James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan’s first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H. W. Bush. Baker also served as Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush administration. In 1988, Read more…
Ilana Dayan-Orbach, an Israeli investigative journalist, anchorwoman, and attorney, best known as host of the investigative television program Uvda (“Fact”) on the Israeli Channel 2, interviews Gershon Baskin on the exchange of messages between the Hamas regarding Gilad Schalit.
Al Jazeera’s Teymoor Nabili speaks to Gershon Baskin about his role in the negotiations leading to an Israeli-Hamas prisoner swap agreement that freed Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
Gershon Baskin shares his views on the interrelationship between cooperation, federation, confederation and the Two State Solution in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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.
At J-Street’s 2011 Conference, entitled “Giving Voices to our Values,” (Feb. 26-March 1, 2011 in Washington DC) Gershon Baskin stated that he supports a Unilateral Declaration of a Palestinian State that will result in a fait-accompli that the Israelis will have to deal with, including BDS against settlements and Israeli Read more…
Palestinian and Israeli peace-builders Dr. Sami Adwan and Dr. Gershon Baskin discuss their personal perspectives on the conflict as well as their work with both Israeli and Palestinian communities, governments and scholars to advance peace in the Middle East.
Now that the US has finally decided that negotiations about negotiations are over, the real work will get under way.
Gershon Baskin offers his vision of a Jerusalem with all the culture an international city can offer.
Dr. Gershon Baskin, founder and co-director of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, offers his vision of a Jerusalem with all the culture an international city can offer.