Black Ethiopian Jews you should know (with video and links)
Four years ago, in the Spring of 2015, anti-racism protests took place across Israel, culminating in clashes with police in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The size of the protests and […]
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Obama’s administration made the “Muslim ban” possible and the media won’t tell you
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I was outraged by the ban on refugees from war-torn countries in the Middle East. I’ve covered refugees fleeing war in Iraq and Syria over the […]
Liberating the land: Seth J. Frantzman reports from the Mosul offensive
By Seth J. Frantzman On October 17, 2016 the Iraqi central government launched the long-awaited Mosul offensive. Thousands of Iraqi army soldiers from three units, the 9th Armored, the 16th […]
Why I stopped writing about the Bedouin in Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Every once in a while I get asked by someone about Bedouin land rights in Israel or the West Bank. Usually it relates to one of […]
The American Jewish community and the myth of Ari Shavit
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “This fall from grace should be particularly troubling for the Jewish community: It’s the demise of an Israeli writer whose impact on American Jewish liberals was […]
Frantzman on Senegal: Reporting in West Africa
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In March of 2016 I went to Senegal to report on that country’s role in West Africa. A stable democracy, Senegal is a Muslim country with […]
A reckoning in Turkey
Below is an article from a trip to Turkey in December of 2014. During our trip we met with high level Turkish officials in the two main parties as well […]
Kurdish liberation of Shingal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post Magazine When I had visited Kurdistan in June, the liberation of Shingal was certainly on many people’s minds. Now the […]
On alert: Policing Jerusalem in a time of terror
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 18, 2015 The siren’s outside Jerusalem’s Gate are from a Border Police SUV. Then come two police cars. Then come motorcycle units of the Yasam […]
Current Palestinian-Israeli violence is NOT the One-State solution
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Based on the volume of violent incidents and, more importantly, the identity of the people behind them, it’s easy to say: this isn’t an intifada. It’s […]
