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Will third Gaza conflict end any differently?

Gershon Baskin feels that Hamas hopes that their rockets will convince Israel to release the hundreds of Hamas operatives it arrested in its West Bank operation to rescue the three kidnapped Israeli teens.

By Ben Sales, 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
Center for Near East Policy Research
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UNRWA will not let Baskin Build Gaza

UNRWA educates its clients to prepare to return to villages that they left in 1948, now located in the Western Negev, Ashkelon, Ashdod, BeerSheva, and Jaffa.

By David Bedein, 12 yearsJuly 2, 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
Youtube satire of kidnapped teens Photo: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT
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Israel arrests 80 Palestinians in search for teens

Gershon Baskin isn’t convinced Hamas operatives are behind the kidnapping.

By MidEast Advisory Services (MEAS), 12 yearsJune 15, 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
Pope Francis is flanked by Israel's President Shimon Peres (right) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbaas
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Pope Francis exceeds expectations for Palestinians

Gershon Baskin tried to organize a direct meeting between Abbas and Netanyahu and Pope Francis invites President Mahmoud Abbas, together with [Israeli] President Shimon Peres, to join him at his home in the Vatican.

By Daoud Kuttab, 12 yearsMay 26, 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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