In another video critiquing Israel (since it's such an extreme example of colonialism and the abuse of human rights), Zizek talks about how the supposedly irreconcilable difference between cultures is used to keep Palestine separated from the rest of the world, and hence keep Palestinians silenced by an inaccessibility that is merely an optical illusion.

The thumbnail picture is of Edward and Marian Said, the former being the author of the book Orientalism.

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