Gershon Baskin

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Gershon Baskin (Hebrew: גרשון בסקין; born May 2, 1956) is an Israeli columnist, social and political activist, and a researcher of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and peace process. In 2022-2023, (prior to October 7), Baskin was running three separate secret back channels between significant Israelis and Palestinians mainly looking toward the "day after" political changes would take place in Israel and Palestine.

Apart from his journalistic work, Baskin has been active in establishing companies and organizations which bring together Israelis, Palestinians and other Arab participants, dedicated to mutual understanding, as well as mutually beneficial social and economic projects. He describes himself as a social and political entrepreneur.

Baskin is the Middle East Director of International Communities Organisation. ICO is a UK-based NGO working in conflict zones with failed peace processes.^[1]