By SETH J. FRANTZMAN This originally appeared at The Jerusalem Post “Setting fire to the ground,” a “major catastrophe,” bringing “new instability” are the headlines that have greeted Donald Trump’s […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On April 13 Palestinians in Gaza assembled at five protest locations in Gaza next to the Israeli border fence. It was the third week of mass […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Tuesday morning seven people were injured as bombs targeted a convoy with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and General Majid Faraj, the Palestinian Authority’s chief […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Sweden’s foreign minister Margot Wallström welcomed the latest UNESCO resolution condemning Israel’s actions in Jerusalem and describing Israel as occupying Jerusalem. More than that, Sweden was a […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On the eve of US Secretary of State’s peace speech on December 28, US President-elect Donald Trump tweeted; “We cannot continue to let Israel be treated […]
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 A report by Ariel Ben Solomon in The Jerusalem Post revealed today that only 4 of 396 applications by residents of East Jerusalem for Israeli citizenship have […]
Maps and notes to my column arguing ethnic-nation states are a fantasy in the Middle East, and it’s not all about colonialism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’d think from the coverage of the “Vatican recognizes Palestine” news story that this was some major change in policy. Some articles have implied it was […]
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 