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A One State Solution

Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek argues that what Israel needs is not segregation, but unity and free contact between its peoples.
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Slavoj Žižek on the current state of Israel and what a more just future would look like: “In East Jerusalem, vigilante-style patrols work to stop Arab men from mixing with local Jewish girls. Two years ago, the city of Petah Tikva created a hotline that parents and friends can use to inform on Jewish women who mix with Arab men; the women are then treated as pathological cases and sent to a psychologist. … It is no wonder that, according to a poll from 2007, more than half of all Israeli Jews believe that intermarriage should be equated with ‘national treason’.”

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