What does New Yorker interview teach us about Naftali Bennett?

David Remnick calls Habayit Hayehudi leader 'the face of the next generation of religious nationalism,' but is Bennett as informed on his more recent Israeli history as he claims to be?

By Anshel Pfeffer | 01:26 16.01.13 |

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Three days ago we asked here whether Naftali Bennett is about to take from Netanyahu not only a quarter of his voters but also his mantle as Israel's superstar in the international media. Now in addition to...

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His Most Salient Feature
- By Yaakov Sullivan
- 01 Feb 2013
- 03:49PM
Is his arrogance. He comes across as one full of himself, smug and self serving. Like most of his comrades in his party he shows nothing but contempt for the other, in the specific case, Palestinians. In his arrogance, both personal and national, he just takes it for granted that the Palestinians will live in their ghettoes with semi autonomy and have no choice but accept the status quo. Such thinking can only be considered delusional.
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Bennet - "The face of the next generation of religious nationalism"
- By Albert Edelson
- 16 Jan 2013
- 09:27AM
Like all rookies, Bennet deserves a fair chance to try his luck at politics. Some good may yet come of it. He means well and we should encourage him in his most difficult mission. Although I am not religious, and would not vote for him, Israel can benefit from this good man. I wish him luck and strength.
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  Bennet's positions - opposition to any peace deal, annexation of the occupied territories - would bring catastrophe on Israel. This man is
  - By Democracy
  - 16 Jan 2013
  - 03:51PM
  more dangerous than the wild-eyed fanatics like Feiglin because he and his deputy Shaked look like "normal" people, and therefore can hope to extend the appeal of extreme right-wing policies to a broad public. But their actual ideas are indistinguishable from the lunatic fringe. Caveat Emptor!
  
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