By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Racism, stereotypes, and discriminatory attitudes are alive and well in Israel. Always just beneath the surface. People try to pretend they aren’t there. They use excuses […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In my column on February 15 I look at the new myths about the Gaza strip that are being sung in Israel. Some of these relate […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Located near Arad, Kfar Hanokdim is nearing 25 years in operation this year. Situated in a valley not far from Masada’s western entrance (most people are […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN This blog post is intended to include updates on the potential and developments of a Saudi or Saudi-Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war. ***See bottom […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN So the FBI announced a video game to stop kids from joining ISIS. In a debate on TV one woman explained that “hopeless young men […]
Below is an article from a trip to Turkey in December of 2014. During our trip we met with high level Turkish officials in the two main parties as well […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Migrating from a sometimes weekly pop-up operation on a Nahlaot rooftop to an actual storefront on Eshkol Street near the famous Rachmo restaurant, this almost hole-in-the-wall […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Why isn’t the media telling the story of Kurdistan’s openness to Jewish history and people? For years and years Israelis and Jews complained about the rampant […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I’m not one of those people who buys into the “media hates Israel” exaggeration usually. But sometimes an error is so egregious that it seems it […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For the last six months or so there has been a scavenger hunt in Israel to track down the mysterious kibbutz that Bernie Sanders was supposed […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 