'No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security'

One thousand days after the Gaza war erupted, France 24 speaks with Dr. Gershon Baskin, former hostage negotiator and Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation. Rather than celebrate the conflict's military dimensions, Baskin argues the anniversary exposes a deeper failure: the collapse of Israeli political leadership and strategic planning. His core thesis: Israeli security and Palestinian freedom are inseparable. Without one, the other cannot endure—a reality he says Israel's current trajectory ignores.

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