*** UPDATE*** After this report below, the headline at +972 was changed and an editors note and correction was appended. +972 should be applauded for making the change quickly and […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Media is abuzz with the story that US President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin. As CNBC notes: “The Chasidic Jewish Rubashkin was convicted […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a massive and growing list of men in media and journalist who have been accused of sexual harassment. Every day brings new names. Axios […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In mid-December anger began to boil over in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. On December 19 several protesters were shot and killed in Rania, a […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Commentators feigned shock when US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley claimed the US was “taking names” of countries that vote against the US on the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On December 18th The Israel Project shared a video of several Palestinian women and girls shouting at and slapping at Israeli soldiers in the village of […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “World’s most expensive home? Another bauble for a Saudi Prince,” reads a headline on December 17th. That report from the NYT has now made its rounds. […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN When it comes to writing about Israel there is a very specific niche for expressing an opinion about the country. Obviously Israel is a big topic, […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Reuters reports that Sabih al-Masri, “a Palestinian billionaire and the chairman of Jordan’s largest lender Arab Bank, was detained in Saudi Arabia for questioning after a […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN During his speech to the emergency summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Jews of “faking” history in Jerusalem. Speaking […]
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