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The Independent
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‘Every second counts’: Families of Gaza hostages call for another deal to bring their loved ones home

Gershon Baskin assumes that Israel has collected an enormous amount of intelligence information from Hamas fighters that they’ve captured and from hostages that have come home and that the search and rescue operations are already beginning by Israel’s special forces

By Tom J Bennett, 2 yearsDecember 2, 2023 ago
Tel Aviv Diary
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War Resumes, Missiles Fired at Tel Aviv, Some Hostages Have Been Killed

Gershon Baskin, who helped negotiate the Gilad Shalit release from Hamas captivity — and has had significant contact with Hamas over the years — believes that most (if not all) of the 18 women and children that Israel believes to be still held by Hamas are dead.

By Marc Schulman, 2 yearsDecember 2, 2023 ago
Habertürk
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Historical correspondence between Hamas and Israel

HaberTurk News cites Gershon Baskin’s correspondence with Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official, in order to shed light on history in terms of understanding the mood of Hamas and where the war will evolve.

By Nagehan Alci, 2 yearsDecember 1, 2023 ago
Financial World
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Is Peace Possible? Inside the Ticking Time Bomb of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire!

Gershon Baskin emphasizes the importance of returning hostages for Israelis, citing the nation’s collective anxiety and hope as they watch their compatriots return.

By Faruk Imamovic, 2 yearsNovember 30, 2023 ago
CNN
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Analysis: Israel and Hamas have a lot to gain from a truce extension. But fighting is likely to resume anyway

Gershon Baskin feels that the main interest (for Israelis) is in getting those hostages home and that it is extremely unlikely that after seven weeks, Hamas cannot locate the rest of the hostages as they are likely propagating that news to stall the negotiations.

By Nadeen Ebrahim, 2 yearsNovember 30, 2023 ago
CNN
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Why Hamas is delaying in releasing the 2nd group of Israeli Hostages

Gershon Baskin shares with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer his thoughts regarding why Hamas is delaying the 2nd Group of Israeli Hostages.

By CNN, 2 yearsNovember 26, 2023 ago
Die Tageszeitung
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Wann kommen sie heim?

Diesmal aber gebe es zwei große Unterschiede, sagt Baskin, der selbst nicht an den Verhandlungen beteiligt ist: Gilad Shalit sei als einzelne Geisel von der Hamas während seiner mehr als fünfjährigen Gefangenschaft gut versorgt worden.

By Felix Wellisch, 2 yearsNovember 24, 2023 ago
France 24
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There is a chance we can get out most of the hostages

Gershon Baskin thinks that assuming the truce holds and that Israel frees Palestinian prisoners as planned, “there is a chance” that all the civilian hostages being held by Hamas will be released.

By France 24, 2 yearsNovember 24, 2023 ago
CBC News Network
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What we know about the Israel-Hamas hostage deal — and why it’s so fragile

Gershon Baskin says that when the current hostages arrive in Egypt, their identities will be verified. They will then be given a medical check and sent to Israel,

By Mark Gollom, 2 yearsNovember 24, 2023 ago
Die Tageszeitung
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Wann kommen sie heim?

Gershon Baskin senses that there are two big differences, between the current hostage situation and when there was only a single hostage, Gilad Shalit who was well looked after by Hamas during his more than five years of captivity.

By Felix Wellisch, 2 yearsNovember 24, 2023 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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