Gershon Baskin remains optimistic. He believes that Israeli-Palestinian peace is possible, the conflict is solvable and that negotiations can succeed only via a secret direct back channel. That is why he continues his efforts.
The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas is the story of an unprecedented secret communication channel that made a decisive contribution towards the release of Gilad Schalit.
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In his new book, ‘The Negotiator,’ Long Island-born Gershon Baskin says the prisoner swap that saved the soldier was worth it.
Half a year after Gilad Schalit was kidnapped there was a deal with Hamas for his release.
In this book, Gershon Baskin describes how he dedicated and risked his life towards achieving a goal that had both national and human significance, to redeem the life of a human being who was confined in captivity.
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In the first week following Shalit’s kidnapping, an unofficial line of communication was established by Gershon Baskin and Razi Hamed, who served as Hamas’ government deputy Foreign Minister.
The remarkable, gripping and inspirational story on how Gerhon Baskin helped free Gilad Schalit
Six months before Shalit was abducted, Gershon Baskin was at a conference in Cairo, where he struck up a friendship with a professor at the Islamic University of Gaza, a member of Hamas, who put Gershon in contact with Ghazi Hamad, Hamas’s deputy foreign minister, and it was this relationship, that ultimately led to the Shalit deal.
Gershon Baskin shares his perspectives of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap.
Gershon Baskin got a call from a Hamas member three days after Mr Shalit’s abduction asking him to act as a back-channel for talks.
