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ZetLand
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For years, two men sent secret messages between Israel and Hamas. (I årevis sendte to mænd hemmelige beskeder mellem Israel og Hamas)

In an interview with Zetland’s Merian Garde Gräs, Gershon Baskin shares his experiences with Ghazi Hamad of the Hamas.

By Merian Garde Gras, 1 yearNovember 5, 2024 ago
Schiller Institute
Insights

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
La Repubblica
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Gershon Baskin: “Io, negoziatore di Shalit, temo per gli ostaggi. Morto Sinwar l’accordo è ancora più urgente”

Gershon Baskin feels that with Sinwar dead, the hostage agreement is even more urgent.

By Paolo Brera, 1 yearOctober 20, 2024 ago
AVVENIRE NUOVA EDITORIALE ITALIANA SpA - Socio unico
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Il mediatore Baskin ci crede ancora: «Possiamo fermare la guerra ora»

L’uomo che trattò la liberazione del soldato Gilad Shalit: “Non sappiamo quanti ostaggi siano vivi, neanche Hamas lo sa. E continuiamo a lavorare sulla soluzione dei due Stati

By Lucia Capuzzi, 1 yearOctober 8, 2024 ago
CNN
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Former Israeli Hostage Negotiator’s Ceasefire Plan

Gershon Baskin joins CNN’s Becky Anderson to discuss his proposal for a ceasefire plan that has already been accepted by some Hamas members.

By Rebecca "Becky" Anderson, 1 yearOctober 7, 2024 ago
The Washington Post
Interviews

Former Israeli and Palestinian ministers: A way out of this endless war

Ehud Olmert, the prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009 and Nasser al-Kidwa, the foreign affairs minister of the Palestinian National Authority from 2005 to 2006, share their plan for peace in the Middle East based on the ideas of Gershon Baskin

By Ehud Olmert, 1 yearOctober 4, 2024 ago
The National
Interviews

Israel should take Gaza ceasefire deal, says hostage negotiator who freed Gilad Shalit

Gershon Baskin tells The National that Israelis must realise their own security failures allowed October 7 to happen

By Thomas Harding, 1 yearOctober 4, 2024 ago
Gershon Baskin
Interviews

The Three Week Hostage Deal

Gershon Baskin explores various strategies to apply pressure on both sides, including leveraging the influence of other countries, targeting key decision-makers, and focusing on the legacy of the current President.

By MidEast Advisory Services (MEAS), 1 yearSeptember 29, 2024 ago
CNN
Interviews

Netanyahu’s UNGA speech ‘one of the lowest points of Israeli propaganda’

Gershon Baskin, a participant on a panel, shares with CNN’s Becky Anderson his impressions of the speech that Netanyahu presented at the General Assembly of the United Nations and the status of the negotiations with the Hamas.

By Rebecca "Becky" Anderson, 1 yearSeptember 27, 2024 ago
Tagesspiegel
Interviews

After an International Appeal for Ceasefire: Why Israel and Hezbollah Continue to Fight (Internationaler Appell: Israel und die Hisbollah kämpfen trotzdem weiter)

Gershon Baskin shares with Thomas Seibert of Tagesspiegel that Israel would not be able to crush Hezbollah and Hamas by continuing the wars in Lebanon and Gaza and that People who believe that God has ordered them to die as martyrs will not capitulate.

By Thomas Seibert, 1 yearSeptember 26, 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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