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Gershon Baskin

Gershon Baskin is one of the most recognizable names in the Middle East Peace process. He is a political and social entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to peace between Israel and its neighbors. His dedication to creating a culture of peace and environmental awareness, coupled with his impeccable integrity, has earned him the trust of the leaders of all sides of the century old conflict. Few people have such far-reaching and positive impacts on promoting peace, security, prosperity and bi-national relationships. Gershon is an advisor to Israeli, Palestinian and International Prime Ministers on the Middle East Peace Process and the founder and director of IPCRI, the Israeli-Palestinian Public Policy Institute. He was the initiator and negotiator of the secret back channel between Israel and Hamas for the release of 1,027 prisoners – mainly Palestinians and Arab-Israelis of which 280 were sentenced to life in prison, including Yahya Sinwar, the current Palestinian leader of the Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The prisoners were imprisoned for planning and perpetrating various attacks against Jewish targets that resulted in the killing of 569 Israelis in exchange for one Israeli soldier, Gilad Schalit. Gershon is actively involved in research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, environmental security, political strategy, peace education, economics, culture and in the development of affordable solar projects with the goal of providing clean electricity for 50 million people by 2020. He is a founding member of Kol Ezraheiha-Kol Muwanteneiha (All of the Citizens) political party in Israel. He is now directing The Holy Land Bond and is the Middle East Director for ICO – International Communities Organization - a UK based NGO working in conflict zones with failed peace processes.
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Esawi Frej: Doing the right thing for Israel, Palestinians.

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas on how to facilitate the advancement of the International Fund for Israeli Palestinian peace and how to establish an inter-ministerial committee on equality for all citizens of Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsJuly 7, 2021 ago
Hanna Siniora, Gershon Baskin, Sheikh Taissir Dayut Tamimi
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I love my Arab neighbors. Why don’t you?

Gershon Baskin feels that applicants for family reunification should be immediately granted the right to love and to live in peace with their spouses and families as equal citizens of our democratic country.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsJune 30, 2021 ago
The head of Hamas goverment in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh (R), sits with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip. Carter is in the Gaza strip.
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Israel’s approach to Gaza needs to change

Gershon Baskin feels that relying on that belief and on the old tired slogan of rebuilding deterrence will only bring us more of the same.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsJune 23, 2021 ago
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Council of Top 5: A proposal to help Palestinians

Gershon Baskin thinks that it is time for discreet behind-the-scenes work to take place to begin to rebuild contacts and to seek to develop some trust across the conflict lines and rethink how we want to share this land that we both claim.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsJune 16, 2021 ago
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett votes with wife Gilat
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My hopes for the next government

Gershon Baskin feels that a new government of change in Israel will enable us to get back to the central questions that we need to address.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsJune 2, 2021 ago
PALESTINIAN MEMBERS of a Hamas unit parade in Gaza on Sunday. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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It’s time for some hardcore realism on both sides: Israelis & Palestinians

Gershon Baskin senses that we are trapped in political systems that have stalemated our societies and have divided us from within.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMay 26, 2021 ago
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From Elections to Al-Aqsa: What’s Happening in Israel/Palestine and What Happens Next

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas about what’s happening in Israel/Palestine and what happens next.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMay 23, 2021 ago
Gilad, Noam and Aviva Shalit with Gershon Baskin
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Israel must talk to Hamas to improve the situation in Gaza

Gershon Baskin feels that the chances of bringing about moderation to Hamas’s positions are a thousand times better through speaking than as a result of air force shelling by Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMay 19, 2021 ago
Palestinians supporting Hamas chant slogans during a rally celebrating Hamas student supporters winning the student council election at Birzeit University in Ramallah. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Palestinian elections and the unknown road ahead

Gershon Baskin feels that we need to replace the failed strategies that have left us with no road map to the future that involve mutual respect, understanding, acceptance and equality.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMay 5, 2021 ago
Jerusalem Al Aqsa Mosque
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Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount: Israeli-Palestinian conflict nerve center

Gershon Baskin senses that the area of the Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount has the cosmic power to transform the political Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a religious conflict between Islam and Judaism.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsApril 28, 2021 ago

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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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