Three weeks of Gaza’s ‘Return March’: Major events and casualties
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On April 13 Palestinians in Gaza assembled at five protest locations in Gaza next to the Israeli border fence. It was the third week of mass […]
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Stop romanticizing 1950s Israel and segregated communities
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a bizarre and misguided nostalgia among some in the diaspora, particularly the US, for an Israel that never existed. It conjures up a myth […]
Western privilege and the interviews of the ISIS ‘Beatles’ in Syria
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The SDF in Syria seem to be holding a circus for journalists to come and profile the ISIS ‘Beatles.’ One after another the detainees have been […]
The ‘Great March of Return’ prepares for week two
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A week after seventeen Palestinians were killed marching on the Gaza border, Israel and the Palestinians are preparing for the second Friday of the ‘Great March […]
Tracking the Gulf-US-Media spin nexus
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since the spring of 2017 Washington and major US media have found themselves in the midst of a tug-of-war between powerful Gulf states, including Qatar, the […]
Who tried to kill the Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza? Was he the target?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Tuesday morning seven people were injured as bombs targeted a convoy with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and General Majid Faraj, the Palestinian Authority’s chief […]
Mapping and tracking reports of renewed ISIS attack in Iraq’s Kirkuk-Hawija area
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On February 24th several members of the PMU reportedly came under attack from ISIS on a road from Kirkuk to Hawija in Iraq. It is unclear […]
Everything that is known and public about the Syrian-Israel clash Feb. 10
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On February 10th northern Israel awoke to sirens throughout the Galilee. Earlier in the morning an Iranian drone had entered Israeli airspace and been shot down. […]
Here’s a plan to help African asylum-seekers in Israel that will work
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In recent weeks a growing list of people in Israel and abroad have expressed shame and outrage over the country’s plan to deport tens of thousands […]
List of reported developments in northern Syria amidst Afrin conflict
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since Ankara launched its offensive against the YPG on January 20 there have been many developments in the battle between Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies […]
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