Israel’s military says it has now informed the families of 155 men, women and children that they’re being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
Gershon Baskin helped negotiate the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured in 2006 and held for 5 years.
He has been speaking to Hamas, trying to negotiate the release of hostages again. Matt Frei went to speak to him.
Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News. This year he has led the Channel 4 News coverage of events in Ukraine from the crash site of Malaysia flight MH17, to the tensions in Crimea and reported live from Independence Square on Kiev’s bloodiest day. He has also secured major interviews with Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Aung San Suu Kyi. Prior to his appointment as Europe Editor for Channel 4 News, Frei was the Washington Correspondent for two years and has reported on the Americas on everything from business and culture to US foreign policy and its view of the world. He is also part of the presenting team across Channel 4's news and current affairs portfolio, including the award-winning Dispatches programme. Matt previously anchored the BBC World News America bulletin and was also Washington Correspondent. He presented a weekly radio show called Americana, and in two decades at the corporation reported from Bonn, Rome, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore. He is the author of two books: Italy: The Unfinished Revolution published in 1996 by Random House and Mandarin books and Only In America published in 2008 by 4th Estate.
Gershon Baskin in an interview with the Bulgarian free-to-air television network NOVA, shares his advice which is targeted at helping leaders in the region to assess the situation without relying on assumptions. The interview with Read more…
Gershon Baskin shares with Dr. Peter Münch, why he considers Israel's efforts to release the hostages to be a disaster today.