Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi: Man on the make or fleeting moment?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The big news now is some shadowy figure named Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has announced himself ‘Caliph‘. In point of fact he has the imprimatur of […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Remembering the outbreak of WWI: A review
A review of Max Hastings’ 1914 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN originally published in The Jerusalem Post As Frenchmen were called to join their units in a mass migration of conscripts […]
‘Business of peace’ revisited
On June 28, Guy Rolnick at Haaretz published an incisive piece that asks ‘who is benefiting from the never ending peace process?’ He reveals several important points: One insider tells him: […]
From the Palestine flag ban to Zuabi
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Does anyone recall today that it used to be illegal to fly the Palestinian flag in Israel, including the West Bank and Gaza? Just a thought […]
Best Saddam rant ever
By Seth J. Frantzzman No Mr Faisal Abbas at Al-Arabiya; Maliki is not a new Saddam (see link below)…Saddam was a leader; Saddam understood his military; Saddam waged a successful […]
Sisi, crack down on mass murder, torture in Sinai!
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post The accounts are so shocking, the more one reads the more one becomes numb. “The kidnappers would make me lie on my […]
Can Israel learn from pre-Zionism?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A recent article in an Israeli newspaper claimed that “Zionism is out of fashion in New Zealand.” A website called Jwire in Australia claimed that Zionism […]
A deep connection: Interview with Fred Lawrence
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Frederick Lawrence usually wears a tie, but is proud that he has shed it to conform with Israel’s casual standards. The erudite president of Brandeis University […]
A threat to the rights of the public and Internet?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published at The Jerusalem Post “An Internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on […]
Toasting the midnight sun
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Sjogata Street in Bodo (Bodoe) is lined with modern buildings. Monotonous and boring, they are the result of the punishing […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 