Many Europeans and Americans wonder whether Mr Netanyahu is himself a dyed-in-the-wool rejectionist, or is simply in thrall to the ultra-nationalists in his coalition.
A leading light in Other Russia, a coalition that includes liberals and nationalists, Mr Limonov once allied himself with skinheads and rock musicians as well as ultra-nationalists.
He and his combative comrade were detained on November 4th, a new holiday of "national unity" that has been hijacked by ultra-nationalists as their day to march and shout racist slogans.