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Joe Duggan

Joe is an online news reporter at Express.co.uk, where he has worked since July, 2018. He started his career as a news reporter in 2015 in Spain and Gibraltar, working on a newspaper's regional titles and writing exclusives for UK and Irish national newspapers while specialising in crime and investigations. Joe returned to England to work as a reporter for a press agency in November, 2017. He worked as a news reporter covering London and the South East for national newspapers and online. He enjoys reading and running.
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How Israel could strike a hostage deal with Hamas, by negotiator who helped free Gilad Shalit

Gershon Baskin says that a deal for women, children, elderly and sick hostages could be the key to a ceasefire and allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

By Joe Duggan, 2 yearsOctober 16, 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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