Dear 64 nation coalition fighting ISIS, So supposedly you all are out there fighting ISIS? You’re flying missions, bombing Daesh, defeating the Jihadis. This has been going on for more […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There came a point in life in University where someone asked me if I had suffered anti-semitism. “No.” But over time, the more people ask, the […]
Did some Israeli intellectual, while jet-setting around the world, and maybe living on the ruins of some Palestinian village, call Israel a “savage, unrepairable society” at an American newspaper? No […]
Published October 22, 2010 Around 200,000 Palestinians live in a large sprawling area; about 500 Jews live in tiny protected neighborhoods. A Jewish town (Kiryat Arba) of 8,000 residents sits […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 22, 2015 In April of 1981 Syria moved batteries of surface-to-air missiles into the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. At the time, Syria was occupying Lebanon, […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 22, 2015 Rabbi Simcha Krauss admits he’s not a great movie buff. But he did see a movie in 2014 that struck a chord. The […]
The professional populist centrists in Israel seem to be the worst when it comes to the “occupation”, because their populism makes them seek the best of both worlds and end […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Gunman goes on shooting spree at Beersheba bus station before he is shot down; security guard shoots asylum seeker after misidentifying him as assailant,” was the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 10/18/2015 After a spate of violence in the past two weeks, the populist jingoism of ham-handed solutions is raising its head. “Deport them all,” scream some, […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 18, 2015 The siren’s outside Jerusalem’s Gate are from a Border Police SUV. Then come two police cars. Then come motorcycle units of the Yasam […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 