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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.
Gershon Baskin featured in Israel/Palestine: A Culture of Conflict
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What has happened to the Mossad?

Gershon Baskin thinks that there is a danger that the advice now being received by the leaders from the head of the Mossad may be a real and present danger to the State of Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsJuly 4, 2019 ago
Abu Obeida (R), the official spokesperson of the Palestinian militant group Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, give a press conference on July 3, 2014 in Gaza City. Islamist Hamas movement, whom Israel has blamed for the kidnap and murder of the three teenagers in June, said it held Netanyahu's government directly responsible for the killing of Abu Khder. 'You will pay the price for your crimes,' it said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images
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To Abu Ibrahim, also known as Yahya Sinwar

Gershon Baskin addresses Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and tells him to understand that the agreements that Israel has made through Egypt, the UN and Qatar will remain on paper and will not be fully implemented until all of the Israelis are returned to Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsJune 27, 2019 ago
Gershon Baskin Shares Insights about the Possibilities of Peace at the Museo Memoria y Tolerancia in Mexico
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Beyond no partner

Gershon Baskin believes that the two-state solution is not yet dead; it is close to death, but it is still too early to bury it.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsJune 13, 2019 ago
Gershon Baskin, director of the Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) and Co-CEO Hanna Siniora
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Terrorists and freedom fighters

Gershon Baskin is confident that the financial collapse of the Palestinian Authority will have far reaching consequences for everyone living between the River and the Sea.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsJune 6, 2019 ago
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump Tower, September 25, 2016. Credit: Israel Government Press Office (GPO)
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Money can’t buy you love – or your independence

Gershon baskin believes that the Palestinian resistance to the Trump plan is reasonable, understandable and even admirable, and if we were in their place we would strive to do the same.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsMay 30, 2019 ago
Gershon Baskin in London. January 2016
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The Mirage on the Horizon

Gershon Baskin asks if there really people here who are opposed to civil rights or who are against peace?

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsMay 22, 2019 ago
Gershon Baskin at the Israel Now Conference, July 24, 2015
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Maybe our future is not here

Gershon Baskin feels that Israel is becoming a place which is increasingly difficult for him to live in and identify with

By Gershon Baskin, 7 years ago
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Southern Israelis, Gazans have little choice

Gershon Baskin feels that as long as each side believes the other side lost more, they will continue to delude themselves that real victory is actually possible without ever sitting down at the table and trying to negotiate a way out of this mess.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsMay 10, 2019 ago
Hamas militants display weapons in front of a destroyed house east of Gaza City, Aug. 27, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Majdi Fathi)
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Waiting for the next round

Gershon Baskin believes that as long as each side believes the other side lost more, they will continue to delude themselves that real victory is actually possible without ever sitting down at the table and trying to negotiate a way out of this mess.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsMay 10, 2019 ago
UNSCOP (3 September 1947) and UN Ad Hoc Committee (25 November 1947) partition plans. The UN Ad Hoc committee proposal was voted on in the resolution.
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A revised Palestinian strategy

Gershon Baskin believes that if a new type of strategy is not developed, the next stage in the conflict will be focused on moving Israel from being the Jewish nation-state to a state of one person, one vote for everyone living between the river and the sea.

By Gershon Baskin, 7 yearsMay 3, 2019 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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