Two years of covering ISIS, and I got it right
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For more than two years I’ve been following the development of Islamic State. Here is a look back at the central arguments, interviews, reports and predictions, […]
The face of the Syrian refugees you fear?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I went to Europe in August to learn about the refugee problem. Now we are seeing increasing hostility to refugees in Europe and America. The public […]
Excusing terror: Paris, Beirut and Shingal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Part I: The excuse factory In the wake of the Paris attacks, like with all terror attacks in the West, the excuse and explanation factory went […]
Is Paris burning? Inside the ISIS attack, past and future questions
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published in The Jerusalem Post November 16, 2015 The state of emergency declared by French President Francois Hollande on November 13 in response to the massive […]
Is this the new face of ISIS: Sinai, Baghdad, Beirut, Paris?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN SInce ISIS burst on the scene in 2014, one of the things analysts have said made it different than many terrorists organizations was its interest in […]
On the anniversary of the death of Arafat, clashes in Ramallah and Nutella
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN November 11, 2015 The new Nutella shop on Zahra street in downtown Ramallah was humming with business on Wednesday. High school students Nur and her friend […]
The great symbolism of France’s “we will drink wine” policy on Iran
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN It seems like a ridiculous tempest in a teapot, Iran cancelled a dinner and breakfast meeting in Paris with President François Hollande at the Elysée Palace. […]
EU labeling products from West Bank, Gaza, Golan? So what…
BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN After years of talk and bluster the EU has done what it has claimed it would do, announce guidelines regarding the labeling of products from the […]
It’s not whether you’d kill baby Hitler, it’s would you do what it takes to kill adult Hitler?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN We hear often this question about, would you go back in time and kill baby Hitler? Even Jeb Bush has given a typical tough-talk answer of […]
We need to talk about why so many Palestinian women are involved in recent ‘terror wave’,
There is denial on both sides, but we must address why so many Palestinian woman are willing to sacrifice themselves
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 