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What do we do with this reality? We need to talk

Gershon Baskin feels that if Islam and Judaism truly lived together in peace in the past, it is possible for them to live in peaceful coexistence in the future.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsDecember 15, 2022 ago
Knesset chamber
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When will Israelis see Palestinians as partners in peace?

Gershon Baskin fears that the new government of Israel will be cementing a new form of inequality under the law which should not be acceptable to anyone, anywhere in the world.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsDecember 8, 2022 ago
Gershon Baskin and Mahmoud Abbas
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PA legitimacy decline puts Palestinian society on collision course

Gershon Baskin hopes that whoever is in power or is trying to be in power in Israel will extend a hand of peace with the genuine desire to get back to the table to figure out how we will all share this land.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsNovember 24, 2022 ago
Gershon Baskin speaking at the Jornadas por la Paz conference in Mexico City.
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Political battle: Is Israel more Jewish or Israeli?

Gershon askin explains why he is part of a new struggle that will replace the old so-called Zionist Left with a newly emerging movement for change based on equality.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsNovember 17, 2022 ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a CFR meeting
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Right-wing solutions

Gershon Baskin is looking forward to seeing how the new Netanyahu government will deal with regional relations and the Palestinian issue.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsNovember 10, 2022 ago
Binyamin Netanyahu. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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An Israeli Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir gov’t will fan fumes of hatred

Gershon Baskin feels that a new right-wing government filled with extremists will not make Israel stronger and will certainly not provide any of us with more security.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsNovember 3, 2022 ago
The Arab members of the Knesset
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Israel Elections: Palestinian Israelis must go vote

Gershon Baskin provides compelling reasons why Palestinian Israelis must go vote so that we can annul the Nation-State Law and pass a Basic Law for Equality of all citizens.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsOctober 27, 2022 ago
Gershon Baskin shares his views on peace at 3S Artspace
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Helping our neighbors and ourselves

Gershon Baskin share information about Humans without borders, an organization that works to assist everyday Palestinians with access to appropriate medical care.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsOctober 20, 2022 ago
Palestinian children hold toy guns during a protest on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City,
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A country divided, is a country with violence. It is not normal.

Gershon Baskin feels that the risks to both sides of continuing the conflict and continuing the burying of our children are so much greater than to come up with new solutions.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsOctober 13, 2022 ago
PA finance minister Shukri Bishara shakes hands with his Israeli counter part Yair Lapid, June 16 2013. Photo by Anat Hamemi
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Lapid talked to the UN of peace – here are some ways to manifest it regionally

Gershon Baskin believes that The November 1 elections would essentially become a referendum from the Israeli public on the question of Israel’s regional relations.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsSeptember 29, 2022 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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