Gershon Baskin
After the Holocaust, there has been no such massacre of Jews. We have lived in delusion that we are protected and safe.
“Hamas broke through Israel’s defenses. We lost a sense of security, and that was extremely traumatic. Entire communities are being evacuated and stockpile with weapons because the military is unable to do so.
“I may be the only living Israeli who can talk to both the Hamas leadership and the Israeli government.
“Hamas has never recognized Israel’s right to exist.
1.5 million people are homeless in the Gaza Strip, and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed by Israeli bombs. My friends from Gaza do not have homes, food and water. I advise them to go south where it is safe. All parties to the conflict are terrorists – because civilians have been injured, “he said.
Baskin hopes many of the hostages will be returned to Israel in exchange for a ceasefire for a period of time while the humanitarian corridor is open. “We have been having a conflict for more than 100 years. For 18 years, 2 million people have been locked up in an open-air prison in the Gaza Strip, and we are deluded that there will be peace. The Palestinians must be aware of Israel’s right to exist and the connection of the Jews with this land, otherwise the conflict will never end, “he said.
