The majority of Israelis, are they prisoners of two visions?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN This short note was written in response to an article by Alex Roy, in which he claims that the “settler population in the West Bank — […]
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Fear and loathing in Tel Aviv
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published Oct 23, 2015 “Dear Ziyad, we’ve read that some off your neighbors in central Tel Aviv would prefer to check you out simply because you’re […]
Iran and Russia get Syria, we get Assad
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last weeks have been momentous in terms of relations between the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and the world. One by one leaders have lined […]
Desert magic festival
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published on 9/27/2015 Abu Yusuf al-Sana doesn’t seem fazed by his 72 years. Stocky and strong, he carries himself with a quiet confidence as he looks […]
“History will judge us”? There won’t be history
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN People who write or say “history will judge us,” have they considered that in the future there may not be history? I mean, considering the way […]
Time to protest Saudi failure and mass-deaths in Hajj
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN As September 24 turned from morning to afternoon the death toll in a massive stampede climbed from hundreds to over 700. A day before many websites […]
The bizarre lobby to get Israel to take in Syrian refugees
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “My love for Israel has been taken by shame,” they cry. “This is not how a Jewish state treats refugees,” writes Don Futterman, program director for […]
Is this “progressive” Islamophobia at its worst? When the left stereotypes Muslims
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 18 the Facebook page ‘Liberal Progressive Political Talk‘ posted a meme that has now been shared over 2,000 times. It showed Barack Obama, beer […]
Making yourself famous is not charity
I find it unconscionable, people who give to charity and think it gives them some sort of moral superiority because of it, that somehow they are “better” because of it, […]
Why Syria’s regime killed Balous and arrested a scapegoat
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Last Friday two car bombings killed anti-government Sheikh Wahid Balous and 25 others in the mainly Druze town of Suwayda (Swaida), a small Druze city in […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 