Terror at Westgate
Facing the first anniversary of the Westgate mall massacre in Kenya, a survivor of the terror speaks out about life, family and her extraordinary ordeal. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN, […]
Facing the first anniversary of the Westgate mall massacre in Kenya, a survivor of the terror speaks out about life, family and her extraordinary ordeal. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN, […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine The situation is much better now than in the past. We can see a major decrease [in terrorist activity]; […]
Original version published in The Jerusalem Post The Haniyeh family health plan continues in Israel with the children of the Hamas leader still receiving priority treatment at Israel’s hospitals. One […]
If Islam conquered the Aztecs Now that Turkey’s President Erdogan has claimed Muslim navigators “discovered” the Americas, it might be worth recalling my 2006 long essay on this subject If […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Things to do on Scottish Holiday: Make sure to destroy rental car at end of trip, so that it can […]
Israel’s left-leaning daily presents itself as supporting democratic and pluralist values, but in fact represents an insular vehicle for promoting the cultural supremacy of an elite grounded in early 20th […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In 2011 I drove northeast of Jerusalem to the small village of Taybeh to do a preview of the Oktoberfest. It was October. The hills were […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a culture of irresponsibility in Israel that is on display time and again with former government officials or even sitting ministers saying “Israel should […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post’s In Jerusalem By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ‘Pride flags fly in Jerusalem 2day, in which other Middle Eastern capital wud u c dat,” wrote Venesa […]