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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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 yearsSeptember 29, 2022 ago
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If not two states, then what?

Gershon Baskin feels that all of the Land of Israel is important to the Jewish people and all of the Land of Palestine is important to the Palestinian people.

By Gershon Baskin, 3 yearsSeptember 22, 2022 ago
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The disease behind the Israeli Palestinian conflict is the occupation

Gershon Baskin asks how much longer does anyone believe that it is possible to continue to keep millions of people under a harsh military occupation?

By Gershon Baskin, 3 yearsSeptember 15, 2022 ago
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Our Divided Society

Gershon Baskin feels that the current situation will only change once we all decide that we have to be on the side of those who believe in the equality of us all.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsSeptember 7, 2022 ago
Activists, including Israelis and Palestinians, take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Israel must become the state for all its citizens

Gershon Baskin feels that Israel should fulfill its second main goal – to be a state like all other states and to be a light unto the nations.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsAugust 25, 2022 ago
Hamas Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement)
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Gaza could be the next Singapore

Gershon Baskin believes that now is the time to set the course to engage with Hamas and to provide the means for its moderation and pragmatism to increase.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsAugust 17, 2022 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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Without peace, the Gaza situation will only worsen

Gershon Baskin believes that the rounds of fighting in Gaza are not about Gaza alone, they are about the inability of these two peoples to find the best way to share land that each side claims as its own.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsAugust 10, 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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