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?
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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...
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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
- 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...
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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."
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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
- 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...
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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
- 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.
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Mark Lavie
- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Israeli hospital award masks weaknesses
"How is this not the top issue in today's election?"
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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
- Dec 31, 2019
- 1 min
How to prevent a massacre
"This isn't an endorsement of rancom worshippers packing heat and opening fire on a crowded church of synagogue."
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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
- Sep 26, 2019
- 3 min
Let Arab parties into the ruling coalition
"...one day we will look back on the old days when Arab parties were automatically excluded from government and wonder why."
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