Gershon Baskin
Jerusalem, Israel
Gershon Baskin - peacemaker
Working for Israeli Palestinian peace for the past 35 years. First civil servant in Israel in charge of Jewish-Arab relations Founder of the Institute for Education for Jewish Arab Coexistence Founder and Co-Director (for 24 years) of the award winning IPCRI - Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information Initiator and negotiator of the secret direct back channel between the government of Israel and Hamas for the prisoner exchange that brought home the Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit