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Strenger than Fiction
by Carlo Strenger
Memo to U.S. Jews: Defend Israel, support the Iran deal
Dealing with Tehran is not a matter of ideology but rather carefully balanced probabilities. Israel’s current and former security chiefs know this.
By Carlo Strenger | Aug 26, 2015 | 12:56 PM | 47
Marchers at the Celebrate Israel Parade, in New York City, May 31, 2015
  • Netanyahu points finger at Iranian aggression and no one cares - except Israelis
    By Allison Kaplan Sommer | 24
  • Praise, not scorn, for preventing war with Iran
    Haaretz Editorial | 3
  • Facing Iran, he promised Israelis a Churchill. What we got was Wile E. Coyote
    By Bradley Burston | 5
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Israeli-Palestinian peace is dead – and both sides killed it
Irish conflict researcher Padraig O’Malley says that neither side has the will to reach the two-state solution, and I am inclined to agree.
By Carlo Strenger | Aug 12, 2015 | 08:20 PM | 25
Religious Services Minister David Azoulay
Diaspora Jewry must disregard the Israeli Orthodox establishment's thinking
U.S. Jews should realize that Judaism has become more creative and interesting in America than it is in Israel. They must take the lead in keeping Judaism vibrant and genuinely alive.
By Carlo Strenger | Jul 9, 2015 | 12:35 PM | 37
Miri Regev poses with a fish vendor during a campaign stop at a market in Netanya. February 25, 2015
Minister Miri Regev - Netanyahu's knight of cultural chauvinism
Culture Minister Regev highlights how desperately Israel needs leaders who understand that a liberal democracy is not just majority rule but also the defense of minority rights and the freedom of thought and speech.
By Carlo Strenger | Jun 16, 2015 | 11:58 AM | 34
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Herzliya Conference, June 9, 2015
Netanyahu's masterclass in how to lose friends and alienate your allies
The prime minister’s years in power have been disastrous for Israel’s standing in the Western world – which isn’t dumb, as he seems to think.
By Carlo Strenger | Jun 13, 2015 | 03:16 AM | 12
Israel's new government prepares to pose for a portrait at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
To salvage its democracy, Israel must be divided into cantons
It turns out that liberal democracy has its limits; it can’t bridge yawning gaps — even within Israel’s Jewish community, for example.
By Carlo Strenger | May 23, 2015 | 10:53 PM | 29
Zionist Union chairman Isaac Herzog.
Why Herzog must join the government
Zionist Union opting to be in the opposition is a luxury we cannot afford. Its presence in the coalition is critical to preserving Israel as a liberal democracy.
By Carlo Strenger | Apr 17, 2015 | 10:04 PM | 12
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds
Memo to Jewish Americans: It’s pro-Israel to find Netanyahu embarrassing
It is part of the democratic ethos that you are not only allowed to criticize elected leaders, but are obliged to do so if you have good reason to believe they are wrong.
By Carlo Strenger | Apr 8, 2015 | 10:22 PM | 15
Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni on Election Day, March 17, 2015.
The Israeli left’s defeat had nothing to do with Ashkenazi arrogance
Apologizing for past sins and flaunting our social sensitivity won’t win us any more votes either.
By Carlo Strenger | Apr 1, 2015 | 04:50 PM | 2
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Israelis chose security over democracy
By glossing over the electorate’s existential fears, the center-left did not offer Israeli voters a viable alternative to Netanyahu.
By Carlo Strenger | Mar 18, 2015 | 08:10 PM | 22
A Likud poster in Tel Aviv. The slogan says, "Only Likud. Only Netanyahu"
Beyond left and right: 
Why Netanyahu must go
Israel’s prime minister seems to have lost touch with the ground rules of democracy and has become a danger to the state. He needs to be voted out on Tuesday, and Israel needs to heal.
By Carlo Strenger | Mar 15, 2015 | 05:59 PM | 70
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About this blog
Carlo Strenger is a philosopher and existential psychoanalyst, author of seven books, most recently The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-First Centuryand Israel, Einführung in ein schwieriges Land He serves as Professor at the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University; on the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Terrorism of the World Federation of Scientists; the Seminar of Existential Psychoanalysis in Zurich, and the Scientific Board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation, Vienna in addition to maintaining a part-time practice in existential psychoanalysis. Strenger is an outspoken defender of Classical Liberalism,and advocates a sane and just solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He regularly writes in Haaretz, Israel's leading liberal Newspaper, where he runs a blog, 'Strenger than Fiction', Britain's The Guardian, Switzerland's Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and The New York Times. For more info see Strenger's Website
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