By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned on Wednesday November 14 in the wake of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. His resignation leaves unprecedented power […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After launching 400 rockets at Israel, Hamas decided that it wanted to send a message to Jerusalem. It put out a warning that any “excessive aggression” […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A new study at The Lancet is raising eyebrows and getting headlines. “fertility rates cut in half since 1950,” says CNN. BBC notes “‘remarkable’ decline in fertility […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Four months after they were kidnapped by ISIS in July the 19 women and children hostages have been freed by the Syrian army, according to Syrian […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran Brigadier General Hossein Salami told a forum at the University of Damghan in Semnan province […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The latest Lead Inspector General (Lead IG) quarterly report on the status of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) includes 105 mentions of “Iran.” It covers the period of […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On November 1 we learned the awful news that a little 7 year old Yemeni girl named Amal Hussein had died. The girl’s photo, taken by […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Large numbers of cliches are lost after the Israel municipal elections. They were hoping to come out on November 1 to tell the public how the […]
Now we know why Denmark cut itself off from Germany and Sweden and launched a massive security operation in September. It wasn’t against an ISIS-style terror attack, but against an […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre many people reacted with anger and emotion. In the political environment of the US many latched on to […]
