Gershon BaskinGershon Baskin
  • About
  • Book Gershon
  • Insights
  • Interviews
  • Videos
  • Archives
  • Contact

Insights

Security, Stability, & Peace
Insights

My Initiative for Security, Stability, & Peace

Steps that propose that the Government of Israel should advance for the creation of security, stability and peace between Israel and her neighbors.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 23, 2014 ago
Yachad
Insights

There Are Partners For Peace On Both Sides

Recording of Dr Gershon Baskin is the initiator and the person responsible for the secret back channel between Israel and the Hamas that successfully negotiated the release of Israeli abducted soldier Gilad Shalit

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 23, 2014 ago
IDF near Gaza strip. (photo credit:IDF SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE)
Insights

Regional forum for security and stability – Gaza first

For Israel the end result should be a weakening of Hamas and a strengthening of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 17, 2014 ago
Hamas - ?arakat al-Muq?wamah al-?Isl?miyyah. Islamic Resistance Movement
Insights

I begged Hamas for a cease fire, but they said: No, bring it on

How about explaining what you would do if you were Israeli prime minister facing hundreds of rockets falling down on your citizens?

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 10, 2014 ago
Women mourn after an Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants, at a hospital morgue in the central Gaza Strip July 6, 2014. Photo: REUTERS
Insights

Encountering Peace: Ending the cycle

Force alone will never be a proper response to human suffering.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 10, 2014 ago
Gaza Palestinians survey the wreckage of an IAF strike that killed two terrorists in Gaza. Photo: REUTERS
Insights

Encountering Peace: Don’t destroy Gaza, build it!

We need to help the people of Gaza replace Hamas by providing them with hope and a better future, something Hamas has never provided.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJuly 2, 2014 ago
Youtube satire of kidnapped teens Photo: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT
Insights

Encountering peace: Terrible times

It reminds me of the very long and sad years that Gilad Schalit was in captivity. The media had to say something.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJune 25, 2014 ago
Hamas - ?arakat al-Muq?wamah al-?Isl?miyyah. Islamic Resistance Movement
Insights

Encountering Peace: Who did it?

My reason for doubting Hamas’s involvement is that the single most important thing to Hamas right now is to assure its continued ability to rule Gaza.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJune 18, 2014 ago
Israel Border Police Mishmar HaGvul
Insights

Encountering peace: There is no good occupation

This plan is nothing more than an advanced and sophisticated form of colonialism.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsJune 11, 2014 ago
Turning his back on the peace process?: US Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Tel Aviv, April 1, as Israeli-Palestinian peace talks collapse Photo: JACQUELYN MARTIN / POOL / REUTERS
Insights

Annexation’s trappings

The conflict is not going away, nor is the State of Israel, nor is Palestine.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsMay 28, 2014 ago

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 64 65 66 … 100 Next
The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas

The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Shalit from Hamas
Click here to Buy The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit from Hamas
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.
Click here to Buy The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit from Hamas
Click here to Buy the Book in Hebrew
Click here to learn more about the book

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.

Buy In Pursuit of Peace in Israel & Palestine

Freeing Gilad: The Secret Back Channel

freeinggiladcover335
"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.
Click Here to Order the Book and Learn More
Click Here to buy The Negotiator: Freeing Gilad Schalit from Hamas


  • Bio
  • Book a Speech
  • Request Speaking Engagement
  • Speech Topics
  • Kudos
  • Presentations/Past Events
  • MidEast Advisor Services
  • Venues
  • Publications
  • Insights
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Interviews
  • Archives
  • Book Reviews
  • Contact
Hestia | Developed by ThemeIsle