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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]