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Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn is Al-Monitor's State Department correspondent. She previously reported on the region as a freelance journalist in Turkey and Iraq for publications including Middle East Eye, The National and The Guardian.
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Hamas open to direct channel on cease-fire, says former hostage negotiator

Gershon Baskin says it’s time to bypass the mediators and open a direct line of communication with Hamas.

By Elizabeth Hagedorn, 2 yearsJune 14, 2024 ago
Al-Monitor
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Hostage deal elusive as US pushes for Gaza pause

Gershon Baskin believes that there’s no other deal that Hamas is interested in other than ‘all for all’.

By Elizabeth Hagedorn, 2 yearsNovember 8, 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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