I wrote this in late February 2019. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israelis awoke on Thursday morning, February 2 with news that three former generals and a populist centrist political leader […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Large numbers of cliches are lost after the Israel municipal elections. They were hoping to come out on November 1 to tell the public how the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The US is concerned that Hadi al-Amiri’s Fatah Alliance will form the next government in Iraq. After it came in second in the elections in May […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi reportedly lashed out at Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a key commander in the Hashd al-Shaabi, the Popular Mobilization Forces of mostly Shia […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On April 22, 2018 Ali al-Amine (Amin علي الامين), a Lebanese politician and journalist was attacked and hospitalized. He was a candidate for the Shbeana Haki […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In mid-December anger began to boil over in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. On December 19 several protesters were shot and killed in Rania, a […]
What happened to Palestinian municipal elections? Palestinian municipal elections were suspended a month before they were supposed to take place, and no one seems to care By SETH J. FRANTZMAN […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Much of the world’s media in its slavish devotion to endlessly presenting Iran as “moderating” and “reforming” has headlined the recent Iran elections as a victory […]
SETH J. FRANTZMAN Last Thursday night an overweight man tried to order a hamburger at a late night burger joint in Tel Aviv. He fumbled through his order. Pickles? Onions? […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The leader of one party running in elections, when asked what he would do about the peace process said he had no idea. Another leader, when […]
