OMG BDS!!! How this bogeyman swept Israel politics
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 […]
Laundering right wing nationalism as left wing in Israel
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 […]
Inside Obama’s ‘pro-Israel so much it hurts’ worldview
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN AFTER SIX years in office US President Barack Obama has finally admitted the nature of his obsession with Israel and it’s really not what anyone expected. […]
Why Vatican recognition of Palestine was not surprising
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 […]
Diagnosing Netanyahu’s political problem
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 […]
Conflating all anti-Israel views with anti-semitism has unintended consequences
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 […]
Garry Trudeau’s weird outburst
There controversy over the PEN boycott mirrors the comments by cartoonist Garry Trudeau against Charlie Hebdo. Garry Trudeau claimed “By punching downward, by attacking a powerless, disenfranchised minority with crude, […]
Does ‘Haaretz’ have a problem with people of color?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Last week when Ethiopian Jewish protests broke out in Jerusalem on Thursday, every major newspaper covered the events on the front page of their Friday edition, […]
Review of ‘Good Kill’ film
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Just finished ‘Good Kill’, which had decent reviews, a well known lead actor and a director, Andrew Niccol, whose director/writer credits have conjured up some other […]
‘The police must take responsibility!’ Anti-racism protest in Jerusalem
‘The police must take responsibility!’ Anti-racism protest in Jerusalem By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On April 30th a massive anti-racism demonstration brought parts of Jerusalem to a halt. More than 1,000, […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 