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The latest effort by Thomas L. Friedman, world's worst columnist: "I have a pet theory about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — that it is to wider trends in world affairs what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/opinion/michael-bloomberg.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Opinion | Why I Like Mike

The Democratic Party, looking to bring down Trump, should look at the recent Israeli elections.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/opinion/michael-bloomberg.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Feel like you've heard that [awful] metaphor before? It's because he's used it at least eight times (but who's counting).

Last year: "It’s been obvious to me for some time that the Israeli-Arab conflict is to wider global geopolitical trends what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/opinion/israel-refugees-african-dreamers.html

Opinion | Israel’s Got Its Own Refugee Dilemma: African ‘Dreamers’

The U.S. and Europe aren’t alone in feeling the effects of people fleeing a World of Disorder for a World of Order.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/opinion/israel-refugees-african-dreamers.html

February, 2014: "I’ve long believed that the Israeli-Arab conflict is to the wider global war of civilizations what Off Broadway is to Broadway" https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/friedman-a-wonderful-country.html

Opinion | A Wonderful Country

Why the success of John Kerry’s peace mission is so important.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/friedman-a-wonderful-country.html

July, 2014: "I’ve argued for a while now that it is always useful to study the Israeli-Arab conflict because it is to the wider war of civilizations what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/opinion/thomas-friedman-israeli-palestinian-conflict-order-disorder.html

Opinion | Order vs. Disorder, Part 2

The Israeli-Arab conflict has become a miniature of the most relevant divide in the world today.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/16/opinion/thomas-friedman-israeli-palestinian-conflict-order-disorder.html

September, 2014: "I’ve been arguing for a while now that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider East-West clash of civilizations what Off Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/thomas-l-friedman-order-vs-disorder-part-4-.html

Opinion | Order vs. Disorder, Part 4

The strategy of “containment” this go-round is not what it was during the Cold War.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/thomas-l-friedman-order-vs-disorder-part-4-.html

2011 [variation]: "I realize that I should be in Washington watching the debt drama there, but I’ve opted instead to be in Greece to observe the off-Broadway version." https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17friedman.html

Opinion | The Clash of Generations

In America and in Greece, the baby boomers may not be up to fixing the problem they have caused.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17friedman.html

2009: "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the wider Middle East what off-Broadway is to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/opinion/05friedman.html

Opinion | Green Shoots in Palestine

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is where good and bad ideas get tested out. And the Palestinian prime minister is testing out the most exciting new idea in Arab governance ever.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/opinion/05friedman.html

2006: "I believe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to the big “clash of civilizations” now under way between the Muslim world and the West what the Spanish Civil War was to World War II. It’s Off Broadway to Broadway." https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01friedman.html

Opinion | The Energy Wall

A virtual wall of energy independence will enable us to continue to engage on a reform agenda with the most progressive Arabs and Muslims, but without being hostage to the most malevolent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/opinion/01friedman.html

2000: "For the past 20 years the security zone has been the Off Broadway of the Arab-Israeli conflict." https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/opinion/friedman/052600frie.html

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