Justice and the west
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 […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Justice and the west
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 […]
Ten takeaways from the JOHN KERRY speech on Israel and peace
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 […]
The irresponsibility of intellectuals
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 […]
Dead Poet’s Society was a Bull**** movie, why did we watch it?
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 […]
It’s easy to shout at UN; but WHAT is Israel’s policy in West Bank? Nada.
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 […]
Abstaining from history: Here’s all the UN RESOLUTIONS on Israel the US abstained on
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 […]
Thoughts on the US abstention at UN about Israel settlements
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 […]
Take the “thoughts and prayers” and shove em
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 […]
From ‘free speech’ to ‘force-you-to listen-and-pay-speech’
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 […]
