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after that we have peace negotiator gershon baskin back with us. what is the latest in his back channel with hamas for the hostages? we're back in 60 seconds. econds >> tech: when you have auto glass damage, trust safelite. my customer really relies on his car's advanced safety system. [alarm] >> instructor: veer right. [ringing] >> instructor: and slow down. >> tech: so when he got a cracked windshield, he turned to safelite. we're the experts at replacing glass and recalibrating your vehicle's camera, so automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning work properly to get you back on the road safely. >> instructor: and that means a lot! >> tech: schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ ok, someone just did laundry... no, i add downy light so the freshness really lasts. yeah, most scented stuff gives me a headache, but this is just right. and i don't like anything. but i like this. get a light scent that lasts with no heavy perfumes or dyes. ( ♪ ♪ ) this is spring semester at fairfield-suisun unified. they switched t
after that we have peace negotiator gershon baskin back with us. what is the latest in his back channel with hamas for the hostages? we're back in 60 seconds. econds >> tech: when you have auto glass damage, trust safelite. my customer really relies on his car's advanced safety system. [alarm] >> instructor: veer right. [ringing] >> instructor: and slow down. >> tech: so when he got a cracked windshield, he turned to safelite. we're the experts at replacing glass and...
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amy: we're not in jerusalem by gershon baskin, middle east director of the international communitiesnization, a human rights advocacy group. in 2011, he helped to negotiate the release of israeli soldier gilad shalit from hamas captivity after five years in exchange for the release of 1027 palestinian prisoners. his memoir is called "in pursuit of peace in israel and palestine." welcome back to democracy now! if you can say what you think needs to happen right now? >> what needs to happen is what hamas spoke about already to ask ago, which is a release of what they call the civilian hostages in exchange for an immediate cease-fire. that is what hamas has been saying since yesterday. and yesterday, there was a change of tone from the hamas official who went to moscow. i communicated with him yesterday who for the first time said there needs to be a cease-fire first and then we will talk about the hostages. right now hamas is holding women, children, elderly people, wounded and sick people who obviously is against humanitarian law to hold them, to abduct them, to kill them. it is also
amy: we're not in jerusalem by gershon baskin, middle east director of the international communitiesnization, a human rights advocacy group. in 2011, he helped to negotiate the release of israeli soldier gilad shalit from hamas captivity after five years in exchange for the release of 1027 palestinian prisoners. his memoir is called "in pursuit of peace in israel and palestine." welcome back to democracy now! if you can say what you think needs to happen right now? >> what needs...
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i'm joined now by gershon baskin — founder and director of the israeli—palestinian public policy instituteilad shalit, was was freed in october 2011 having spent 5 years in captivity in gaza, as part of a prisoner swap with hamas. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first of all, tell us what you think could happen next in terms of securing the release of these hostages. wejust securing the release of these hostages. we just heard from the us state department that secretary of state department that secretary of state says he's been intensely focused on securing their release. what does that actually mean? it doesn't mean very much because the united states has zero leverage on hamas. we're in a difficult situation because hamas seeks to release all the palestinian prisons in israel he presents. were talking about 7000 people. many of them are serving multiple life sentences for killing israelis. hamas is not willing to negotiate or talk about a humanitarian release of women or children until the cessation of all israeli attacks against the gaza strip for that that is not going to happen i
i'm joined now by gershon baskin — founder and director of the israeli—palestinian public policy instituteilad shalit, was was freed in october 2011 having spent 5 years in captivity in gaza, as part of a prisoner swap with hamas. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first of all, tell us what you think could happen next in terms of securing the release of these hostages. wejust securing the release of these hostages. we just heard from the us state department that secretary of state...
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joining us to discuss is former hostage negotiator gershon baskin.s also the middle east ambassador for the middle east association. thank you for being with us. you've worked directly on freeing hostages being held by hamas. walk us through what that process is like? >> well, i'll remind the audience that we're talking primarily about the israeli soldier who was abducted in june of 2006 and it took five years four months to return him through a negotiated agreement with hamas. it involved the release of 1,200 prisons from a prison including palestinians who had murdered israelis. it's a long drawn-out process. i conducted talks one week after shlit was abducted. it took another five years to convince hamas to use the secret direct channel that i developed with dr. hamed who at that time was a hamas spokesperson. it was very long, very tedious, very difficult. one thing, throughout the process, hamas pretty much stuck to their demands of what they wanted. six months after he was abducted, the egyptians put down a proposal for 1,000 prisoners for sha
joining us to discuss is former hostage negotiator gershon baskin.s also the middle east ambassador for the middle east association. thank you for being with us. you've worked directly on freeing hostages being held by hamas. walk us through what that process is like? >> well, i'll remind the audience that we're talking primarily about the israeli soldier who was abducted in june of 2006 and it took five years four months to return him through a negotiated agreement with hamas. it...
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we have to leave it there, gershon baskin, - 48 hours as well.e but thank you so much for yourtime. iam back of time but thank you so much for your time. i am back injust a moment or two with all the latest headlines, don't go away. hello there. colder air has been pushing its way southwards across the uk over recent hours. it's been cold enough actually today to see a bit of snow on the tops of the scottish mountains. nothing unusual about that for october but this month has been very warm so we haven't seen anything like that so far. the biggest drop in temperatures between yesterday and today was across southern england and wales — 12 celsius in hereford today compared to 22 degrees yesterday so a drop of 10 degrees as these cooler north—westerly winds continue to spread in. those north—westerly winds are bringing plenty of showers to northern and western areas and they will continue through the rest of today, again with some snowfall over the tops of scottish mountains, and it will continue to be very windy for the northern isles, gusts of 55
we have to leave it there, gershon baskin, - 48 hours as well.e but thank you so much for yourtime. iam back of time but thank you so much for your time. i am back injust a moment or two with all the latest headlines, don't go away. hello there. colder air has been pushing its way southwards across the uk over recent hours. it's been cold enough actually today to see a bit of snow on the tops of the scottish mountains. nothing unusual about that for october but this month has been very warm so...
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. >> gershon baskin, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> you heard gershon baskin talk about hostages being kept underground. just ahead we're going to take a close look at the tunnels that stretched for miles under gaza that hamas has used and been building up for years to wage war. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> earlier tonight a spokesman for the israeli government told cnn that the country's expanded operations in gaza are targeting hamas' infrastructure in gaza, and specifically cited the tunnels under gaza that hamas uses to move weapons, fighters, and hold hostages. sources told cnn hamas was able to use phone lines for more than two years to plan the october 7th attack. ni
. >> gershon baskin, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> you heard gershon baskin talk about hostages being kept underground. just ahead we're going to take a close look at the tunnels that stretched for miles under gaza that hamas has used and been building up for years to wage war. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you...
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gershon baskin has also been speaking with his contacts with hamas since the october 7th attack, and i talked to him earlier. gershon, first of all, where do you think we are in these negotiations behind the scenes? >> i have been in touch with people in hamas and people in qatar, people in egypt, and no one will confirm what is holding up the agreement right now. israel has intensified the bombings in gaza this evening, which is unbelievable, with the human suffering that's going on there. and no one seems to be in a rush to get this done. >> in a deal to release gilad shalit, as you know, more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners were released, one of them is leading hamas right now. at the time, did you have a sense that could happen? do you regret making that deal? i know this is personal for you as well. >> it is personal for me because four of the people who were released in that deal killed my wife's first cousin a year before gilad was abducted. so, it was personal. >> so, the people who you were involved in -- so, the people you were involved in negotiating with, some of the pris
gershon baskin has also been speaking with his contacts with hamas since the october 7th attack, and i talked to him earlier. gershon, first of all, where do you think we are in these negotiations behind the scenes? >> i have been in touch with people in hamas and people in qatar, people in egypt, and no one will confirm what is holding up the agreement right now. israel has intensified the bombings in gaza this evening, which is unbelievable, with the human suffering that's going on...
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gershon baskin, thank you very much.ws you made here, you believe your back channel with hamas is an official channel between the u.s., the qataris, israel and hamas. >> the united states needs to tell the qataris, there's a u.s. military base in qatar, the united states needs to tell the qataris, they have two days to release the hostages and if not, the hamas leadership in qatar should find another home. >> they do have a station there in qatar as well. gershon baskin, thank you very much, we appreciate it. do come back. >> thank you. >>> we're going to make a hard right turn. can jim jordan convince his holdouts or will the republicans have to make a deal with democrats as a unity leader as one house committee member is warning. one house committee member is warning. >>> on capitol hill, republican nominee for house speaker jim jordan is trying to convince his holdouts to make him speaker, and he's having some success, but will it be enough to win tomorrow's scheduled vote on the floor? joining us now from capitol hil
gershon baskin, thank you very much.ws you made here, you believe your back channel with hamas is an official channel between the u.s., the qataris, israel and hamas. >> the united states needs to tell the qataris, there's a u.s. military base in qatar, the united states needs to tell the qataris, they have two days to release the hostages and if not, the hamas leadership in qatar should find another home. >> they do have a station there in qatar as well. gershon baskin, thank you...
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. >> reporter: gershon baskin has negotiated with hamas before, and has been speaking to members of hamasr the last week. more than a decade ago, he led efforts to bring idf soldier gilad shalit home after five years in captivity. shalit was exchanged for more than one thousand palestinian prisoners. one of the prisoners reportedly released in this shalit deal, the alleged mastermind behind last week's attack. >> the leader was in israeli prison for 22 years. israel saved him. he had brain cancer when he was in prison, and he was healed in an israeli hospital, and he is the leader of hamas today. >> reporter: he says this situation is unprecedented due in part to the sheer number of being held, as well as hamas' dense network of tunnels in the north. >> we don't have five years and four months to wait the free these hostages. there needs to be extreme pressure put on hamas. once the ground operation begins, there are no chances for negotiations. >> reporter: as for the 13 americans thought to be held hostage by hamas, baskin says it's an especially difficult situation. >> it does bring up
. >> reporter: gershon baskin has negotiated with hamas before, and has been speaking to members of hamasr the last week. more than a decade ago, he led efforts to bring idf soldier gilad shalit home after five years in captivity. shalit was exchanged for more than one thousand palestinian prisoners. one of the prisoners reportedly released in this shalit deal, the alleged mastermind behind last week's attack. >> the leader was in israeli prison for 22 years. israel saved him. he...
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>gershon baskin is an israeli hostage negotiator who dealt with hamas directly to help secure the releaseed israeli soldier. gilad shalit. in 2011. now he says hamas will not negotiate, only israel's military can free the hostages. >> they are going to go in and the military ground operation to find and rescue the hostages is is -- as much as possible. no doubt many hostages will be killed but all their captors will be killed from the top of the leadership to the accountant for hamas. >> reporter: that hostage negotiator told us he believes the hostages are not being held in a single location but are spread out across the gaza strip. which may actually increase the chances of finding some of them. norah. >> norah: holly williams with that in reporting. thank you. today president biden turned his attention to the americans who are still missing since the terror attack last saturday. cbs's ed o'keefe reports the president told them via a zoom call that he will do everything he can to return them to their families. >> reporter: president biden spent more than an hour today speaking to famili
>gershon baskin is an israeli hostage negotiator who dealt with hamas directly to help secure the releaseed israeli soldier. gilad shalit. in 2011. now he says hamas will not negotiate, only israel's military can free the hostages. >> they are going to go in and the military ground operation to find and rescue the hostages is is -- as much as possible. no doubt many hostages will be killed but all their captors will be killed from the top of the leadership to the accountant for hamas....
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hamas is holding 199 hostages according to the israeli military gershon baskin negotiated with hamas to secure the high-profile release of israeli soldier gilad shalit in 2011 he says he's been in contact with hamas every day since the attack what's the best approach to even open a dialogue with hamas? >> the best approach is understanding that it can't be directly done by israel to start a dialogue with hamas we have to understand who can do it and the ones who can do it are the countries that have influence over hamas, which are qatar, turkey and egypt and iran >> reporter: baskin says there's a small window of opportunity to make a deal to release hostages >> it's a matter of days, probably a week before the israeli ground forces go into gaza that's when the window for negotiation closes >> but that means that hostages are sacrificed >> it means that hostages are going to be tried to be freed and they might be sacrificed my sense of the pulse of the israeli public right now, the government and the military, is that the primary objective today is to remove hamas from its ability to
hamas is holding 199 hostages according to the israeli military gershon baskin negotiated with hamas to secure the high-profile release of israeli soldier gilad shalit in 2011 he says he's been in contact with hamas every day since the attack what's the best approach to even open a dialogue with hamas? >> the best approach is understanding that it can't be directly done by israel to start a dialogue with hamas we have to understand who can do it and the ones who can do it are the...
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medicine to last for months >> hamas still believes that they can put up a fight >> reporter: gershon baskin is an israeli negotiator who has dealt with hamas even if hamas as an organization can be defeated, can its ideology >> no. the only way we can replace the reality of the horrible life that people in gaza and in palestine have had over the last 75 years is to create a new reality. >> and raf, we're hearing for the first time from hamas's leader in gaza what is he saying? >> reporter: lester, his name is yahya sinwar i met him in gaza several years ago. he has a brutal reputation and says he wants all palestinian prisoners released in exchange for the hostages israel says he's their number one target. lester >> raf sanchez in jerusalem. thank you. >>> we want to turn now to the rise of hate both here and around the world the israel-hamas war sparking an increase in antisemitism and islamophobia gabe gutierrez has more >> reporter: tonight the u.s. is condemning this pro-palestinian mob that stormed an airport in russia, looking for jews hundreds of men, some carrying banners with antis
medicine to last for months >> hamas still believes that they can put up a fight >> reporter: gershon baskin is an israeli negotiator who has dealt with hamas even if hamas as an organization can be defeated, can its ideology >> no. the only way we can replace the reality of the horrible life that people in gaza and in palestine have had over the last 75 years is to create a new reality. >> and raf, we're hearing for the first time from hamas's leader in gaza what is he...
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earlier, i spoke to gershon baskin, who is familiar with hamas and its hostage tactics, having helpedgo. and i asked him first, what does this situation means in terms of putting more pressure on the israeli prime minister now? first of all i think we have to recognise that the three women we saw are alive. they don't appear to have been tortured. they definitely do look under duress, and there is no doubt that this is aimed at pressuring israeli society to pressure the israeli government to make the deal that hamas is demanding, which is all for all, all the hostages for all the prisoners in israeli prisons, palestinian prisoners, between six and seven thousand people, of whom 559 are serving life sentences, some of the multiple life sentences, for murdering israelis. that is what we are talking about here and that is the extraordinary dilemma that the decision—makers need to deal with. and in terms of the negotiations, we know, before the ground offensive, that those were going on. what is your understanding of where that potentially now is? is your interpretation that they would no
earlier, i spoke to gershon baskin, who is familiar with hamas and its hostage tactics, having helpedgo. and i asked him first, what does this situation means in terms of putting more pressure on the israeli prime minister now? first of all i think we have to recognise that the three women we saw are alive. they don't appear to have been tortured. they definitely do look under duress, and there is no doubt that this is aimed at pressuring israeli society to pressure the israeli government to...
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. �*, ., ~ ., , .,, stop live now to hostage negotiator, gershon baskin... and just drink what we wered to be on qatar. in terms of this development of a hostage video, give me your assessment of what that does in terms of potentially upping the pressure again on the israeli prime minister? , ., ., ~ minister? first of all i think we have to recognise _ minister? first of all i think we have to recognise that - minister? first of all i think we have to recognise that the - minister? first of all i think we l have to recognise that the three women we saw our life. they don't appear to have been tortured. they definitely do look under duress, and there is no doubt that this is aimed at pressuring israeli society to pressure the israeli government to make the deal that hamas is demanding, which is all for all, all the hostages for all the prisoners in israeli prisons, palestinian prisoners, between six and thousand sales people, of whom 559 are serving life sentences, some of the multiple life sentences, for murdering israelis. that is what we are talking about here and that is the extrao
. �*, ., ~ ., , .,, stop live now to hostage negotiator, gershon baskin... and just drink what we wered to be on qatar. in terms of this development of a hostage video, give me your assessment of what that does in terms of potentially upping the pressure again on the israeli prime minister? , ., ., ~ minister? first of all i think we have to recognise _ minister? first of all i think we have to recognise that - minister? first of all i think we have to recognise that the - minister? first of...
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live now tojerusalem and we can speak with gershon baskin — who was a key negotiator in the release ofnt biden. thank you to the american people. for your incredible support for israel. in our war against the barbarians of hamas. i thank you in english, i want to thank you in english, i want to thank you in hebrew as well. he speaks in hebrew. he speaks in hebrew. mr secretary, your visit is another tangible example of america's unequivocal support for israel. hamas has shown itself to be an enemy of civilisation. the massacring of young people in an outdoor music festival, the butchering of entire families, the murder of parents in front of their children and the murder of children in front of their parents. the burning of people alive. the beheadings. the kidnappings. a young boy. not only kidnap, molested, hurt, attacked. and the sickening display of celebrating these horrors, the celebration and glorification of evil. president biden was absolutely correct in calling this sheer evil. hamas is isis. and just as isis was crushed, sold to will hamas be crossed. and hamas should be tre
live now tojerusalem and we can speak with gershon baskin — who was a key negotiator in the release ofnt biden. thank you to the american people. for your incredible support for israel. in our war against the barbarians of hamas. i thank you in english, i want to thank you in english, i want to thank you in hebrew as well. he speaks in hebrew. he speaks in hebrew. mr secretary, your visit is another tangible example of america's unequivocal support for israel. hamas has shown itself to be an...
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. >> we had gershon baskin who helped negotiate for gilad shalit many years ago.e says he's open to back channel with hamas and had good conversations with them, and he believes a back channel has gone official. he believes the qataris are talking to hamas, then talking to america who is talking to israel so it's a bit of a chain. what role does qatar play? how come they have influence, and whags the leverage they might have over hamas? >> qatar plays an important role. as we have seen from other conflicts in the region, afghanistan or elsewhere, they always keep a diplomatic channel that works to america's advantage. even more recently with iran, for example, the $6 billion that was going to be transferred to qatar. the foreign policy has been to be a conduit for the intersection of western interests and other adversaries, iran, the taliban, and hamas. and because hamas's political leadership is mostly in do ha, they have tried to be the conduit between hamas senior political leadership, and what they want to do, what's the ultimate objective, what is it going to
. >> we had gershon baskin who helped negotiate for gilad shalit many years ago.e says he's open to back channel with hamas and had good conversations with them, and he believes a back channel has gone official. he believes the qataris are talking to hamas, then talking to america who is talking to israel so it's a bit of a chain. what role does qatar play? how come they have influence, and whags the leverage they might have over hamas? >> qatar plays an important role. as we have...
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earlier, i spoke to gershon baskin, middle east director for international communities 0rganization.ew on what's going to happen in the coming days and weeks. there is a resolve from the military, the government and the people to do the job, to get the job done. as i said, for 18 years we have heard a slogan after each round of battle between israel and gaza that the government is going to bring down gaza. and it was always a slogan. i always knew it was a slogan. hamas always knew it was a slogan. and now it seems that it is genuine, it is real. the massive bombing campaign that has demolished so much, flattened so much of gaza already, making more than half a million people homeless there, is just the first stage of the preparation for the ground operation that will ensue in the coming days, weeks. the palestinian hamas attack on israel was the single largest attack against the state of israel since its founding in 191t8. there were more casualties at the hands of terrorists than ever before, and as your listening audience has already heard, the devastation and the brutality was ta
earlier, i spoke to gershon baskin, middle east director for international communities 0rganization.ew on what's going to happen in the coming days and weeks. there is a resolve from the military, the government and the people to do the job, to get the job done. as i said, for 18 years we have heard a slogan after each round of battle between israel and gaza that the government is going to bring down gaza. and it was always a slogan. i always knew it was a slogan. hamas always knew it was a...
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gershon baskin is a wonderful 91w- . gershon baskin is a wonderful guy.o the mediators at this point are qatar , the country of qatar , qatar, the country of qatar, which is complicit in what hamas has been doing. but then again, because being somewhat helpful in in mediating and there is thinking that perhaps the germans who also have some history here, german intelligence, the bad may get involved . i don't know that for involved. i don't know that for a fact . the turks may get a fact. the turks may get involved. the egyptians may get involved. the egyptians may get involved. but but like you said, they may all come with good faith and the best of intentions and find that there's no one in authority outside of, you know, of gangs, thugs and terrorists who divisions. no no command and control of any kind of note . control of any kind of note. >> allen, as ever, thank you very much indeed for your reflections. it's been great to talk to you again. thanks for your time here on gb news. >> stay with us. here on the live desk, we will have more on the after
gershon baskin is a wonderful 91w- . gershon baskin is a wonderful guy.o the mediators at this point are qatar , the country of qatar , qatar, the country of qatar, which is complicit in what hamas has been doing. but then again, because being somewhat helpful in in mediating and there is thinking that perhaps the germans who also have some history here, german intelligence, the bad may get involved . i don't know that for involved. i don't know that for a fact . the turks may get a fact. the...
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know whether you were able to see it, but we did a fascinating interview with hostage negotiator gershon baskinube channel. well, his insight is second to none. and one thing he said was that all the hostages are not in the hands of hamas. all the hostages are not in the hands of hamas . they could well hands of hamas. they could well have been split up amongst different groups within gaza . different groups within gaza. different groups and even , you different groups and even, you know, people within the civilian population , even many people who population, even many people who are not necessarily members of groups , you know, carry arms in groups, you know, carry arms in gaza as well. >> so it's possible that some of them have been asked to look after some of the more vulnerable hostages that perhaps are not a direct threat , not idf are not a direct threat, not idf hostages or or people who are probably younger and fitter. but yeah, there'll be in multiple locations. the israelis know this above ground and below ground scattered in northern gaza and probably down into southern gaza as well
know whether you were able to see it, but we did a fascinating interview with hostage negotiator gershon baskinube channel. well, his insight is second to none. and one thing he said was that all the hostages are not in the hands of hamas. all the hostages are not in the hands of hamas . they could well hands of hamas. they could well have been split up amongst different groups within gaza . different groups within gaza. different groups and even , you different groups and even, you know,...
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gershon baskin has been involved in hostage negotiations between israel and hamas before he helped securesoners . and gershon can join prisoners. and gershon can join us now. really good of you to spare the time for us this afternoon on gb news. thank you so much. can you explain to us how devastatingly complicated it is to get these 220 hostages out ? >> and it's extraordinarily difficult because as there are no direct contact between israel and hamas, which is the way that it should be done. >> but of course, that's not done.the >> but of course, that's not done. the israelis won't talk to hamas. hamas won't talk to israelis. so we need the help of third parties. there are two third parties. there are two third parties. there are two third parties who are engaged in negotiations. of them negotiations. each one of them has succeeded in freeing two hostages so far , qatar and egypt hostages so far, qatar and egypt . it's not clear that either qatar or egypt has a full a communication with all the parties that are involved in holding the hostages. hamas has a leadership in doha in qatar. t
gershon baskin has been involved in hostage negotiations between israel and hamas before he helped securesoners . and gershon can join prisoners. and gershon can join us now. really good of you to spare the time for us this afternoon on gb news. thank you so much. can you explain to us how devastatingly complicated it is to get these 220 hostages out ? >> and it's extraordinarily difficult because as there are no direct contact between israel and hamas, which is the way that it should be...