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Gershon Baskin’s strategic thinking and planning background give him a unique perspective for assessing the key challenges of sustainable peace, international diplomacy, environmental security and globalization in the 21st century. Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, Iran, Palestine – The Middle East is a scary place these days – threats are real and the safety and security of the region and the world are at risk. The complex realities are often difficult to understand and the sense of pessimism and hopelessness are too pervasive. The questions surrounding Israeli-Palestinian peace and the possibility of a two states solution are deeply debated. At your next event in addition the extensive list of speech topics, Gershon Baskin can share his insights on the following timely questions:

Can the international community backing the French Initiative bring Israel and Palestine back to the table?
Can the Israelis and the Palestinians be enticed to restart a peace process convened and advance by Egyptian President a-Sisi?
Could/should President Obama take a legacy step by supporting a new UN Security Council Resolution on Israeli Palestinian peace?
Can Israel’s leader Netanyahu and Palestine’s leader Mahmoud Abbas ever become partners for peace?
Is there even still a chance for a two states solution and if not then what?
What about Hamas? How can peace be possible with organizations like that?
Abbas resigning?
Dismantling the Palestinian Authority?
Declaring Palestine and occupied state and calling for UN intervention?
A new intifada?
Jerusalem in flames?
Another Gaza war?
Is there still a viable two states solution?
Are there partners for any genuine Israeli Palestinian peace process?
What about the divided Palestinian political house – can peace be considered while Hamas continue to rule Gaza and seems to be growing in power?
How does the nuclear deal with Iran impact Israeli-Palestinian relations?
Is there any validity to the 2003 Arab Peace Initiative?
What strategic choices are facing the leaders of Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, the US and others?
Can the international community do something positive to assist in bringing the Israeli-Palestinian relationship to a better place?
What is the Palestinian strategy?
What is happening to the Israeli peace camp?
Is there hope for a renewed effort for peace?
Will the Palestinians continue their moves against Israel in the International Criminal Court?
What impact could the ICC’s investigation have on Israel?

This is an opportune time to invite Gershon to your community to speak about these and other issues.

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Gershon Baskin

Gershon Baskin is one of the most recognizable names in the Middle East Peace process. He is a political and social entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to peace between Israel and its neighbors. His dedication to creating a culture of peace and environmental awareness, coupled with his impeccable integrity, has earned him the trust of the leaders of all sides of the century old conflict. Few people have such far-reaching and positive impacts on promoting peace, security, prosperity and bi-national relationships. Gershon is an advisor to Israeli, Palestinian and International Prime Ministers on the Middle East Peace Process and the founder and director of IPCRI, the Israeli-Palestinian Public Policy Institute. He was the initiator and negotiator of the secret back channel between Israel and Hamas for the release of 1,027 prisoners – mainly Palestinians and Arab-Israelis of which 280 were sentenced to life in prison, including Yahya Sinwar, the current Palestinian leader of the Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The prisoners were imprisoned for planning and perpetrating various attacks against Jewish targets that resulted in the killing of 569 Israelis in exchange for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Schalit. Gershon is actively involved in research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, environmental security, political strategy, peace education, economics, culture and in the development of affordable solar projects with the goal of providing clean electricity for 50 million people by 2020. He is a founding member of Kol Ezraheiha-Kol Muwanteneiha (All of the Citizens) political party in Israel. He is now directing The Holy Land Bond and is the Middle East Director for ICO – International Communities Organization - a UK based NGO working in conflict zones with failed peace processes.

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Speech Topics

Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, Iran, Palestine – The Middle East is a scary place these days – threats are real and the safety and security of the region and the world are at risk. The complex realities that are included in the speech topics of Gershon Baskin shed light on issues that often difficult to understand, issues that have instilled a pervasive sense of pessimism and hopelessness. This is an opportune time to invite Gershon to your community to speak about these and other issues.

Gershon Baskin addresses the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding and International Studies
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Accolades

Gershon Baskin is a thoroughly engaging speaker who brings to audiences a new, frank, and honest viewpoint about the situation in the Middle East. His delivery is passionate, emotional and inspiring.

Gershon Baskin, founder and former Co-director of IPCRI, looks back on 20 years of cooperation in the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
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Presentations

Best known for establishing the back channel with the Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah (the Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement) that led to the release of Gilad Shalit, Dr. Gershon Baskin has established himself as one who works across political lines to find common ground, a person who speaks his conscience and who gets things done for the good of all people in the Middle-East. Gershon's insights and perspectives combined with his robust knowledge of the major issues of the day, has made him a highly sought-after speaker.