Insights

Gershon Baskin reflects on if Israel should agree to a deal which includes all of the Palestinian prisoners in Israel for all of the hostages.

Gershon Baskin shares his insights regarding the huge dilemmas and senses that now is time when we need strong moral leadership and unfortunately there are very few sitting around the decision makers table with the moral compass able to make the right decisions.

Gershon Baskin firmly believes that Israel and Palestine cannot be left on their own to resolve the conflict, it must be an international effort backed first and directly by other regional countries.

Gershon Baskin believes that there are many ways to negotiate better agreements and raise the chances that genuine peace could be attainable.

Gershon Baskin lists what should be done because it is the right thing to do and because we always have to remember that there will be a day after the war where two million Palestinians will still be living in Gaza as Israel’s neighbors.

Gershon Baskin believes that at the end of the day there are two people atop the negotiations “One is Yahya Sinwar on the Hamas side, and the other is Benjamin Netanyahu on the Israeli side.

Gershon Baskin writes an open letter to Marwan Barghouthi asking him if he is the person who will write the new chapter of our shared destinies?

Gershon Baskin believes that we are living through a terrible time. But these horrors are precisely why now is the time that Americans, along with all of the OECD countries, together with Israelis and Palestinians must embrace a peace of no choice.

Gershon Baskin shares a play by play description of his discussions with the Hamas between October 7 and October 30, 2023.