Bennett appeared at the one-day conference to describe his vision of what "a peace of the Right" would look like. The leader of the right-wing Bayit Yehudi party was booed by the crowd for his statement that keeping Jerusalem united is preferable to a diplomatic agreement.He said he would make peace out of strength, giving the Palestinians autonomy, but not territory, and he would not allow in Palestinian refugees from the Arab world, who he said would use a Palestinian state as a step on the way to land they still claim in Israel."We get peace not by concessions and weakening Israel," Bennett said. "Had we listened to you and given the Golan Heights to Syria, we would now have Isis in the Galilee."אישה הצדיעה במועל יד בעת נאום השר @naftalibennett בוועידת ישראל לשלום של @Haaretz, שם אמר: מוטב י-ם מאוחדת מהסכם שלום. צילומים: תומר אפלבאום pic.twitter.com/7SNnma6BfV
— כאן ועכשיו (@kann_news) June 12, 2017
In an attempt to restore calm, President Reuven Rivlin urged hotheads on the right and the left of the political spectrum to stop trying to delegitimize each other. In the final analysis he said, what it all boils down to is the ability of the diverse elements in Israel’s population to live together safely in a democratic state.Gil Hoffman and Greer Fay Cashman contributed to this report.Nazi Day in Israeli politics: @naftalibennett faces Nazi salute at @Haaretz Conference, @AvigdorLiberman calls @AlJazeera Nazi propaganda.
— Gil Hoffman (@Gil_Hoffman) June 12, 2017