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Gershon Baskin, Ph.D., is the founding Co-Chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information (www.ipcri.org), a columnist for The Jerusalem Post and the initiator and negotiator of the secret back channel for the release of Gilad Schalit.

Baskin served as an outside adviser on the peace process to late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and on a Jerusalem experts committee under former prime minister Ehud Barak. He was the first civil servant in Israel responsible for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel, working in the Ministry of Education under Zvulen Hammer, and as the founder and director of the Institute for Education for Jewish-Arab Coexistence. Baskin is a graduate of the Young Judaea movement. He made aliya from New York in 1978 and lives in Jerusalem.

Recent articles by: Gershon Baskin

Free Ouda Tarabin The Beduin Israeli was sentenced to 15 years in an Egyptian prison for allegedly spying for Israel. By GERSHON BASKIN

Encountering Peace: Advice for the president Mr. President, you are probably thinking, “where do these people get the chutzpah to tell me what I should do?” By GERSHON BASKIN

Encountering Peace: No more unilateralism The Geneva agreement proved that it was possible to reach agreement with the Palestinians on all of the issues in conflict. By GERSHON BASKIN

Prisoners, atmosphere and negotiations ENCOUNTERING PEACE: It is far past the time to release the 123 pre-Oslo prisoners. They have all served more than 20 years in prison. By GERSHON BASKIN

ENCOUNTERING PEACE: The path we must take Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas did not start this to gain the attention of the American president. By GERSHON BASKIN

Encountering Peace: Israeli-Palestinian peace is achievable This agreement is possible. The concessions within are not losses but gains and both sides will be able to stand tall and declare peace and victory. By GERSHON BASKIN

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