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Gershon Baskin on Palestinian-Israeli Peace

Gershon Baskin shares his ideas on how to achieve peace in the midst of the conflict in the Middle East.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsFebruary 19, 2013 ago
Gershon Baskin addresses the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding and International Studies
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Gershon Baskin addresses the Center for Citizen Peacebuilding and International Studies

Gershon Baskin speaks at UC Irvine about 20 Years After the Oslo Peace Accords (1993-2013) – What Happened to Peace in the Middle East?

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsFebruary 4, 2013 ago
Gershon Baskin addresses the Olive Tree Initiative
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Gershon Baskin addresses the Olive Tree Initiative

Gershon Baskin focused on the negotiations, the possibility of a two-state solution, and lessons learned from Israeli-Palestinian process, with Olive Tree Initiative students.

By Olive Tree Initiative, 13 yearsFebruary 4, 2013 ago
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Fatah and Hamas at Crossroads: Reconcile or Separate?

Gershon Baskin talks about how there was an actual chance for reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, but moderate forces in Gaza were weakened with the war against Israel.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsDecember 19, 2012 ago
The European Union and -Palestine
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Towards Expanding European Influence

In order for Europe to move beyond words and to actually have the ability to influence positive Israeli and Palestinian movement towards real peace, it must be willing implement policies that can convince people and governments that Europe is serious.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsDecember 10, 2012 ago
Gaza Palestinians survey the wreckage of an IAF strike that killed two terrorists in Gaza. Photo: REUTERS
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Israel’s people are angry, but Netanyahu was right not to invade Gaza Strip

It remains to be seen whether the prime minister’s show of strength will prove an effective deterrent.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsNovember 25, 2012 ago
Ahmed al-Jaabari with Gilad Shalit
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Negociando en campo minado

Todo lo que está pasando actualmente no era inevitable, pero hubiera sido necesaria la intervención de mentes más frías. El asesinato de Yabari acaba de sacar del escenario a uno de los actores políticos más útiles de Hamas.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsNovember 24, 2012 ago
Gershon Baskin shares his perspectives of the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap
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How upcoming actors can may play a more important role in the peace process

Gershon Baskin shares his insights about the back-channel negotiations between the two parties, and showed how upcoming actors in the region, such as Egypt, may play a more important role in the peace process.

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsNovember 22, 2012 ago
PALESTINIAN MEMBERS of a Hamas unit parade in Gaza on Sunday. (photo credit:REUTERS)
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Enough destruction, Enough bombing, Enough hatred. We need a new future!

Gershon Baskin, as a critical Israeli and a peace activist believes that Israel wants nothing more from Gaza than to live in peace and quiet.

By MidEast Advisory Services (MEAS), 13 yearsNovember 21, 2012 ago
Ahmed Jabari, Mahmoud al-Zahar and Raad Saad
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What I Really Said about the “Deal” with the Hamas

Gershon Baskin clarify’s his position regarding the “deal” with the Hamas

By Gershon Baskin, 13 yearsNovember 20, 2012 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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