If Europe became Islamic could it defeat Islamism?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The responses to the recent Tunisian terror attack in European politics and media were emblematic of the inability of the West to grapple with or acknowledge […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
The exclusionary dark side of ‘Tikkun Olam’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN When Ethiopian Jewish anti-racism and police brutality protests broke out in May 2015 there was one thing that was absent: The participation of major Israeli left […]
Israel’s good intentions get it in hot water on Syrian border
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Druse protesters last night attacked an Israel Defense Forces ambulance carrying Syrian members of armed militias who were wounded in the civil war,” explained the opening […]
Draft: Israel’s ‘good intentions’ gone awry in Golan policy
Israel’s Golan policy and Syria How good intentions became a misguided policy By SETH J. FRANTZMAN [DRAFT VERSION, NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION] ‘Druze protesters last night attacked an Israel Defense […]
Why Israel’s “culture” failed Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If Miri Regev didn’t exist, Israel’s cultural elites would invent her. She is the culture minister of the Jewish state. Don’t let your stereotypes of the […]
Who is afraid of Michael Oren?
Who is afraid of Michael Oren? The plot thickens By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “An angry phone call from US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro to Benjamin Netanyahu, asking the Israeli […]
The first time in history an American audience booed someone?
An unfortunate rude incident at The Jerusalem Post Annual conference has become an excuse to bash the “right wing” and “far right” and particularly right wing Jewish Americans. US Treasury […]
The Great Israel Society Quiz
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 1. Palestinians in the West Bank deserve A. Voting rights in a Palestinian state B. Voting rights in Israel. C. No voting rights, but can live […]
OMG BDS!!! How this bogeyman swept Israel politics
BDS is everywhere. The Israeli government is debating ways to stop it. US donor Sheldon Adelson hosted a meeting about combatting BDS with rumors that he will increase funding on […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 