A strong leader for a weakened Israel

The destructive narcissism described by 20th-century psychoanalyst Herbert Rosenfeld applies to Israeli society. 'Choose the right leader, and he will solve the problem for you,' we are promised. But Israel's crisis is too deep to be resolved by swapping one savior for another

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A strong leader for a weakened Israel

The destructive narcissism described by 20th-century psychoanalyst Herbert Rosenfeld applies to Israeli society. 'Choose the right leader, and he will solve the problem for you,' we are promised. But Israel's crisis is too deep to be resolved by swapping one savior for another

Eran Rolnik

02:27 AM • June 22 2026 IDT

Carolina Landsmann has offered an important key to reading Benjamin Netanyahu's recent moves. The con artist whose fraud has blown up does not seek a way forward, but rather to cover the tracks that led to his great diplomatic failure: diverting Israel's political agenda from the Palestinian question to the Iranian nuclear program.

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