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?
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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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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."
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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.
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Mark Lavie
- Jan 3, 2020
- 2 min
Soleimani assassination: Right, but wise?
Certainly he deserved to die. But there is a saying in Hebrew: "Better wise than right."
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Mark Lavie
- Nov 27, 2019
- 1 min
"Embattled" Bibi's failed demo
"After such efforts...anything less than 100.000 (demonstrators) would have been a failure."
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Mark Lavie
- Nov 26, 2019
- 1 min
Join my February book/lecture tour!
"Yet Israelis keep voting on security, the the real issues are domestic, including relations with Diaspora Jews."
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Mark Lavie
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
First read the US statement. Then we'll talk.
"In other words, both the apoplectic left and the ecstatic right have it wrong."
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Mark Lavie
- Aug 11, 2019
- 4 min
Tisha B’Av—are we missing the point?
There’s a hidden aspect to Tisha B’Av, mourning the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, that could put holy sites, and the Temples...
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