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PALESTINIAN MEMBERS of a Hamas unit parade in Gaza on Sunday. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Now Gaza

Gershon Baskin feels that Twenty months of war in Gaza is far too much already. Now is the time for it to end.

By Gershon Baskin, 9 monthsJune 24, 2025 ago
France 24
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The time for peace is now: The two-state solution is the only viable option

FRANCE 24’s Eve Irvine welcomes Gershon Baskin, who highlights the fact that the ‘majority of Israelis, Palestinians want peace, they just don’t believe there are partners on the other side’.

By Eve IRVINE, 9 monthsJune 11, 2025 ago
Security Council Meeting on Middle East Situation
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Current Assessment

Gershon Baskin shares four major considerations regarding the situation in Gaza/

By Gershon Baskin, 9 monthsJune 6, 2025 ago
Palestinians supporting Hamas chant slogans during a rally celebrating Hamas student supporters winning the student council election at Birzeit University in Ramallah. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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The Deal On the Table????

Gershon Baskin senses that it seems there is no real deal on the table and continued negotiations are exercises in futility.

By Gershon Baskin, 10 monthsJune 1, 2025 ago
Hamas Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement)
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The deal that’s on the table

Gershon Baskin senses that Israel cannot remove Hamas – but the people of Palestine can and they will once the war is over and once Israel leaves Gaza. Now not tomorrow!

By Gershon Baskin, 10 monthsMay 29, 2025 ago
Kan English
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Military pressure kills hostages

Gershon Baskin blasts the current IDF campaign against Hamas in Gaza, saying that military pressure doesn’t save hostages… it kills them. Speaking to reporter Arieh O’Sullivan, Baskin outlined possible moves that could free the hostages, end the fighting and rebuild Gaza.

By Arieh O'Sullivan, 10 monthsMay 19, 2025 ago
Hamas militants display weapons in front of a destroyed house east of Gaza City, Aug. 27, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Majdi Fathi)
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END IT NOW!

Gershon Baskin senses that Israel must stop the killing in Gaza.  Too much killing has been done. Too much destruction in Gaza has been done. Israel will pay for this in many ways for years to come.

By Gershon Baskin, 10 monthsMay 18, 2025 ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) after their joint press conference in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. CHRISTOPHE ENA / AFP
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Macron and Netanyahu

Gershon Baskin shares his insights regarding the relationships between Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron and Netanyahu.

By Gershon Baskin, 10 monthsMay 14, 2025 ago
Steven Charles Witkoff
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Witkoff Deal

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas regarding the key role that Witkoff is playing in negotiating a ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas/

By Gershon Baskin, 10 monthsMay 14, 2025 ago
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump Tower, September 25, 2016. Credit: Israel Government Press Office (GPO)
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The Release Today

Gershon Baskin senses that there is something changing and evolving US-Israel relationship.

By Gershon Baskin, 10 monthsMay 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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