Bethlehem celebrates Christmas
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ‘Life is hard here, Christmas is a wonderful time of year, we look forward to it, but it doesn’t obscure the difficulties.” Stephanie, the daughter of […]
Tag Archives: Palestine
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]; […]
The rise and fall of Palestinian Oktoberfest
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In 2011 I drove northeast of Jerusalem to the small village of Taybeh to do a preview of the Oktoberfest. It was October. The hills were […]
Patrick Henry and the Palestinians
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “We must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are […]
The politics of refusing Israel’s draft
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Friday September 12th the issue of Israel Defense Forces soldiers refusing to carry out their duties raised its head again when it was reported that […]
Laylat Al-Qadr clashes at Qalandia
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is something surreal about Palestinian protests. As a huge protest gathered at Ramallah last Thursday, other parts of East Jerusalem were eerily quiet, and at […]
Online hearts and minds
Online hearts and minds By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine On Wednesday, June 18, Mohammad AlQadi woke up to a barrage of inquiries from friends abroad. “Israeli […]
Fashion goes Palestinian
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared in In Jerusalem and Metro of The Jerusalem Post ‘Gangnam Style,” the catchy South Korean music hit that became an international sensation last year, […]
Get tough on monastery vandals and ‘price tags’
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2014 The insanity of the cowardly acts known as “price tag” vandalism knows no bounds. On March 31 graffiti was discovered at […]
Women in sport
A sporting chance By Seth J. Frantzman, published March 7, 2014 In the 2012 London Olympics, one of the runners in the women’s 800 meters stood out from the rest […]
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