Gershon Baskin

Political and social entrepreneur activist in Israel and Palestine

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Jul 1, 2025, 6:39 PM

A narrow window for peace in Gaza

With US pressure mounting and a tentative offer on the table, a deal to end the Gaza war could be struck within weeks – if key players act now

Jun 29, 2025, 1:38 PM

Bring Palestinian Labor Back to Israel Now!

There is no reason in the world that I can think of that Israel should want to have poor neighbors. Israel has strategic, national, and security interests in enabling the Palestinians to have a strong economy and for Palestinian...

Jun 25, 2025, 6:42 PM

The Need for New Leaders

The biggest danger facing us all – Israelis and Palestinians – is that after the war in Iran, Prime Minister Netanyahu might be, once again, be electable. I believe and hope that in the coming weeks and months, the...

Jun 19, 2025, 4:59 PM

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!

The war with Iran has sidetracked our attention from the 53 remaining hostages in Gaza for 622 days. According to one of the mediators I spoke with, the negotiations with Hamas are ongoing, and there is no reason to...

Apr 28, 2025, 5:49 PM

Could Marwan Barghouthi be the solution?

Marwan Barghouthi has been in prison for 23 years. He is the most popular Palestinian leader. I have known Marwan since 1996 from the many meetings that he participated in between Palestinian and Israeli politicians and security personnel that...

Mar 26, 2025, 8:26 PM

How to Achieve Israeli-Palestinian Peace

In 2007, I conducted in-depth research on the public opinion of Israelis regarding the two-states solution and peace with the Palestinians. The results were quite dramatic and pointed to very clear steps that need to be taken to change...

Mar 10, 2025, 11:56 AM

A Bi-National Commission on Trust Building

This paper is a call to Israelis and Palestinians to together create a Bi-National Commission on Trust Building. This should be done at the national governmental level, but it will not be done by the people who call themselves...

Mar 2, 2025, 4:09 PM

False conceptions

The Failure The first of the Israeli army self-investigations are being released to the public and one of the clear elements appearing in the reports is the claim of the false conceptions which guided Israel’s “strategic” calculations. That false conception,...

Feb 23, 2025, 2:57 PM

At the Crossroads

We stand at a very dangerous and crucial crossing point at this moment. Do we move to Phase 2 of the ceasefire deal or does Israel renew the war and essentially sacrifice the remaining 63 hostages? The main difficulty...

Dec 19, 2024, 11:33 PM

The Golan Heights Peace Park

The collapse of the regime of Bashar al-Assad has opened new possibilities for Syria and Israel. The new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, seems to be trying to present a...

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Gershon Baskin, together with Samer Sinijlaw head the Alliance for Two States

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