A reckoning in Turkey
Below is an article from a trip to Turkey in December of 2014. During our trip we met with high level Turkish officials in the two main parties as well […]
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On alert: Policing Jerusalem in a time of terror
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 18, 2015 The siren’s outside Jerusalem’s Gate are from a Border Police SUV. Then come two police cars. Then come motorcycle units of the Yasam […]
If car salesmen negotiated the way Iran does
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If car salesmen negotiated the way Iran does, you’d end up feeling guilty for not overpaying ten times for a used car that doesn’t work and […]
20 Myths about the Iran Deal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Perhaps never in history has so much been written about a “deal”, particularly a “good deal” and a “bad deal.” Words lose their meaning when they […]
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 […]
“Like the world stopped rotating”: The re-election of Netanyahu and the press
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? […]
Fear and loathing on the Israel campaign trail in 2015
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine, February 27, 2015 There are only three MKs at the Knesset on February 4. It is Tu Bishvat, the tree-planting […]
The latest Iran scam in negotiations
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The latest threat is Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the US President the Hassan Rouhani’s “political clout would be heavily damaged if negotiations failed.” This […]
Touring Ottoman era Israel from Rishon to Jaffa
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Anyone driving down the 431 towards Rishon LeTsiyon can’t miss the strange old buildings that loom over the highway near the exit to Be’er Yaakov. This […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 