By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After launching 400 rockets at Israel, Hamas decided that it wanted to send a message to Jerusalem. It put out a warning that any “excessive aggression” […]
Transcribed and annotated By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On October 6 The Arab Tyrant Manual, which includes work from Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmad Gatnash, who together also are President and […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In late April I wrote about an exchange between Qatar, Hamas and Washington regarding the peace process. At the time the full details were not known. […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “A letter has been sent by the Qataris to Trump envoy Jason Greenblatt,” a knowledgeable source says. The source goes on to say that it spells […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A week after seventeen Palestinians were killed marching on the Gaza border, Israel and the Palestinians are preparing for the second Friday of the ‘Great March […]
By Seth J. Frantzman Since the US administration of Donald Trump began leaking rumors that it would move the US embassy to Jerusalem or recognize Jerusalem as the capital of […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Sunday Israel announced that it had declared some areas around the Gaza Strip a “closed military zone.” This is not an unprecedented declaration, but it […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has been charged in the investigation by Robert Mueller into links between the Donald Trump campaign and alleged Russian involvement […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Over the years it has been an honor to write about and speak to many inspiring women throughout the world, in honor of International Women’s Day […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Egypt today strikes one as a land of symbols. Graffiti on a wall of a faded cross and crescent in the colors of the Egyptian flag […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 