Review of Dennis Ross’ ‘Doomed to succeed’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN October 22, 2015 In April of 1981 Syria moved batteries of surface-to-air missiles into the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. At the time, Syria was occupying Lebanon, […]
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The audacity to save Jerusalem from its new geography
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 10/18/2015 After a spate of violence in the past two weeks, the populist jingoism of ham-handed solutions is raising its head. “Deport them all,” scream some, […]
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 […]
Jerusalem’s ‘thin blue line’: An inside look at Israel’s police amidst recent violence
Jerusalem police are on high alter in Jerusalem after a spate of stabbings
Golan cowboys
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In The Jerusalem Post Magazine November 1, 2014 There’s lots o’ songs the puncher sang in roundin’ up his herds; The music wasn’t very grand, an’ […]
Review of Dror’s ‘Israeli Statecraft’
Book review By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Assuring the security of Israel and the Jewish People as a whole is an existential imperative for Israeli statecraft, at whatever cost to Israel […]
The man guarding Gush Etzion
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine The situation is much better now than in the past. We can see a major decrease [in terrorist activity]; […]
Israel’s culture of irresponsibility
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a culture of irresponsibility in Israel that is on display time and again with former government officials or even sitting ministers saying “Israel should […]
When ‘Romeo and Juliet’ are Reuven and Jamila
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine, August 28 The war in Gaza has been hard for Hala K., a Muslim from Nazareth, and her Jewish […]
Review: The most naive man in the Middle East?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Review of Kai Bird’s ‘The Good Spy’ In May 1964, the World’s Fair was held in New York City. At the Jordanian Pavilion, a mural depicted […]
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