Iran and Russia get Syria, we get Assad
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last weeks have been momentous in terms of relations between the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and the world. One by one leaders have lined […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last weeks have been momentous in terms of relations between the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and the world. One by one leaders have lined […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published on 9/27/2015 Abu Yusuf al-Sana doesn’t seem fazed by his 72 years. Stocky and strong, he carries himself with a quiet confidence as he looks […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The Holy Land is “running out of room” for Jews and Arabs, according to a bizarre article article at Reuters. Is this news, analysis or opinion? […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN People who write or say “history will judge us,” have they considered that in the future there may not be history? I mean, considering the way […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN As September 24 turned from morning to afternoon the death toll in a massive stampede climbed from hundreds to over 700. A day before many websites […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 17 the editor of a major newspaper in Israel complained that the “non-Zionist tribes” were gaining ground in Israel. “There is no consensus on […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “My love for Israel has been taken by shame,” they cry. “This is not how a Jewish state treats refugees,” writes Don Futterman, program director for […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 18 the Facebook page ‘Liberal Progressive Political Talk‘ posted a meme that has now been shared over 2,000 times. It showed Barack Obama, beer […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published at The Jerusalem Post In 1873 the British surveyor, explorer and soldier Claude Conder was in the Jericho area exploring for ruins. “I rode day […]
I find it unconscionable, people who give to charity and think it gives them some sort of moral superiority because of it, that somehow they are “better” because of it, […]