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All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others

Gershon Baskin believes that the new law solidifies Israel as a state with a large minority that has formally erased the illusion or the dream of equality.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJuly 25, 2018 ago
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Barak is coming?

Gershon Baskin thinks that Barak may be the only person in Israel who in these times could beat Netanyahu – and that is the most important thing for Israel right now.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJuly 18, 2018 ago
Knesset chamber
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In pursuit of equality— separate is not equal

Gershon Baskin thinks that the challenge to Israel’s democracy has been ongoing, with significant improvements as well as infringements of civil rights happening throughout its history.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJuly 12, 2018 ago
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) talks with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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A dose of non-conventional diplomacy

Gershon Baskin feels that the complexity of the issues in the Middle East require for them to be dealt with within the immediate region by the main actors in a way that enables cooperation and fosters security and stability.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJuly 7, 2018 ago
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A brighter future

Gershon Baskin feels that we need to go beyond words, we must go beyond dialogue and we must all relearn how to take the baby steps necessary for walking forward.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJune 27, 2018 ago
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Incomprehensible

Gershon Baskin believes that the days of reckoning will come. It is not about politics. It is not about political parties. It is about values. It is about morals. It is about ethics. It is about identity and it is about the soul of our nation.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJune 21, 2018 ago
Security barrier near Jerusalem. Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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East Jerusalem Palestinians are ready to take back their city

Gershon Baskin is promoting the most open challenge to the status quo of Jerusalem.

By Meron Rapoport, 8 yearsJune 14, 2018 ago
Palestinian MP Sahar Qawasmi, center, is flanked by Vitaly Naumkin, director of the Center for Arab Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, at left, and Gershon Baskin, Israeli Co-Director and founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information International conference, at right, as they attend the first day of the international summit “Scenarios and Models of the Middle East Peace Settlement”, in La Valletta, Malta, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Lino Arrigo Azzopardi)
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Russia Can Change the Balance Between Israel and Palestine

Gershon Baskin thinks that Russia can help to level a very unleveled playing field between Israel and Palestine.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJune 11, 2018 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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Israel’s strategic dead end in Gaza

Gershon Baskin believes that if Israel was truly prepared to enter into a genuine and serious peace process with the PA, then it makes sense to advocate policies that will directly weaken Hamas. Then it would be clearly understood that there is a true alternative between Hamas and the PA.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsJune 7, 2018 ago
UNSCOP (3 September 1947) and UN Ad Hoc Committee (25 November 1947) partition plans. The UN Ad Hoc committee proposal was voted on in the resolution.
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Undoing the two-state solution.

Gershon Baskin has not yet seen a better destination than a two-state solution, with two peoples living in peace and cooperation with permeable borders where people and goods can move easily across.

By Gershon Baskin, 8 yearsMay 30, 2018 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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