‘Hugged by the Jewish people’: NGOs aid IDF in war
A few kilometers from Gaza, IDF units are receiving an unprecedented outpouring of support from the home front • SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Sandwiches… get the sandwiches,” shouts a tall man […]
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Laylat Al-Qadr clashes at Qalandia
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is something surreal about Palestinian protests. As a huge protest gathered at Ramallah last Thursday, other parts of East Jerusalem were eerily quiet, and at […]
When journalists call Israelis ‘scum’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN originally published at The Jerusalem Post On July 17, 2014 CNN’s Diana Magnay stood atop a hill in Sderot, and after having filmed Israelis cheering the […]
Watching the war
Published in The Jerusalem Post Metro edition ‘I come down here for every war,” said a burly man who walked with a slight limp. He was one of two […]
Online hearts and minds
Online hearts and minds By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine On Wednesday, June 18, Mohammad AlQadi woke up to a barrage of inquiries from friends abroad. “Israeli […]
Interview with Avi Dichter
A reckoning in Gaza 07/10/2014 12:19 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN appeared in The Jerusalem Post Magazine Former Shin Bet director Avi Dichter describes his vision for deterring Hamas in Gaza, uprooting terror […]
The third Gaza war
The third Gaza war By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After almost a month of tensions with Hamas in Israel due to the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teens in the […]
The rise and fall of Jerusalem’s light rail
Several years ago I wrote a series of articles on the launch of the Jerusalem light rail. We looked at safety issues, business on Jaffa street, ticket buying confusion and […]
Review of Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’
The most naive man in the Middle East? 07/03/2014 15:22 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In May 1964, the World’s Fair was held in New York City. At the Jordanian Pavilion, a […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 