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Is a two-state solution still possible?

Gershon Baskin and Samer Sinijlawi share their visons regarding how to implement a lasting peace in the Middle East.

By Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1 weekMay 28, 2025 ago
SBS (Australian TV channel)
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Importing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Australia is insanity

What might Israelis and Palestinians have to say to each other in times of conflict and despair? Dr Gershon Baskin and Samer Sinijlawi visit Australia with a message of hope. In conversation with Motti Gadish they talk about pain, dialogue, and trust-building — and leave no room for apathy. Samer Read more…

By Motti Gadish, 3 weeksMay 20, 2025 ago
Kan English
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Military pressure kills hostages

Gershon Baskin blasts the current IDF campaign against Hamas in Gaza, saying that military pressure doesn’t save hostages… it kills them. Speaking to reporter Arieh O’Sullivan, Baskin outlined possible moves that could free the hostages, end the fighting and rebuild Gaza.

By Arieh O'Sullivan, 3 weeksMay 19, 2025 ago
The World
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Airstrikes in Gaza signal an end to Hamas-Israel ceasefire

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas with Marco Werman of the World regarding Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

By Chris Harland-Dunaway, 3 monthsMarch 18, 2025 ago
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire under strain once more

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas regarding why the shaky ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is under strain again and why Israel wants an end to the public spectacle around the release of hostages, who’ve been paraded in front of large crowds and sometimes forced to praise their captors.

By Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 monthsFebruary 23, 2025 ago
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Netanyahu in Washington to meet Trump

Gershon Baskin shares with Australian Broadcasting Company’s Eric Tlozek his thoughts regarding Benjamin Netanyahu flying to the United States to meet with the president Donald Trump to discuss the war in Gaza.

By Eric Tlozek, 4 monthsFebruary 3, 2025 ago
NewsTalk
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Where does the Israel-Gaza conflict go next?

Gershon Baskin shares with Pat Kenny of NewsTalk his thoughts regarding Israel’s new Defence Minister, Qatar pausing its role as mediator and Trump returning to the White House and where does the Israel-Gaza conflict go next.

By Patrick Kenny, 7 monthsNovember 12, 2024 ago
ZetLand
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For years, two men sent secret messages between Israel and Hamas. (I årevis sendte to mænd hemmelige beskeder mellem Israel og Hamas)

In an interview with Zetland’s Merian Garde Gräs, Gershon Baskin shares his experiences with Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas.

By Merian Garde Gras, 7 monthsNovember 5, 2024 ago
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
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No Ceasefire in the Middle East: Because of Hamas? (Kein Waffenstillstand in Nahost: Wegen der Hamas?)

Gershon Baskin contradicts statements by Israel and the USA that claim that the militant Islamist Hamas is to blame for this blockade in negotiations for a ceasefre.

By Anna Trechsel, 8 monthsSeptember 26, 2024 ago
The Guardian
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Gershon Baskin on his experience as a hostage negotiator in the Israel-Palestine conflict

Gershon Baskin shares his experience as a hostage negotiator from his contact with a senior Hamas official, Ghazi Hamid, in 2006 till the current Hostage crisis.

By Michael Safi, 9 monthsSeptember 5, 2024 ago

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The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas

The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas
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In 2006, Gilad Schalit was kidnapped by a group of Gaza militants. Decades of animosity and distrust thwarted any attempt at a prisoner exchange. THE NEGOTIATOR is the firsthand account of Gershon Baskin, who made it his mission to liberate Gilad Schalit. Baskin drew on his ties to Hamas to create a secret back channel and succeeded where official mediators had failed, paving the way for the deal that brought Gilad home.
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In Pursuit of Peace in Israel & Palestine


In his latest book, In Pursuit of Peace in Israel & Palestine, Gershon Baskin reveals how relations in the Middle East are based on justified fear, influenced by lack of human contact and reinforced by continued violence that solidify patterns of thinking and behavior that negatively influence public policies.

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Freeing Gilad: The Secret Back Channel

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"Free Gilad" is the story of an unprecedented secret communication channel developed by Gershon Baskin developed that made a decisive contribution towards the release of Gilad Shalit.
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