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Gershon Baskin: “There’s only one way to bring all the hostages back alive”
Gershon Baskin shares on what it will take to secure the return of those held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
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El alto al fuego debe venir con la liberación de secuestrados: Gershon Baskin
Gershon Baskin, habló con Esther Rotlewicz de La W sobre los secuestrados por el grupo terrorista.
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Between Bombs and Hope: Families of Israeli Hostages Agonize over Fate of Loved Ones
Gershon Baskin claims that the window of opportunity to free the hostages could close when the Israeli soldiers force their way into the Hamas tunnels,
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Gershon Baskin shares about his 18 year relationship with Ghazi Hamad, Deputy Foreign Minister of Hamas.
Gershon Baskin shares with CBC News Network about his 18 year relationship with Ghazi Hamad, Deputy Foreign Minister of Hamas who has called for the annihilation of Israel.
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Gershon Baskin shares about the status of the negotiations between Israel and the Hamas
Gershon Baskin shares with Wolf Isaac Blitzer, anchor at CNN, about the status of the negotiations between Israel and the Hamas.
Gershon provides his assessments about the various tracks of negotiation, including the tracks of Qatar, Egypt and the USA.
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The Emotional Storm We are Living Through
Gershon Baskin firmly believes that neither side should have the notion that they have more rights than the other side and in order for us to have that restart, it must begin by accepting the principle that everyone living between the River and the Sea has the same right to the same right. This is where our new beginning can take its first steps – and it must begin there.
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Former Israeli hostage negotiator says he’s cutting off contact with ‘evil’ Hamas official
Gershon Baskin claims that the leaders of Hamas built tunnels and bunkers for their own people — not 1 single shelter for the people of Gaza and they ran away from Gaza and deserted their people and he has cut off communication with his primary contact in Hamas after almost 18 years.
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Zwischen Hoffen und Bomben
While Israeli ground forces are fighting in Gaza, relatives fear for their relatives who are still in the hands of Hamas. Gershon Baskin discusses with Der Spiegel the dilemma that Israel is facing.
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Gershon Baskin on hostages in Israel-Hamas war: ‘The time for negotiations is still open’
An attack by Hamas kills Israeli soldiers. An Israeli hostage is taken to the Gaza Strip and kept off limits to the Red Cross. To secure his freedom, Israel’s military unleashes a barrage of strikes that kills scores of Palestinians. That scene describes the circumstances of the summer of 2006, along the same envelope of the Middle East that today is again both a blood-soaked battlefield and dungeon for hostages. Today’s war also has claimed Read more
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Gershon Baskin claims that the lives of the hostages may be sacrificed by certain decisions
Gershon Baskin tells Cathy Newman of Times Radio that the Israeli government faces an “inhuman dilemma” as a ground offensive could risk the lives of the hostages taken by Hamas.