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Joe Biden at the annual J Street Conference
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Welcome President Biden!

Gershon Baskin hopes that the Biden administration will be ready to help Israel and Palestine get back to the table and figure out together how to live in peace.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsJanuary 13, 2021 ago
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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What’s the difference between modern Zionism and white supremacy?

Gershon Baskin no longer call himself a Zionist, and requests that we stop lying to ourselves about being Jewish and democratic – it simply does not work anymore.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsJanuary 6, 2021 ago
Gershon Baskin (r.) and Hanna Siniora (l.) at a conference jointly sponsored by IPCRI and KAS Israel
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Israel needs to form a Jewish-Arab party to change the game

Gershn Baskin senses that the time for a joint Jewish-Arab party is now!

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsDecember 30, 2020 ago
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What will Israel’s next government look like? It depends on us!

Gershon Baskin shares his opinion on the upcoming Israeli elections, and demands from the candidates that they convince him that they will work for what he believes in.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsDecember 23, 2020 ago
2002 Arab League summit
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Beyond the Arab Peace Initiative

Gershon Baskin believes that we must remain optimistic and never give up on actualizing the dream of cooperation, partnership and peace.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsDecember 16, 2020 ago
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We need to make partners for Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Gershon Baskin explores ways on how we can begin to rebuild the sense that we do have partners for peace.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsDecember 2, 2020 ago
Women of Hebron
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Why are women absent from Israeli, Palestinian leadership?

Gershon Baskin feels that the world will be a better and a safer place with women in important positions.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsNovember 25, 2020 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 struggle for equality in Jerusalem is an ongoing fight

Gershon Baskin believes that Jerusalem can be the window to the world of the struggle for equality in Jerusalem.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsNovember 19, 2020 ago
Joe Biden at the annual J Street Conference
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How should Joe Biden deal with Middle East issues?

Gershon Baskin shares his policy briefs on what the new Biden administration should do regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsNovember 11, 2020 ago
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Are we entering a new beginning for Israeli-Palestinian talks?

Gershon Baskin reminds us that we all have to remember that there will be a post-Abbas era a post-Netanyahu era and a post-Trump era.

By Gershon Baskin, 6 yearsNovember 4, 2020 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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