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Dec 4, 2023, 6:47 PM

To the One Who Could be the Next Leader of Palestine

The task of leading Palestine following the war in Gaza is going to be more challenging than ever. The leader who rises to the task could be the person who brings peace to his people after 75 years of...

Nov 27, 2023, 12:24 PM

The Necessary Peace – The Peace of No Choice

Over the years we have heard all too frequently about the necessary war – the war that we had no choice but to fight. We want to speak about the necessary peace – the one that we have no...

Nov 23, 2023, 4:52 PM

Defeating Hamas, Staying President and Leading the World

Hamas can be defeated militarily. Israel’s war effort has set the goal to dismantle Hamas’ ability to continue to govern Gaza and to threaten Israel. Israel has the military might to destroy Hamas’ infrastructure, capture their stockpile of weapons...

Nov 18, 2023, 3:25 PM

Negotiations for Hostages

In 2006, one week after a Palestinian attack on the Kerem Shalom army base next to Gaza, two Israeli soldiers were killed and one wounded was taken off to Gaza. His name is Gilad Schalit. One week later, on...

Nov 12, 2023, 1:46 PM

A plan for the day after tomorrow

The victory picture of this war must be political. The massive killing and destruction within the Israeli communities on the Gaza border and in the Gaza Strip itself will remain etched in our collective memories, Israelis and Palestinians, for...

Nov 4, 2023, 9:44 PM

The Emotional Storm We are Living Through

We are all completely overwhelmed in a storm of emotions – pain, anger, fear, we watch suffering every day and we are flooded with the stories of the victims. Tears fill our eyes and we are wrenching with heartbreak...

Oct 29, 2023, 12:58 PM

The Future of Hamas after October 7, 2023 – Part 2

Can Hamas be dismantled and destroyed? The government and military control of Gaza by Hamas can be dismantled and destroyed. It will not be easy and the human costs will be great. Israel has for sure developed plans for how...

Oct 28, 2023, 1:13 AM

The future of Hamas after October 7 – Part 1

Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's political bureau, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, October 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

The group whose senior officials I negotiated with for so many years has forfeited its right to exist as a government

Oct 22, 2023, 4:40 PM

Our main dilemmas

Here are the main dilemmas we all face – especially the decision makers and the questions that I am asking myself and struggling with: How to bring the hostages home – all of them – without surrendering to Hamas? ...

Oct 18, 2023, 8:58 PM

What we see and what we don’t

Last night, one of my closest Palestinian friends who live in Sheikh Jarah in East Jerusalem called me crying: “Did you see what they did, they bombed a hospital in Gaza – so many dead children.” It was already...

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About Me

The writer is the Middle East Director of ICO - International Communities Organization - a UK based NGO working in Conflict zones with failed peace processes. Baskin is a political and social entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to peace between Israel and her neighbors. He is also a founding member of “Kol Ezraheiha - Kol Muwanteneiha” (All of the Citizens) political party in Israel.

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