Insights
Unintended consequences
Gershon Baskin often told Hamas leaders the same thing that he is now saying to Prime Minister Netanyahu – when you play with fire you can easily get burned.
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What’s next?
Economic development is Gaza may not be a motivating idea for Hamas leaders, but it is in the interests of Israel.
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Reciprocity, mutuality – keys to Mid-East peacemaking
This is a historic moment. It is possible to reach agreement within one year and there are no better people than you to do it.
Gilad Schalit
My part in the prisoner exchange deal
Gershon Baskin shares his insights on his role in freeing Gilad Schalit.
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Gilad Shalit negotiator
If there’s one person who can claim much of the credit for Gilat Shalit’s release it’s Gershon Baskin. He was the first Isaeli to make contact with Hamas, only days after Gilad Shalit was abducted more than five years ago.
Gilad Schalit
Gershon Baskin shares insights with Teymoor Nabili of Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera’s Teymoor Nabili speaks to Gershon Baskin about his role in the negotiations leading to an Israeli-Hamas prisoner swap agreement that freed Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit.
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I call it national suicide
Unlike Masada, agreeing with those around us means working with the international community and the Palestinian people to end our control over them and create a Palestinian state in the West Bank and eventually in Gaza.
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Five Questions – Five Answers: Approaching September – 1
Dr. Gershon Baskin and Hanna Siniora and share their insights about the Palestinian bid for UN membership.
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Proposal for a New UN Security Council Resolution on the Two-States-for-Two-Peoples Solution
The fulfillment of UN Charter principles requires the establishment of a negotiated, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
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Forgetting September
The sudden sprouting of tent camps and Israeli demonstrations has allowed the public a brief reprieve from having to confront Israel’s international reality and the Palestinian decision to bring the conflict to the UN Security Council in September.While the public is busy thinking about solutions to all the social-economic distortions, Read more