Gershon Baskin
Baskin, who mediates a deal to release Gilad Shalit, believes that Israel has a moral responsibility to return the kidnappers and only then defeat Hamas.
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The Marker
TheMarker is a Hebrew-language daily business newspaper published by the Haaretz group in Israel. TheMarker was founded in 1999 by journalist and entrepreneur Guy Rolnik along with Haaretz group and U.S.-based investors. Five years after TheMarker launched, Haaretz newspaper group decided to terminate its long-standing business section and relaunch it as a daily print newspapers called "TheMarker", the brand that was created online. The chief editor of TheMarker is Sami Peretz. The editor of the monthly magazine is Eytan Avriel. TheMarker alone has about 250 employees. It operates from Haaretz newspaper building in Tel Aviv. In 2006 and 2007 TheMarker and Rolnik won the 2 most important awards in marketing and business strategy for creating TheMarker, turning it into the leading brand in financial media and using an internet brand to launch a print newspaper. Currently TheMarker produces a website, a daily print newspaper, a monthly print magazine and holds events on business-related issues. Some of TheMarker's articles are translated to English and appear in the English version of Haaretz in cooperation with the International New York Times.
