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Gershon Baskin lecturing in front of Students at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
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Israel’s Baskin Case

Gershon Baskin is analyzed by the director of the Israel Resource News Agency & The Center for Near East Policy Research.

By David Bedein, 11 yearsApril 27, 2015 ago
Center for Near East Policy Research
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UNRWA will not let Baskin Build Gaza

UNRWA educates its clients to prepare to return to villages that they left in 1948, now located in the Western Negev, Ashkelon, Ashdod, BeerSheva, and Jaffa.

By David Bedein, 12 yearsJuly 2, 2014 ago
Center for Near East Policy Research
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Concerning Gershon Baskin’s gestures to Abbas if he becomes Prime Minister

One wonders why Gershon Baskin in his prime ministership will not ask Abbas to cease and desist from the consistent virulent message that Abbas conveys in the Arabic language.

By David Bedein, 13 yearsOctober 16, 2012 ago
Center for Near East Policy Research
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Take The Fayad Plan For What It Is

Gershon Baskin describes Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayad’s plan as “one of the most positive and optimistic developments of recent times”.

By David Bedein, 16 yearsOctober 18, 2009 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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