The well-known Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek spoke about his speech at the book fair in Frankfurt, where he spoke about current events in the Middle East and provoked reactions from those present and the public. A day after the speech, he stressed that he does not regret his words.
Žižek responded to the reactions to his opening speech on Tuesday at the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Slovenia is the guest of honor, saying he does not regret his words and that he thinks he should have been harsher.
As he said in a statement to RTV Slovenia, he should have retaliated against the person who interrupted his performance.
"'You are the biggest supporter of anti-Semitism in Germany', because this attitude will strengthen anti-Semitism. Actually, that was the answer of these fake Philo-Osmites," said Žižek, as transmissions H1.
At the same time, he asked who the recent attack by Hamas served, because, as he believes, objectively it served Israel the hardest.
At the same time, he recalled that two or three months ago Israel was rocked by large demonstrations, but that it is over now.
"I think in my vision you have Hamas and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, in which sits Itamar Ben-Gvir, whom Israel has condemned as a terrorist, and on the other side is Hamas. This is one axis, and on the other side are normal people," Žižek said, adding that he was "shocked" by the reactions, that not a single thing he said on Tuesday had already been said in the liberal, Western, and Israeli media.
Žižek said at the fair, among other things, that Israel is on the way to becoming a dictatorship, and that the Palestinians are seen as a problem. There were accusations from the audience that he was relativizing the issue, and several guests left the hall during his speech in protest.
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