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Danger: Don’t think that Trump will save Israel if Israel tries to commit political suicide.

Gershon Baskin warns us not to think that Trump will save Israel if Israel tries to commit political suicide.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearNovember 16, 2024 ago
PA President Abbas meets Hamas chief Mashaal in Qatar 390 R. (photo credit:REUTERS/Thaer Ghanaim/PPO/Handout)
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Negotiations

Gershon Baskin believes that there is room for negotiations and possibilities for reaching agreements, but the negotiations must be ongoing without stop and they must be conducted as directly as possible

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearNovember 10, 2024 ago
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How To End the War in Gaza and Bring Home the Hostages

Gershon Baskin lays out a plan as to what must happen now to bring this war to an end, to return the hostages to Israel, to free Palestinian prisoners and to enable the millions in Gaza to begin the process of reconstruction.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearNovember 3, 2024 ago
Schiller Institute
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A Regional Architecture of Stability

Gershon Baskin shares with Gerald Belsky of the Schiller Institute in the International Peace Coalition zoom meeting, his ideas, concerns and hopes regarding the past, present and future of the Middle East

By Schiller Institute, 1 yearOctober 25, 2024 ago
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Every person living between the River and the Sea must have the same right to the same rights.

Gershon Baskin believes that every person living between the River and the Sea must have the same right to the same rights.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearOctober 19, 2024 ago
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The Three-Week Outline: Situation Assessment

Gershon Baskin believes that the failure to return the hostages home is the greatest loss for Israel, and this must not happen.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearOctober 15, 2024 ago
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New Opportunities for Lebanon and for Israel

Gershon Baskin shares his reasons why he thinks that Netanyahu and his regime are dangerous for us all

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearOctober 14, 2024 ago
Brett H. McGurk
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This war must end and the hostages must come home. Now!

Gershon Baskin shares his thoughts regarding Brett H. McGurk, deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearOctober 10, 2024 ago
Binyamin Netanyahu warns against nuclear Iran at 2012 UN General Assembly. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Israel-Iran

Gershon Baskin feels that there is a near and clear possibility for Israel to de-escalate the situation with Iran and this is what it should do.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearOctober 5, 2024 ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
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The Letter that Netanyahu has to sign

Gershon Baskin shares a draft letter that he composed intended for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign and send to Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the current president of the United States, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar and Abd el-Fattah el-Sisi, the current president of Egypt.

By Gershon Baskin, 1 yearOctober 5, 2024 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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