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Netanyahu and Kerry, March 31, 2014. Photo: DAVID AZAGURY, US EMBASSY TEL AVIV
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The charade is almost over

Netanyahu has failed his state and his people. He has failed history. He had a chance, he could have done it. He decided to play petty politics.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsApril 23, 2014 ago
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks to the cabinet, April 6, 2014. Photo: AMIT SHABAY/POOL
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Encountering Peace: Netanyahu’s options

Israel has the ability to “cut to the chase” and to understand that in order to protect its own interests the best thing to do is to find the path toward agreement.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsApril 16, 2014 ago
Abbas returns to Ramallah from US Photo: REUTERS
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Encountering peace: If Palestine can’t exist without Israeli agreement, agree now and move forward

The Palestinian Authority’s fiscal stability is already on the verge of collapse – a little push and it could easily go over the edge.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsApril 9, 2014 ago
The Middle East
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Framework document for the establishment of permanent peace

In January 2014 I drafted this document and shared it with the Israeli, Palestinian and US negotiators.

By Gershon Baskin, 12 yearsApril 2, 2014 ago
Syrian refugee center
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Palestinian refugees in Syria

With people dying every day and living through unimaginable suffering, why not offer them a new life today? Why wait for tomorrow? Bring them home to Palestine now!

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsMarch 12, 2014 ago
Netanyahu speaking at AIPAC 2014.
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Security, reciprocity and mutuality

Security is the most fundamental element of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and their outcome must create a reality in which security is enhanced, not reduced.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsMarch 5, 2014 ago
Gershon Baskin shares his insights on how he was instrumental in mediating between the Hamas and Israeli governments, which eventually brought about the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit after more than five years in captivity.
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Gershon Baskin: the veteran peace activist who brought Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit home

Gershon Baskin shares his insights on how he was instrumental in mediating between the Hamas and Israeli governments, which eventually brought about the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit after more than five years in captivity.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsMarch 5, 2014 ago
Security barrier near Jerusalem. Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Encountering Peace: Annexing the West Bank – a catastrophic plan for the Jewish people

I have yet to figure out what people on the Right propose instead of partitioning the land into two states for two peoples.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsMarch 2, 2014 ago
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa and Gershon Baskin
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Encountering Peace: Mutual and reciprocal recognition

Israel is no less the state of Palestinian Arabs who were born here for generations than it is the state of a new Jewish immigrant from Ethiopia, Russia or France.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsFebruary 19, 2014 ago
Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams sit with US Secretary of Kerry in New York, Sept 27, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Encountering Peace: A Sober Assessment

As long as the parties are talking, Israel can continue to say that its hand is outstretched in peace to its neighbors.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsFebruary 15, 2014 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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