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Is Flynn just the beginning?

February 15, 2017by Seth Frantzman 1 Comment

By Seth J. Frantzman “There does appear to be a well orchestrated effort to attack [former National Security Advisor] Flynn and others in the administration,” US Congressman Devin Nunes, Republican chairman […]

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Did “terrorists celebrate Muslim ban”? No, despite claims, there is no evidence so far any “Jihadist groups” celebrated

January 30, 2017by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A ready-made headline was awaiting the US President’s decision to ban people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Days after the “Muslim ban” was announced, we learned that […]

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9/11 was our Pearl Harbor, but for us the war never ends

December 7, 2016by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN My dad woke me up on September 11th, 2001. He was calling from the East Coast where it was just after 9am. It was 6am in […]

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Notes on the lack of ethnic nation states in MidEast

November 29, 2015by Seth Frantzman 1 Comment

Maps and notes to my column arguing ethnic-nation states are a fantasy in the Middle East, and it’s not all about colonialism

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The End of Syria

November 4, 2015by Seth Frantzman 2 Comments

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 9/20/2015 This is part of an ongoing series of articles on Syria: September, 2009 The American hikers held in Iran October 25, 2011, Ambassador Ford’s heroic […]

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The audacity to save Jerusalem from its new geography

October 18, 2015by Seth Frantzman 1 Comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 10/18/2015 After a spate of violence in the past two weeks, the populist jingoism of ham-handed solutions is raising its head. “Deport them all,” scream some, […]

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The downside of the Rabin myth and cult

October 16, 2015by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 10/16/2015 When I was in high school in 1995 I paint a portrait of Yitzhak Rabin on a large canvas. It’s a strange black and white […]

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The dark narrative of Israel’s ‘Rhodesia’ fantasy

September 22, 2015by Seth Frantzman 1 Comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 17 the editor of a major newspaper in Israel complained that the “non-Zionist tribes” were gaining ground in Israel. “There is no consensus on […]

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Nabi Saleh and Israel’s professional army problem

August 30, 2015by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

8/30/2015 Seth J. Frantzman Over the weekend photos of an Israeli soldier fighting with several Palestinian women and children went viral. In the sequence he is shown with his rifle […]

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How did Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah become a world hero

January 28, 2015by Seth Frantzman Leave a comment

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’d think that Mandela or Gandhi had passed away, such were the poetic love letters sent by world leaders and the way the death of Saudi […]

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