In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (756 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826521819 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Baskin joined Young Judaea back in the States, then later lived on a kibbutz in Israel, where he announced to his parents that he had decided to make aliya, emigrate to Israel. Gershon Baskin's memoir of thirty-eight years of intensive pursuit of peace begins with a childhood on Long Island and a bar mitzvah trip to Israel with his family. They persuaded him to return to study at NYU, after which he finally emigrated under the auspices of Interns for Peace. Airport passport control became Kafkaesque as Israeli agents routinely identified him as a security threat.During the many cycles of peace negotiations, Ba
He is a political and social entrepreneur focusing on renewable energy projects in the Middle East. He holds a PhD in international affairs from the University of Greenwich. . Gershon Baskin is the founder and current cochairman of Israel-Palestine: Creative Regional Initiatives (IPCRI, formerly Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information)
I travel and meet people throughout Israel and throughout Palestine. This is based on a deep belief in the qualities of human affinity, human dignity, and selflessness. I hear the same things from both sides: we want peace, but we have no partner on the other side."from Chapter One of In Pursuit of Peace in Israel and Palestine. With the exception of Gaza, which has been off-limits to Israelis since June 2007, I visit cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps throughout Palestine on a regular basis. His book is not only a fascinating journey across the Jewish-Palestinian divide, it also provides that rarest commodity in these dark times: hope."Peter Beinart, author, The Crisis of