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Anna Trechsel

Anna Trechsel has been following events in the Middle East for the past 30 years - the last 22 as a journalist. She studied Middle Eastern Studies and have travelled the region quite extensively, with several longer stints in Israel and also in Hebron where she worked as an observer for an international mission (TIPH). Anna had the pleasure of interviewing Gershon back in 2015, when she was working at the Sunday Newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. Anna worked as a producer for Swiss Radio SRF for a few years and have gone back to reporting a few months back. As a foreign editor, she is based in Switzerland and cover Israel and Palestine.
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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 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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