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Jewish Youths in Israel wave flags and stand atop a hill. The author recalls his own young days in Zionist youth groups
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Jerusalem, Flags, and Provocations

Gershon Baskin feels that Israel should grant all people under Israel’s military control full Israeli citizens and full equal rights under Israeli rule.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMay 25, 2022 ago
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The Nakba, the flag and responsibility

Gershon Baskin believes that the single largest existential threat to Israel is Israel itself.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMay 18, 2022 ago
Hamas Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement)
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Think twice before advocating for Sinwar’s execution

Gersdho Baskin feels that both in the short-term and mid-term, engaging Sinwar is a much wiser political strategic option than killing him.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMay 11, 2022 ago
Jerusalem Al Aqsa Mosque
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How do we make holy places holy again?

Gershon Baskin shares his proposals that would make the holy sites holy again and ensure that they will not continue to be the center of religious and national violence.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMay 5, 2022 ago
Rain clouds are seen over the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
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The conflict and violence in holy sites only desecrates them

Gershon Baskin hopes that when political peace between Israel and Palestine is achieved perhaps the prophecy of Isaiah will come true: “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsApril 20, 2022 ago
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It’s time for Israelis and Palestinians to deal with each other

Gershon Baskin feels that Israel should take responsibility and to confront guilt.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsApril 13, 2022 ago
Israel Border Police Mishmar HaGvul
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The police should leave the Damascus Gate plaza

Gershon Baskin feels that without heavily armed Israeli police presence during Ramadan, the Palestinians there would be free to celebrate and party into the wee hours before their new fast begins.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsApril 6, 2022 ago
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A way forward for peace

Gershon Baskin shares his vision of a final, lasting and comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace for this generation and for the generations of the future.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMarch 30, 2022 ago
Palestinians carry knives and daggers as they attend a military parade of members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, to mark the 28th anniversary. (photo credit:MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
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Palestinians face struggles that Jews don’t notice

Gershon Baskin describes what the Palestinians are fighting for – a place that they can call their own, in which their identity is recognized and they take and give their identity to the piece of land on which they have always lived.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMarch 23, 2022 ago
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Living together as equals in Israel

Gershon Baskin believes that we should strive to foster intentional living together.

By Gershon Baskin, 4 yearsMarch 9, 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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