Interviews
The Shalit exchange
Gershon Baskin tells Al Jazeera that not only had Hamas been waiting for five years for Israel to get serious, the deal that Netanyahu struck was one that’s been on the table all along.
Gilad Schalit
The Israeli academic who played a critical role in the Shalit deal
Gershon Baskin persisted in contacts with Hamas when official envoys failed.
Interviews
Israelis and Palestinians embrace only parts of peace initiative
Gershon Baskin thinks that both sides are trying to figure out how to say yes and no at the same time and the neither believes there is a possibility to reach a negotiated agreement, but neither wants to be held responsible for a failure of talks before they start. Israel is reluctant to agree to a timeline for border talks, and the Palestinian Authority says the proposal by the Mideast quartet doesn’t go far enough.
Interviews
Palestine takes a stab at statehood
Gershon Baskin surmises that the Palestinians have learnt from Israel, as the birth certificate of Israel’s existence was obtained from the breeding grounds of the UN.
Interviews
Free speech row after Jerusalem Post sacks writer over blog post
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.
Interviews
Talking Peace Is Only Language He Understands
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…
Insights
Five Questions – Five Answers: Approaching September – 1
Dr. Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora and share their insights about the Palestinian bid for UN membership.
Interviews
Between Two Worlds: Review
Gershon Baskin is featured in a film that examines the Jewish community’s polarization over Israeli policies in the Occupied Territories
Interviews
Gershon Baskin Between Two Worlds
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.
Interviews
Going to the U.N.? What’s it all about?
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?”.