Interviews

Gershon Baskin, a Jew, has spoken to Hamas’ Ghazi Hamad for the last 17 years.
They have maintained communication behind the scenes to help push for peace.
The friendship has ended after Hamad publicly endorsed the October 7 killings.

Eli Walsh shares his insights of the changing relationship between Gershon Baskin, a peace activist based in Jerusalem, and Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official in Gaza,

Gershon Baskin, widely known for his role in leading back-channel negotiations with Hamas, said time was running out to secure the release of hostages in Gaza

Gershon Baskin shares with Alexander Kliment why although we will never forget what happened, what they did to us, what we did to them. there is a possibility that at the end of this, we will all make our leaders pay for where they brought us, and we will have what I’ve been calling our Belfast moment, recognizing that in Belfast, it was not a moment, it was a process.

Gershon Baskin, an Israeli peace activist, and Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official, maintained a secret back channel between Gaza and Israel. Then Oct. 7 happened.

I messaggi dal 7 ottobre in poi tra Gershon Baskin, che negoziò la liberazione del soldato Shalit, e Ghazi Hamad, uno dei massimi dirigenti di Gaza. Un botta e risposta che rivela mentalità e obiettivi diversi. Tra due persone che, dopo tanti anni, oggi non si riconoscono più