-state (Palestine).
Gershon Baskin wrote a letter to Khaled Mashal, the leader of the Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas. When Mohammed Najib attempted to deliver the letter to him, Mashal smiled and replied, ‘I’m not even allowed to touch it. I don’t accept letters from Israelis. It’s impure.’
Gershon Baskin considers the resumption of West Bank construction a potential danger to Israel because it could prompt widespread international recognition of a Palestinian state outside the framework of a peace agreement.
Gershon Baskin joins the former Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Foreign Intelligence Chief Yevgeny Primakov of Russia and Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Council of the Federation (the Russian Parliament’s upper house) at the Scenarios and Models of Middle East Settlement conference in Malta.