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Strenger than Fiction

by Carlo Strenger

Rosh Hashanah 5773: The End of Liberal Zionism?

We can only hope that Israel’s majority will wake up in time to realize that it has been electing governments that, under the guise of ultra-Zionism, are single-handedly destroying the Zionist dream of the democratic homeland of the Jews.

By Carlo Strenger | 14:04 12.09.12 |

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Traditionally Rosh Hashanah is a time of “Heshbon Nefesh,” or soul searching; and doing so this year is not easy for Israel’s liberals. Politically we have become an almost insignificant marginal group. Our voice is hardly heard in the Knesset, and, as I have written repeatedly, the...

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