Present at the creation—Hamas
A quick read through the Hamas charter revealed deep hatred for Israel, Jews, and Zionism from an Islamic religious point of view...
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Mark Lavie
- Nov 16
- 4 min
Netanyahu must go—but will he?
All of this happened on his watch. So whether he admits of not, he is ultimately responsible.
But he doesn’t accept that.
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Mark Lavie
- Nov 5
- 2 min
Another rocket attack on my city
When we hear asiren, we have about 90 seconds to get into our protected rooms before rockets hit, because our city is 50 km from Gaza.
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Mark Lavie
- Oct 31
- 3 min
“Iron Dome” saves Palestinian lives, too
Iron Dome has radically changed the equation. We think of it as protecting Israelis from Hamas rockets. That’s only part of the story...
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Mark Lavie
- Oct 19
- 4 min
Who blew up the Gaza hospital? It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter who blew up the hospital—because we are in a “post-truth” era, when facts don’t matter.
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Mark Lavie
- Oct 11
- 4 min
Hamas has killed the two-state solution
Hamas is responsible for these despicable crimes. But the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas, is also to blame.
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Mark Lavie
- Sep 26
- 5 min
Israel must get past Yom Kippur war trauma
this could reflect a shift in the Israeli electorate away from the Yom Kippur War-related voting about exaggerated fears of foreign enemies.
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Mark Lavie
- Sep 13
- 4 min
"Oslo"-- no peace, but not a failure
Israelis are missing the obvious:
Implementing the Oslo agreement, Israel withdrew its forces from the main Palestinian cities.
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Mark Lavie
- Jul 7
- 4 min
Little good from Israel’s operation in Jenin
We’ve been here so many times that the conclusion is obvious: None of this is permanent.
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Mark Lavie
- May 22
- 4 min
Of course there are solutions for Gaza!
Work toward a regional solution with permanent borders for Israel and the Palestinians, while supporting the Israelis in rocket range.
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Mark Lavie
- May 14
- 4 min
Have the mass protests weakened Israel?
Israel’s enemies are misinformed.
The promoters of this theory are misinformed.
And/or the government knows the charge is false.
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Mark Lavie
- Feb 23
- 4 min
Israel’s turmoil will resolve itself…later
So how bad is it, and can it get worse? Yes, it can, because judicial reform isn’t the only issue here.
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Mark Lavie
- Jan 28
- 4 min
The end of Israeli journalism! Or not.
The huge outpouring of citizen demonstrations is key to forcing the government to dial back on its "cascade of edicts."
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Mark Lavie
- Jan 9
- 4 min
Ben-Gvir on the Temple Mount? No big deal
Allow me to offer advice that many men give their overwrought wives: “Calm down, honey.”
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Mark Lavie
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
What’s wrong with “I won’t support Israel if…”
"...the idea of conditional support for Israel raises questions about the whole relationship between the two sides."
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Mark Lavie
- Apr 4, 2022
- 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?
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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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