Sisi, crack down on mass murder, torture in Sinai!
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post The accounts are so shocking, the more one reads the more one becomes numb. “The kidnappers would make me lie on my […]
Category Archives: Columns
Can Israel learn from pre-Zionism?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A recent article in an Israeli newspaper claimed that “Zionism is out of fashion in New Zealand.” A website called Jwire in Australia claimed that Zionism […]
A threat to the rights of the public and Internet?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published at The Jerusalem Post “An Internet search engine operator is responsible for the processing that it carries out of personal data which appear on […]
Holding Lebanon hostage
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared at The Jerusalem Post On Saturday, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman reviewed his last honor guard at the Baabda palace near Beirut. His wife wore […]
Why Narendra Modi matters
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post As it became clear that Narendra Modi of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was going to win big in […]
Historic blindness: Why let ‘iNakba’ tell Israel’s story?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post It is the season of rival narratives in Israel; when Arabs commemorate ‘Nakba Day’ at the same time Jews celebrate […]
‘We are all David the Nahalawi’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post “Eat after they eat, sleep after they sleep. Never give them an order if you don’t understand what it’ll mean […]
Israel’s uncomfort-able history of elite racism
Originally published in The Forward By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Late in March, Ebony magazine apologized after one of its senior editors made a racially charged dismissive comment on Twitter. Last […]
Review causes of Al-Quds, Hirsi Ali scandals
My examination of two cases at Brandeis University Originally published at The Justice By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The decisions by Brandeis University to suspend its partnership with Al-Quds University and cancel an […]
Why is immigration so divisive?
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Several years ago at the iconic Restobar in Jerusalem, before it closed, a friend of mine made an outlandish statement that still stings today. […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 