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Monthly Archives: December 2016

Justice and the west

December 28, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Often we hear people say “It’s good news they killed this terrorist, but I wish he had faced justice in a courtroom.” We heard this about […]

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Justice and the west

December 28, 2016by Seth Frantzman 2 Comments

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Often we hear people say “It’s good news they killed this terrorist, but I wish he had faced justice in a courtroom.” We heard this about […]

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Ten takeaways from the JOHN KERRY speech on Israel and peace

December 28, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On the eve of US Secretary of State’s peace speech on December 28, US President-elect Donald Trump tweeted; “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated […]

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The irresponsibility of intellectuals

December 27, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a new film called The 50 year argument about the New York Review of books. In one scene towards the end they discuss how the magazine […]

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Dead Poet’s Society was a Bull**** movie, why did we watch it?

December 26, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Someone at work mentioned “classical music” to me recently and as I was thinking about why we even call it “classical” and not “archaic,” it got […]

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It’s easy to shout at UN; but WHAT is Israel’s policy in West Bank? Nada.

December 25, 2016by Seth Frantzman 4 Comments

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Despicable,” read the headline in Israel HaYom, an Israeli daily newspaper. It was reacting to the UN Resolution condemning Israel’s settlement activity.  Across the social media […]

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Abstaining from history: Here’s all the UN RESOLUTIONS on Israel the US abstained on

December 24, 2016by Seth Frantzman 20 Comments

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’d think it was a major event in US history. “Them against the world,” CNN claimed after a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements passed with a […]

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Thoughts on the US abstention at UN about Israel settlements

December 23, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

Within minutes of the US abstaining on a resolution at the UN Security Council opposing Israeli settlement activity and condemning terror, many voices came out condemning it and wondering what […]

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Take the “thoughts and prayers” and shove em

December 20, 2016by Seth Frantzman 1 Comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Pray for Germany,” read one meme floating around on Facebook. But I’m not praying for anyone and you shouldn’t either. “Thoughts and prayers have become the […]

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From ‘free speech’ to ‘force-you-to listen-and-pay-speech’

December 19, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Every once in a while someone makes the pithy aphorism, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death […]

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