Why notions of justice fail victims
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN It’s amazing the audacity and chutzpah that Eichmann who organized the mass murder of millions, who personally oversaw the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands to […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
When Hitler was offended and the US apologized
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Notice the people who talk about micro-aggressions and suffering them a lot and needing a “safe space”, tend to be the most aggressive people? The more […]
A declaration thrice violated: Balfour and Israel
A declaration thrice violated: The shadow and legacy of the Balfour declaration By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington recently to meet US President Barack Obama. As usual […]
Palestinians and Israelis both conspire to strangle Rawabi
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I’ve been a frequent visitor to Rawabi and tried to keep track of developments there. Rawabi always seemed like a path-breaking unique idea to do something […]
Aliyah “nightmare” or just learning about Israel’s reality
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A heart-wrenching blog post by Jay Engelmayer is making the rounds on English-language social media. In it he describes how his family’s “aliyah dream turned into […]
Why would Israel’s Ya’alon say he “prefers ISIS”?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Israel defense minister says he prefers Daesh to Iran in Syria,” proclaimed Iran’s pro-regime PressTV. That sounds pretty bad. Other headlines were more nuanced. RT said […]
Why is Amnesty International blaming Kurds and excusing ISIS crimes?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Kurdish forces destroyed Arab homes” in Iraq, blared the headlines. They were acting on cue from the organization Amnesty International, which like Human Rights Watch, places […]
Ambassador Shapiro was right about Israeli laws in WB
Notes from a Facebook post I wrote: By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “At times there seems to be two standards of adherence to the rule of law, one for Israelis, and […]
Socialism, nepotism and art as public good
Here’s a conundrum. Why is culture, and institutions and politics, in socialist societies so nepotistic and elitist? I saw a statement in the Independent about the passing of David Bowie […]
Kurdistan articles December 2015
In December of 2015 I went back to Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Regional Government. After a drive to Kirkuk I interviewed the police commander Sarhad Qadir and went to the […]
