Israel’s Golan policy and Syria How good intentions became a misguided policy By SETH J. FRANTZMAN [DRAFT VERSION, NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION] ‘Druze protesters last night attacked an Israel Defense […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If Miri Regev didn’t exist, Israel’s cultural elites would invent her. She is the culture minister of the Jewish state. Don’t let your stereotypes of the […]
Who is afraid of Michael Oren? The plot thickens By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “An angry phone call from US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro to Benjamin Netanyahu, asking the Israeli […]
An unfortunate rude incident at The Jerusalem Post Annual conference has become an excuse to bash the “right wing” and “far right” and particularly right wing Jewish Americans. US Treasury […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 1. Palestinians in the West Bank deserve A. Voting rights in a Palestinian state B. Voting rights in Israel. C. No voting rights, but can live […]
BDS is everywhere. The Israeli government is debating ways to stop it. US donor Sheldon Adelson hosted a meeting about combatting BDS with rumors that he will increase funding on […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’ve got to hand it to parts of Israel’s nostalgic Labor Zionist Left. It has the best of both worlds. It can be critical of the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’d think from the coverage of the “Vatican recognizes Palestine” news story that this was some major change in policy. Some articles have implied it was […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Tel Aviv University professor Anat Biletzki wrote in an oped on the New York Times website that, “The story of Israel is a sad story; and […]
WHERE do people come up with this? “For the moment, most of the American public seems free—solidly free—of the anti-Semitism that infects American universities. According to the most recent Gallup […]
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