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    A dam good way to resolve a conflict
    Mark Lavie
    • Apr 4
    • 4 min

    A dam good way to resolve a conflict

    So is this a new way of dealing with international disputes? Complain, denounce, threaten—and leave it at that?
    12 views0 comments
    Taking Melanie Phillips down
    Mark Lavie
    • Feb 9
    • 7 min

    Taking Melanie Phillips down

    So the neo-Nazis aren’t a problem? The Proud Boys and the heil Hitler salutes aren’t a problem? Only the left?
    24 views0 comments
    Iran: Look who's fighting the last war
    Mark Lavie
    • Dec 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Iran: Look who's fighting the last war

    The clear conclusion is—if Iran wants nuclear weapons, it will get them. But that doesn’t mean it will use them.
    3 views0 comments
    Mark Lavie
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 4 min

    No magic wand to stop Israeli Arab murders

    This article appears on The Media Line. No magic wand to stop Israeli Arabs killing each other By Mark Lavie Arab Israelis are clamoring...
    9 views0 comments
    “Palestinian Spring”? Not such a good deal
    Mark Lavie
    • Jul 13, 2021
    • 4 min

    “Palestinian Spring”? Not such a good deal

    It took me a whole book to explain what went wrong (“Broken Spring,” Gefen, 2014), but the parallels with the Palestinians are striking.
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    Oh, no, an article about Israeli "apartheid"
    Mark Lavie
    • Jun 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Oh, no, an article about Israeli "apartheid"

    Now how about Israel itself, where it’s common knowledge that Israeli Arabs suffer under the yoke of the oppressive Jewish regime. Not.
    26 views0 comments
    Nothing has changed
    Mark Lavie
    • May 12, 2021
    • 5 min

    Nothing has changed

    This problem,,,may not have a solution, Nothing Israel can do, or would be permitted to do, would stop the barrages for long.
    159 views0 comments
    Arab parties should be in Israel’s government
    Mark Lavie
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    Arab parties should be in Israel’s government

    So how about handing one of the social welfare posts to an Arab Cabinet minister…to work on the problems faced by their own constituents?
    16 views0 comments
    How to vote in Israel's 4th election in 2 years
    Mark Lavie
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    How to vote in Israel's 4th election in 2 years

    This morning a friend asked for my advice about the fourth Israeli election in two years. Should he vote for a large party? Should he...
    7 views0 comments
    How to stop the corona pandemic in Israel
    Mark Lavie
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 1 min

    How to stop the corona pandemic in Israel

    And if (behavior) can be changed for something as trivial as wildflowers, all the more so for a cruel pandemic that has killed thousands.
    6 views0 comments
    What about the what-aboutism?
    Mark Lavie
    • Jan 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    What about the what-aboutism?

    My latest article appears here in today's Jerusalem Post: It erupts every time someone posts something that criticizes the riots and...
    4 views0 comments
    Corona crisis: What would Joseph do?
    Mark Lavie
    • Dec 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    Corona crisis: What would Joseph do?

    "...a leader... who puts the interests of his people before his own…would find a better, more humane way to deal with the corona challenge."
    7 views0 comments
    A “new Middle East” you didn’t see coming
    Mark Lavie
    • Dec 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    A “new Middle East” you didn’t see coming

    Frustrated by decades of Palestinian obstinacy, moderate Arab nations were finally moving to put the Israeli-Palestinian issue behind them.
    5 views0 comments
    Let's start a Facebook revolution!
    Mark Lavie
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Let's start a Facebook revolution!

    "All I ask is that you respond in kind. If you can’t or don’t want to do that, feel free to unfriend me. Or I'll save you the trouble."
    12 views0 comments
    Excerpt from "Throw away the axioms"
    Mark Lavie
    • Oct 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Excerpt from "Throw away the axioms"

    ...In the Mideast, public statements play a different role than they do in the West. In the US, reporters dutifully tote up campaign...
    5 views0 comments
    A good plan to beat COVID-19 in Israel
    Mark Lavie
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    A good plan to beat COVID-19 in Israel

    Here's a sensible plan of action for Israel to replace the dithering and politicking that's been screwing up everything.
    10 views0 comments
    Halacha and COVID-19—fateful choices
    Mark Lavie
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    Halacha and COVID-19—fateful choices

    How long until people rebel against this unreasonable behavior and either stop taking part in services or try a different stream of Judaism?
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    Coronavirus: Not all bad...
    Mark Lavie
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Coronavirus: Not all bad...

    ",,,no more huge, ear-splitting weddings, crowded bars, and shoulder-to-elbow restaurants...that's not a bad thing."
    6 views0 comments
    "Be Afraid"--the wrong message
    Mark Lavie
    • Jun 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    "Be Afraid"--the wrong message

    So is the prime minister's threat of a new lockdown warranted? No, and that's not even the direction the government itself is taking.
    38 views0 comments
    Numbers don't add up to a 2nd Corona wave
    Mark Lavie
    • Jun 7, 2020
    • 3 min

    Numbers don't add up to a 2nd Corona wave

    This is the place to emphasize that we need to learn how to live with Corona.
    9 views0 comments
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