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CBC News Network

CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. As Canada's first all-news channel, it is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and Sky News in the United Kingdom.
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How could Israel-Hezbollah tensions impact Gaza ceasefire talks?

Gershon Baskin joins Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Power & Politics to discuss how the Israel-Hezbollah conflict could play into negotiations.

By CBC News Network, 10 monthsJuly 31, 2024 ago
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Former hostage negotiator remembers friend Vivian Silver, killed by Hamas

Gershon Baskin describes his friend, Vivian Silver, as a “person who lived her life according to her ideals.” Silver’s family has confirmed she was killed in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

By CBC News Network, 2 yearsNovember 14, 2023 ago
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Gershon Baskin shares about his 18 year relationship with Ghazi Hamad, Deputy Foreign Minister of Hamas.

Gershon Baskin shares with CBC News Network about his 18 year relationship with Ghazi Hamad, Deputy Foreign Minister of Hamas who has called for the annihilation of Israel.

By CBC News Network, 2 yearsNovember 4, 2023 ago
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Hamas starting to ‘understand the severity of their situation’

Gershon Baskin shares in an interview with CBC News (a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) that Hamas is ‘beginning to understand their end is coming and that’s a dangerous situation.’

By CBC News Network, 2 yearsOctober 17, 2023 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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