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Israel at War: Gershon Baskin on the Hostage Crisis
Gershon Baskin shares on the Mako “one a day” podcast that Hamas needs to be obliterated.
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Former hostage negotiator on breaking contact with Hamas
WBUR Here & Now host Robin Young speaks with Gershon Baskin, about why he is breaking with his primary Hamas contact.
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How does Israel plan to get hostages back?
Gershon Baskin tells BBC Newshour that there are different groups involved in holding the hostages in Gaza and Hamas does not necessarily have full control of the situation and their welfare. Therefore, the key questions for anyone trying to negotiate and get the hostages back is: “Who is holding them? Who has the power to release them?”
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Hamas hostages’ uncertain future
Gershon Baskin, who worked on a high-profile prisoner swap, shares what it could take for captives in Gaza to be returned.
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Hamas is holding some 150 hostages. What are the prospects they’ll be rescued?
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks to Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin about the fate of those people captured by Hamas, when militants attacked Israel.
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Deal or no deal: Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks and the path to a wider agreement
James Sorene of Hadiyun: a weekly podcast from BICOM, an independent British think tank producing research and analysis to increase understanding of Israel and the Middle East in the UK, interviews Gershon Baskin.
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In Maryland, taking on AIPAC
Gershon Baskin supports Prof. Jerome Segal and hopes that as a US senator he will have a lot more influence in shaping a much more positive US position in support of Israel making peace with its Palestinian neighbors.
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No more slogans, we need action!
Gershon Baskin believes that peace will never be achieved through the barrels of rifles and the power of tanks but rather through the generosity of spirit and the true intention of turning slogans into deeds.
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It still is the occupation
Gershon Baskin feels that the discrepancies between the two societies between the river and the sea are so blatantly obvious and so blatantly unjust.