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Gaza, Gershon Baskin: l’accordo porterà alla fine della guerra

Gershon Baskin ne è certo, ma sia gli israeliani che i palestinesi dovranno fare pressioni perché i loro rispettivi leader rispondano di quanto è accaduto

By Roberto Cetera, 1 yearJanuary 17, 2025 ago
NBC News
Interviews

The Deal is not in Real Trouble

Gershon Baskin shares with NBC news, what may be needed in order for the current Hostage deal to come to fruition.

By MSNBC, 1 yearJanuary 16, 2025 ago
The Wire
Interviews

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, 1 yearJanuary 16, 2025 ago
Gershon Baskin holds the draft agreement between Israel and Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit at his home in Jerusalem, October 12, 2011
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A bad deal is better than no deal. But….

Gershon Baskin shares 7 reasons why the current deal is a bad deal, and why it is better than no deal.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearJanuary 15, 2025 ago
Abu Obeida (R), the official spokesperson of the Palestinian militant group Ezzedine al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, give a press conference on July 3, 2014 in Gaza City. Islamist Hamas movement, whom Israel has blamed for the kidnap and murder of the three teenagers in June, said it held Netanyahu's government directly responsible for the killing of Abu Khder. 'You will pay the price for your crimes,' it said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images
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Not yet official version of the Israel-Hamas “agreement”

Gershon Baskin shares an “unofficial” version of the first phase of the deal that calls for a 42-day ceasefire and the release of an initial 33 hostages, that the Hamas refuses to say if they are dead or alive.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearJanuary 15, 2025 ago
Hamas Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Insights

Hamas leadership

Gershon Baskin emphasizes that there is no single decision-maker in Hamas and there never was.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearJanuary 15, 2025 ago
France 24
Interviews

Israel-Hamas ‘bad deal’ is better than ‘no deal’: We must stop the ‘death, destruction on all sides

FRANCE 24’s Genie Godula welcomes Gershon Baskin who shares his ideas about the current Hamas-Israel deal

By Genie Godula, 1 yearJanuary 15, 2025 ago
Al Arabiya
Interviews

Gaza ceasefire hopes rise amid negotiations in Qatar

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas regarding the resumed ceasefire negotiations in Qatar amid reports that a deal is imminent.

By Tom Burges Watson, 1 yearJanuary 14, 2025 ago
CNN
Interviews

What Hamas and Israel are agreeing to is the deal that President Biden presented in the end of May

Gershon Baskin tells CNN that essentially, what Hamas and Israel are agreeing to is the deal that president Biden presented in the end of May.

By CNN, 1 yearJanuary 14, 2025 ago
Gilad, Noam and Aviva Shalit with Gershon Baskin
Gilad Schalit

The deal on the table

Gershon Baskin senses that the current negotiations still do not promise a done deal – but it looks very promising right now.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearJanuary 12, 2025 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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