"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
- Apr 20
- 4 min
No, Israel’s democracy is not falling
Israel’s center-left has reawakened. To coin an old phrase, it’s the “New Left.”
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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
- Aug 24, 2022
- 4 min
Abbas can't harm peace moves
So disgust, outrage, and revulsion. What no one is expressing is surprise.
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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
- 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
- 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 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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