The detailed biography of Baskin in Wikipedia describes a lifetime of effort to promote understanding, cooperation and good will between Jews and Arabs. Of course, in the middle ofthese laudable activities Israel was shifting more and more to the right and Palestinians were shifting more and more to extremism. It seems that Baskin has finally thrown in the towel. After all, the chances for a two-state solution are as dim as ever. It seems that the reality will be many more years of muddling through, characterized by low to mid level warfare very similar to what we are seeing today in Gaza, the north and the WB. 5.5 million and counting Palestinians will continue to be stateless and maybe they kinda like it that way, since it relieves them of the need to face up to their disfunctionality. And on our side; let's see. Two million plus Russian/Ukrainian immigrants, 1.5 million Israeli Arabs, two million or so Mizrahi Jews- they have no escape (well, maybe to Miami) so they are stuck with a government driven more and more by religious zealots. Welcome to Israel, the real Israel, Mr. Baskin.
The more I read about Israel history the more despicable the Soviets are. Apparently, they were rearming Egypt just months after the six day war . Of course leading to the Yom Kippur war
The detailed biography of Baskin in Wikipedia describes a lifetime of effort to promote understanding, cooperation and good will between Jews and Arabs. Of course, in the middle ofthese laudable activities Israel was shifting more and more to the right and Palestinians were shifting more and more to extremism. It seems that Baskin has finally thrown in the towel. After all, the chances for a two-state solution are as dim as ever. It seems that the reality will be many more years of muddling through, characterized by low to mid level warfare very similar to what we are seeing today in Gaza, the north and the WB. 5.5 million and counting Palestinians will continue to be stateless and maybe they kinda like it that way, since it relieves them of the need to face up to their disfunctionality. And on our side; let's see. Two million plus Russian/Ukrainian immigrants, 1.5 million Israeli Arabs, two million or so Mizrahi Jews- they have no escape (well, maybe to Miami) so they are stuck with a government driven more and more by religious zealots. Welcome to Israel, the real Israel, Mr. Baskin.
The more I read about Israel history the more despicable the Soviets are. Apparently, they were rearming Egypt just months after the six day war . Of course leading to the Yom Kippur war