Hussein Ibish recounts his debate with David Ha'ivri, a far-right settler:
My main point was that this was not so much a debate between an Arab and a Jew, as one between a modern mentality and a medieval one. Modern thinking, I explained, recognizes both the inherent rights of individuals as human beings and the rights of self-defined peoples to national self-determination. Medieval thinking, on the other hand, relies on holy texts and symbols, and conceives of people not as individuals and groups of individuals, but as fixed categories in a divinely ordained hierarchy. Though he was born in New York, Ha’ivri really believes that he possesses many rights in Palestine that Palestinians do not.
I see little difference between the fanatical religious Zionism of the settler movement and Anders Breivik's desire to keep Europe free of Muslims. Except in Israel, the far right has essentially a veto over an elected government's policies, something that cannot be said of any of the far right parties in Europe. Video of the debate here (starts around 8:30), though the quality is not ideal.
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