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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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Mark Lavie
- Sep 15, 2019
- 1 min
Israel's election results now!
"The classic division of left and right over security issues has outlived its usefulness."
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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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Mark Lavie
- Jul 30, 2019
- 3 min
Really, why do liberals dislike Trump?
A few days ago a friend asked me why liberal Democrats dislike President Trump. After all, he said, the US economy is in good shape,...
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Mark Lavie
- Jul 21, 2019
- 5 min
Moon landing--the veteran and me
“Program note”–after my musings as a rookie reporter, read on for a gripping essay by Jim Slade, a friend and colleague, who actually...
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Mark Lavie
- Jul 9, 2019
- 2 min
An(other) American medical travesty
The person mentioned in the post below is in his 80s. He's a wonderful guy. When my father was dying, he piled my wife and kids into his...
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Mark Lavie
- Jul 3, 2019
- 3 min
Ethiopian-Israeli protests: what did we expect?
Like many others, I was caught in a traffic snarl because of the protests by Ethiopian-Israelis, blocking roads after an off-duty Israeli...
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Mark Lavie
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
Israel should help with US Jewish security
Security—personal and community-wide—is topmost on the minds of American Jews, after two fatal terror attacks there in the past year....
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Mark Lavie
- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
Israel: Beating a dead Leftist horse
Israel’s electorate has refused to grow up, and its leaders are to blame. They turned the election campaign into a fight of Right against...
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Mark Lavie
- Mar 29, 2019
- 1 min
Watch my book launch in Jerusalem!
How journalism went off the rails, how Israel went from weak to strong in 46 short years, what Netanyahu did to my business card--if you...
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Mark Lavie
- Mar 17, 2019
- 1 min
Anti-Semitism--Bad, but not that bad
President Trump’s new special envoy warns that anti-Semitism in the US is at its highest level since the Holocaust. He is wrong. He is...
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Mark Lavie
- Mar 4, 2019
- 1 min
Inside "Why Are We Still Afraid?"
Listen to this interview on the "Israel Uncensored" podcast with Josh Hasten. He lets me explain the reasons and conclusions behind my...
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Mark Lavie
- Feb 17, 2019
- 1 min
Former PM gets a signed copy!
Here's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a signed copy of my book. I know many people have negative feelings about him--mostly...
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