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Many of my fellow Baby Boomers – and the Millennial children who grew up listening to their parents’ great music – are probably familiar with the Paul Simon hit “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” a song in which “Rhymin’ Simon” enumerates, in his unique, jocular fashion, the many and varied ways in which someone trapped in a bad relationship can fly the coop. I happened to hear “50 Ways” on an oldies station recently, and it occurred to me that like Simon’s protagonist in the song, the citizens of Israel have, for too long, been in an abusive relationship with an exploitative and manipulative prime minister. Hence the inspiration for this essay.