Interview with Avi Dichter
A reckoning in Gaza 07/10/2014 12:19 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN appeared in The Jerusalem Post Magazine Former Shin Bet director Avi Dichter describes his vision for deterring Hamas in Gaza, uprooting terror […]
The third Gaza war
The third Gaza war By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After almost a month of tensions with Hamas in Israel due to the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish teens in the […]
The rise and fall of Jerusalem’s light rail
Several years ago I wrote a series of articles on the launch of the Jerusalem light rail. We looked at safety issues, business on Jaffa street, ticket buying confusion and […]
Review of Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’
The most naive man in the Middle East? 07/03/2014 15:22 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In May 1964, the World’s Fair was held in New York City. At the Jordanian Pavilion, a […]
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi: Man on the make or fleeting moment?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The big news now is some shadowy figure named Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has announced himself ‘Caliph‘. In point of fact he has the imprimatur of […]
Remembering the outbreak of WWI: A review
A review of Max Hastings’ 1914 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN originally published in The Jerusalem Post As Frenchmen were called to join their units in a mass migration of conscripts […]
‘Business of peace’ revisited
On June 28, Guy Rolnick at Haaretz published an incisive piece that asks ‘who is benefiting from the never ending peace process?’ He reveals several important points: One insider tells him: […]
From the Palestine flag ban to Zuabi
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Does anyone recall today that it used to be illegal to fly the Palestinian flag in Israel, including the West Bank and Gaza? Just a thought […]
Best Saddam rant ever
By Seth J. Frantzzman No Mr Faisal Abbas at Al-Arabiya; Maliki is not a new Saddam (see link below)…Saddam was a leader; Saddam understood his military; Saddam waged a successful […]
Sisi, crack down on mass murder, torture in Sinai!
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post The accounts are so shocking, the more one reads the more one becomes numb. “The kidnappers would make me lie on my […]
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