Gershon Baskin

We are on this planet to make it a better place. We are trustees, not the owners. We are part of a region – a neighborhood which requires cooperation across borders for the benefit of all. We have to take responsibility so that everyone who lives here has the best opportunities to achieve a good and decent life for themselves and their families. We must address the inequalities and injustices in our society with sincere solidarity and we must fight for real social justice.

The Future of Jerusalem
2000
Member of Prime Minister Barak’s expert team on Jerusalem working on preparing the Israeli positions regarding Jerusalem in the permanent status negotiations with the Palestinians.
Security and Strategic Affairs
2005
The Leaders Project – Under the auspices of Secretary of Defense William Cohen
The Politics of Water Resources
2005- present
Special advisor and consultant to Waterbags developer [...]

2005 – present
• Founding Member of the Steering Committee of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace NGO Forum, a network of more than 100 Israeli and Palestinian peace and dialogue NGO’s.
2005 – present
• Member of the Executive Committee of ALLMEP – the Alliance for Middle East Peace, a coalition of some 30 peace and dialogue organizations based in the [...]

1993 Ph.D. International Affairs, Greenwich University
Dissertation: Sovereignty and Territory in the Future of Jerusalem
(Ph.D. Mentors and academic supervisors: Prof. Alan Dowty, Notre Dame University and Prof. Edy Kaufman, University of Maryland and Hebrew University)
1991 M.A. International Affairs, Greenwich University (under the academic supervision of Prof. Alan Dowty, Notre Dame University)
Dissertation: The Political and National Elements [...]

1988 – Present
Israeli CEO and founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI).
IPCRI is a joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy research think-tank working on issues in conflict between the sides. IPCRI proposes policy options to decision makers regarding the issues in the peace process. Dr. Baskin was the founder of IPCRI and has served [...]

The Israeli domestic political scene is looking more and more chaotic. The decision to hold early elections on February 10 has sent politicians and would-be politicians into a frenzy to find their political home and to try to guarantee themselves a seat among the 120 available in the Knesset. Old names are popping up and [...]

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Gershon Baskin is featured in Tom Goudsmit’s documentary film on the Middle East, Israel/Palestine: A Culture of Conflict. In the film Gershon Baskin explains the necessity for learning the truth about the other.
Click here to watch the movie