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Gershon Baskin and Mohammad Abbas (Abu Mazen)
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The citizens’ challenge – from despair to hope

Half of Israel’s population continues to support a vision of two states for two peoples, and if Israelis believed it was possible to achieve such a solution, that number would grow to two thirds.

By Gershon Baskin, 11 yearsApril 15, 2015 ago
Residents queue up to receive humanitarian aid at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, in Damascus.. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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We have the chance to do the right thing in Yarmouk

Israel should announce immediately its willingness to have those 18,000 remaining residents of Yarmouk come to the West Bank. There should be no conditions attached to Israel’s benevolent action.

By Gershon Baskin, 11 yearsApril 8, 2015 ago
Jews crowd onto a British army armoured car as they celebrate in downtown Jerusalem the morning after the United Nations voted on November 29, 1947 to partition Palestine which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel on May 15, 1948. . (photo credit:REUTERS)
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The world is not against us!

Today it is the Jewish side which refuses to accept the proposal and attempts to suggest that those nations which support the upcoming Security Council Resolution are anti-Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 11 yearsApril 1, 2015 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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Palestinians – get over it and recognize the Jewish nation state

I challenge the Palestinians and ask: why it is so hard for them to recognize Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people?

By Gershon Baskin, 11 yearsMarch 25, 2015 ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in national election, March 17, 2015. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
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This is what you voted for, and this is what you will get

Israel will not be a better place to live following these elections. But this is what the majority of Israelis voted for and this is what they will get.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMarch 18, 2015 ago
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
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The no decision elections

It seems a very likely possibility that both Kahlon and President Rivlin will push for a so-called national unity government with Likud and Labor rotating for Prime Minister.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMarch 17, 2015 ago
Palestinian protest in West Bank A protester holds a placard as she stands next to Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israeli settlements in Beit Fajjar town south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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A cautious peace, but peace nevertheless

There is simply no way Israel can be both democratic and the nation state of the Jewish people if Israel continues to deny the Palestinians their right to self-determination.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMarch 11, 2015 ago
Binyamin Netanyahu warns against nuclear Iran at 2012 UN General Assembly. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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For the sake of Israel, Netanyahu must be sent home

We, the people of Israel, will pay for Netanyahu’s arrogance.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMarch 4, 2015 ago
Binyamin Netanyahu warns against nuclear Iran at 2012 UN General Assembly. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Going ballistic even prior to an agreement

Iran must not get nuclear weapons and must not be allowed to become a nuclear threshold state.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsFebruary 25, 2015 ago
The Arab members of the Knesset
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La voix des Arabes israéliens

Les partis arabes se sont réunis sur une liste commune et pourraient créer la surprise de ces élections.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsFebruary 24, 2015 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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