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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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There Are Partners For Peace On Both Sides

Recording of Dr Gershon Baskin is the initiator and the person responsible for the secret back channel between Israel and the Hamas that successfully negotiated the release of Israeli abducted soldier Gilad Shalit

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 23, 2014 ago
IDF near Gaza strip. (photo credit:IDF SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE)
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Regional forum for security and stability – Gaza first

For Israel the end result should be a weakening of Hamas and a strengthening of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 17, 2014 ago
Hamas - ?arakat al-Muq?wamah al-?Isl?miyyah. Islamic Resistance Movement
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I begged Hamas for a cease fire, but they said: No, bring it on

How about explaining what you would do if you were Israeli prime minister facing hundreds of rockets falling down on your citizens?

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 10, 2014 ago
Women mourn after an Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants, at a hospital morgue in the central Gaza Strip July 6, 2014. Photo: REUTERS
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Encountering Peace: Ending the cycle

Force alone will never be a proper response to human suffering.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 10, 2014 ago
Gaza Palestinians survey the wreckage of an IAF strike that killed two terrorists in Gaza. Photo: REUTERS
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Encountering Peace: Don’t destroy Gaza, build it!

We need to help the people of Gaza replace Hamas by providing them with hope and a better future, something Hamas has never provided.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 2, 2014 ago
Youtube satire of kidnapped teens Photo: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT
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Encountering peace: Terrible times

It reminds me of the very long and sad years that Gilad Schalit was in captivity. The media had to say something.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJune 25, 2014 ago
Hamas - ?arakat al-Muq?wamah al-?Isl?miyyah. Islamic Resistance Movement
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Encountering Peace: Who did it?

My reason for doubting Hamas’s involvement is that the single most important thing to Hamas right now is to assure its continued ability to rule Gaza.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJune 18, 2014 ago
Israel Border Police Mishmar HaGvul
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Encountering peace: There is no good occupation

This plan is nothing more than an advanced and sophisticated form of colonialism.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJune 11, 2014 ago
Turning his back on the peace process?: US Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Tel Aviv, April 1, as Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapse Photo: JACQUELYN MARTIN / POOL / REUTERS
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Annexation’s trappings

The conflict is not going away, nor is the State of Israel, nor is Palestine.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMay 28, 2014 ago
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: REUTERS
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Encountering Peace: From David to Goliath

Palestinians are fighting for exactly what we Jews fought for – freedom, independence, identity.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMay 21, 2014 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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