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Karan Thapar

Karan Thapar is a Journalist, television commentator and interviewer working with The Wire. Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted The Devil's Advocate and The Last Word. Some of the celebrities he has interviewed include Narendra Modi and Shah Rukh Khan. He was also associated with India Today, hosted the shows To the Point and Nothing But The Truth and is doing an exclusive series of Interviews with The Wire on his show Access Journalism.
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The Donald Trump Factor Explains the Israel-Hamas Deal but Netanyahu Will Pay for His Incompetence

Gershon Baskin shares with Karan Thapar of “The Wire” that there was a better deal which Prime Minister Netanyahu was unwilling to accept. He shares details of this better deal, which he personally helped to arrange.

By Karan Thapar, 4 monthsJanuary 16, 2025 ago
The Wire
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Netanyahu is a Drunk Driver in Government, I Have a Deal With Hamas That Can Work

In an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Gershon Baskin spelt out the details of a deal he has worked out with Hamas for the release of all 101 hostages, dead or alive, the end of the war, a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the agreed release of Palestinian prisoners by name and number.

By Karan Thapar, 9 monthsSeptember 4, 2024 ago
The Wire
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Has An Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Become Increasingly Unlikely?

Gershon Baskin discusses and analyzes the prospects of a deal to release over 235 Israeli hostages in Hamas custody.

By Karan Thapar, 2 yearsNovember 15, 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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