Mark LavieApr 44 minA dam good way to resolve a conflictSo is this a new way of dealing with international disputes? Complain, denounce, threaten—and leave it at that?
Mark LavieFeb 97 minTaking Melanie Phillips downSo the neo-Nazis aren’t a problem? The Proud Boys and the heil Hitler salutes aren’t a problem? Only the left?
Mark LavieDec 17, 20214 minIran: Look who's fighting the last warThe clear conclusion is—if Iran wants nuclear weapons, it will get them. But that doesn’t mean it will use them.
Mark LavieOct 6, 20214 minNo magic wand to stop Israeli Arab murdersThis article appears on The Media Line. No magic wand to stop Israeli Arabs killing each other By Mark Lavie Arab Israelis are clamoring...
Mark LavieJul 13, 20214 min“Palestinian Spring”? Not such a good dealIt took me a whole book to explain what went wrong (“Broken Spring,” Gefen, 2014), but the parallels with the Palestinians are striking.
Mark LavieJun 26, 20213 minOh, 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.
Mark LavieMay 12, 20215 minNothing has changedThis problem,,,may not have a solution, Nothing Israel can do, or would be permitted to do, would stop the barrages for long.
Mark LavieApr 1, 20214 minArab parties should be in Israel’s governmentSo how about handing one of the social welfare posts to an Arab Cabinet minister…to work on the problems faced by their own constituents?
Mark LavieMar 23, 20211 minHow to vote in Israel's 4th election in 2 yearsThis morning a friend asked for my advice about the fourth Israeli election in two years. Should he vote for a large party? Should he...
Mark LavieFeb 2, 20211 minHow to stop the corona pandemic in IsraelAnd if (behavior) can be changed for something as trivial as wildflowers, all the more so for a cruel pandemic that has killed thousands.
Mark LavieJan 14, 20213 minWhat 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...
Mark LavieDec 29, 20204 minCorona 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."
Mark LavieDec 18, 20204 minA “new Middle East” you didn’t see comingFrustrated by decades of Palestinian obstinacy, moderate Arab nations were finally moving to put the Israeli-Palestinian issue behind them.
Mark LavieNov 16, 20202 minLet'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."
Mark LavieOct 22, 20202 minExcerpt 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...
Mark LavieSep 23, 20204 minA good plan to beat COVID-19 in IsraelHere's a sensible plan of action for Israel to replace the dithering and politicking that's been screwing up everything.
Mark LavieJul 22, 20201 minHalacha and COVID-19—fateful choicesHow long until people rebel against this unreasonable behavior and either stop taking part in services or try a different stream of Judaism?
Mark LavieJul 17, 20201 minCoronavirus: Not all bad...",,,no more huge, ear-splitting weddings, crowded bars, and shoulder-to-elbow restaurants...that's not a bad thing."
Mark LavieJun 21, 20203 min"Be Afraid"--the wrong messageSo is the prime minister's threat of a new lockdown warranted? No, and that's not even the direction the government itself is taking.
Mark LavieJun 7, 20203 minNumbers don't add up to a 2nd Corona waveThis is the place to emphasize that we need to learn how to live with Corona.