Hurdles and high hopes on the way to Kurdistan’s historic referendum
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN With the Kurdistan referendum in the Kurdish region of Iraq quickly approaching, many of the processes set in motion years ago, even decades or 100 years […]
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Everything you wanted to know about the airstrike on the Masyaf Syrian chemical weapons site
By Seth J. Frantzman At 2:30 am on September 7th a Syrian government compound nestled near a hillside near Masyaf blew up. “It is no ordinary base,” writes Jack Moore […]
Is Israel a model for Europe confronting terror? Yes, and no
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the wake of the car-ramming attack in Spain and the stabbing in Finland several important articles appeared looking at how Europe is learning from Israel […]
Two weeks in July: Jerusalem tensions, Israel and the Palestinians
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ON FRIDAY July 14th I awoke, hungover and tired, with news that there had been a terror attack in the Old City. It had all the […]
Reading between the lines: Ceasefire in southwest Syria, Israel, US and Russia
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN As the sun was setting over southern Syria on Friday, the Associated Press reported that its sources say a ceasefire in southwest Syria is in the […]
What was the Kotel really like in the “egalitarian good old days” before 1967
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israel’s government is once again lurching from crises to crises over a deal gone wrong regarding egalitarian and pluralistic prayer at the Western Wall or Kotel. […]
Finally, Israel airliner ordered not to force women to change seats for men
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For years members of the public flying to and from Israel were subjected to harassment by a small number of extreme religious Jewish men. These men […]
BREAKING: Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi reaching Iraq-Syria border, implications?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Just after noon on May 29th the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a mostly Shia group of militias that have been officially part of […]
20 takeaways from Trump’s Islam speech
1 – Pro-Trump supporters and media love it: FoxNews called it “Strong, tone perfect.” John Bolton said he felt it was an “excellent speech” that reached locals in Riyadh, international community […]
Interview with Ukraine Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On May 16th, 2017, I met Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymr Groysman at the David Citadel hotel in Jerusalem. In a short interview but interesting discussionfor The Jerusalem […]
