to peace a better future in gaza without hamas and joining me now is former hostage negotiator gershon baskin, who has extensive experience dealing with hamas. >> he's also the middle east director of the international communities organization, gershon. thank you so much for being back with us. i wonder if you agree with the president and his administration that this is a moment here, a moment to try to resurrect these efforts around a ceasefire and a hostage deal. how much of an opening is there? do you think? >> there is a moment here of opportunity if it is exploited by the israelis, both in appealing to people who are holding hostages in gaza to release them in exchange for safe passage out of gaza with their families. and a lot of money to go along with that there's also an opportunity for israel to appeal to the egyptians and the qatari's and say we're willing to re-enter the negotiations on a deal that will bring all the hostages home at once in a very short period of time. that will also lead to the under the war. there are conditions that hamas has made that they will not retract fro

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i've been speaking to gershon baskin — a former hostage negotiator who has been in talks with membersi asked him where the talks currently wear.— currently wear. the formal negotiations _ currently wear. the formal negotiations are _ currently wear. the formal negotiations are frozen - currently wear. the formal| negotiations are frozen and currently wear. the formal - negotiations are frozen and not moving forward at all in the last few weeks. however there is another deal on the table, one which hamas has communicated to me in writing and voice messages. and i have communicated it to others, on the desk of president biden, the desk of president biden, the head of intelligence in egypt, as well as benjamin netenyahu here in israel. it is a deal that hamas says they are willing to make to end the war in three weeks to have israel withdraw from gaza entirely. the agreed exchange of prisoners and release of all the israeli hostages. this can all be done in three weeks. and to top it off, hamas says they are also willing to transfer governments in gaza to a civilian professional democrat