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Julia Neumann

Julia Neumann covers topics evolving around gender, social justice, such as urban culture and society. Her interests lie in constructive stories about migration and refugees such as questions about participation and exclusion within public spaces. She follows constructive, self-reflective approaches within reporting, questioning and taking into consideration intersectional power dynamics as well as post-colonial and anti-racist reporting. She is currently located in Beirut and focuses on stories from West Asia and North Africa. She is knowledgeable about intersectional feminism, racism, orientalism and post-colonial studies, which plays an important part in her journalistic work. Working for vairous media outlets, she follows a constructivist approach in reporting.
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Middle East negotiator: “Hamas will not give up”

Gershon Baskin explains what the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh means for the Israeli hostages, how the Gaza war ends and why Benjamin Netanyahu is a hostage to its problems

By Julia Neumann, 2 yearsAugust 4, 2024 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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