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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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Meet the org. helping West Bank Palestinians keep their homes, land

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas about Ta’ayush, a grassroots movement that claims to be working to break down the walls of racism, segregation and apartheid by constructing a true Arab-Jewish partnership.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsApril 21, 2021 ago
Gershon Baskin and Mahmoud Abbas
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Palestinian Elections: The great festival of democracy – opinion

Gershon Baskin hopes that he can join with international observers and witness in the great festival of democracy in Palestine.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsApril 7, 2021 ago
Knesset chamber
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Knesset’s 1st job: Banning those charged with corruption from being PM

Gershon Baskin proposes that correcting the law to prevent an indicted MK from serving as prime minister must be the first order of business in returning Israel to be a country with more ability for governance.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
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Elections over, time to rethink, reorganize, rebuild the Left

Gershon Baskin believes that the creation of a political movement is based on engagement and participation and on efficacy – the knowledge that your opinion matters and can be influential.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMarch 24, 2021 ago
Rain clouds are seen over the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
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Israel should give east Jerusalem Palestinians Israeli passports

Gershn Baskin offers a suggestion which could relaunch a discussion of how we can truly make Jerusalem the city of peace and the core of Israeli-Palestinian peace.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMarch 17, 2021 ago
Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Trade
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Israelis, Palestinians need a reset in relations

Gershon Baskin senses that the vast possible areas of cooperation need to be taken out of storage in order to create a new reality.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsMarch 3, 2021 ago
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Is time on our side?

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas regarding Is the 2-state solution dead? If so what other solutions are viable? How can we disrupt the status quo? Is time on our side?

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsFebruary 25, 2021 ago
Gershon Baskin joins the Family of Avraham Abera Mengistu to mark two years since his disappearance.
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‘Squeezing’ Hamas will not bring captive Israelis home

Gershon Baskin suggests changing disks and starting to care about the humanitarian disaster that we are partners in creating.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsFebruary 24, 2021 ago
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Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the loyal student of Meir Kahane?

Gershon Baskin strongly feels that preaching racist ideas in any genuine democracy should not be permitted as they are a direct incitement against entire segments of the population.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsFebruary 17, 2021 ago
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Israel approves transfer of vaccines to Gaza

Gershon Baskin shares his insights on how the Gaza Strip is set to receive Coronavirus vaccinations for the first time since the start of the pandemic, after getting an approval from Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 5 yearsFebruary 17, 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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