‘No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security’
‘No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security’
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In this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr. Gershon Baskin, Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation and former hostage negotiator. One thousand days after the outbreak of the Gaza war, Gershon Baskin shares a stark assessment of Israel’s political and strategic trajectory. Rather than framing the anniversary solely as a military milestone, he argues that it represents a profound failure of political leadership, strategic planning and institutional accountability.
Baskin’s analysis moves beyond battlefield developments to examine the deeper dynamics shaping the conflict: the absence of a national inquiry into October 7, the growing disconnect between military operations and political objectives, the psychological distance separating Israelis and Palestinians and the failure of Israeli politics to seriously confront the Palestinian question.
He also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel‘s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent. An emerging regional economic agenda, backed by Gulf states and potentially driven by an influential American administration, could create a rare opening for a negotiated two-state settlement, he adds. Whether one agrees with his conclusions or not, he offers a comprehensive critique of prevailing assumptions and a vision that reframes peace as a geopolitical necessity.
International Communities has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Gershon Baskin has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
In this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr. Meanwhile he also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel’s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent.
If in this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Gershon Baskin is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
Considering he also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel’s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
He also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel’s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent. Meanwhile to display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.
Still waiting to hear what Gershon Baskin actually plans to do about it.
What stands out is he also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel’s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent. That is the part worth paying attention to.
Reading that he also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel’s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent — hard to argue with the logic there.
On one hand one of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. But at the same time in this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr.
The fact that in this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr really puts things into perspective.
So the bottom line is in this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr. Wonder how this will land.
The fact that he also advances an explicitly strategic – rather than purely moral – argument for peace: Israel’s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent really puts things into perspective.
In other words in this edition, FRANCE 24’s François Picard talks with Dr. Curious to see how this develops.