DEISI: Pro-Israel Christian South Africans visit Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “We know what Apartheid was because we still suffer from the scars of it and my parents were directly impacted,” says Olga Meshoe, COO of Defend, […]
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Jewish architectural orientalism?
In light of a UKIP leader making a blunder by characterizing Westminster Cathedral as a “mosque”, it is worth recalling an earlier article I wrote on Jewish architectural Orientalism and […]
Interview with Nabila Espanioly
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Saturday, October 25, Buseina Abu Ghanem, a 31-year-old mother of six was shot to death while sitting in […]
California’s John Chiang visits Israel (Interview)
John Chiang recalls watching the Watergate hearings when he was 11 years old. They eventually led to the resignation of president Richard Nixon. That’s when the young son of immigrants from […]
Jerusalem: A city consuming itself
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in In Jerusalem in The Jerusalem Post November 21, 2014 “If you go further I can’t guarantee your safety.” The man in the gray […]
The Israeli Druze in the shadow of terror and Syria war
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post At the military cemetery in Beit Jann is a monument that rises out of a concrete hole in the ground. It has […]
Jerusalem’s missing voters
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN and LAURA KELLY Published, October 3, 2013 In The Jerusalem Post’s In Jerusalem Bright-faced youngsters touting Nir Barkat or Moshe Lion election paraphernalia can be seen in […]
“We can’t live normally in Isawiya”
Residents of Jerusalem’s Isawiya neighborhood and their supporters express frustration at increasing unrest and police presence. In The Jerusalem Post, October 28 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Don’t tell us how […]
Terror at Westgate
Facing the first anniversary of the Westgate mall massacre in Kenya, a survivor of the terror speaks out about life, family and her extraordinary ordeal. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN, […]
The man guarding Gush Etzion
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine The situation is much better now than in the past. We can see a major decrease [in terrorist activity]; […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 