A few words of introduction...
Firstly, due disclosure: most of this essay was written eighteen months ago, but no venue was available for its publication.
Following the Israeli elections in March 2015, the Zionist Left - those who seek social democracy in Israel - no longer have any reason to avoid a process of soul-searching (I am aware that some would argue that "left" and "social democracy" are not synonymous, but for our purposes this argument is immaterial).
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