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Nadeen Ebrahim

Nadeen Ebrahim is a Journalist and digital producer at CNN based at the Abu Dhabi bureau, writing about the Middle East and North Africa region. Skilled in breaking news, niche news, feature stories with human lives and human voices, academic and analytical writing. She has reported remotely on Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Morocco, and on the ground from Cairo, Baghdad, and Berlin. Formerly with Reuters at the Cairo bureau. I hold a Master of Philosophy in Politics and International Relations from the University of Cambridge, with a focus on militarism.
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The renewal of the war is a failure of Trump to end the war

Gershon Baskin shares hos ideas with CNN, claiming that for the remaining living hostages in Gaza, the resumption of the war is “a death sentence”

By Nadeen Ebrahim, 2 monthsMarch 18, 2025 ago
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Some experts say Netanyahu’s statement on Sunday suggests the deal may face new hurdles

Gershon Baskin thinks that Hamas will give in to additional Israeli demands,” such as staying on the Philadelphi Corridor, and that Hamas is also unlikely to agree to an Israeli demand of “a veto on the selection of Palestinian prisoners to be released

By Nadeen Ebrahim, 10 monthsJuly 9, 2024 ago
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Analysis: Israel and Hamas have a lot to gain from a truce extension. But fighting is likely to resume anyway

Gershon Baskin feels that the main interest (for Israelis) is in getting those hostages home and that it is extremely unlikely that after seven weeks, Hamas cannot locate the rest of the hostages as they are likely propagating that news to stall the negotiations.

By Nadeen Ebrahim, 1 yearNovember 30, 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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