Current Palestinian-Israeli violence is NOT the One-State solution
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Based on the volume of violent incidents and, more importantly, the identity of the people behind them, it’s easy to say: this isn’t an intifada. It’s […]
Tag Archives: Palestinians
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
Why Vatican recognition of Palestine was not surprising
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 […]
Co-opting Judaism for social causes: Paternalism, condescending or justice?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For more than a hundred years or so, ever since large numbers of Jews became involved in various modern movements, there has been a tendency to […]
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 […]
Interview with Haneen Zoabi
MK Haneen Zoabi, in an exclusive interview with the ‘Post,’ discusses her expulsion from the Knesset, the chances for a united Arab political slate and being a feminist politician. By […]
What a staged Israel-Palestine coexistence photo says about the conflict
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On December 7th Naomi Zeveloff at The Forward broke the story that a well known “iconic” image of Jewish-Palestinian peace and friendship was staged. “The boys […]
‘The threat among us’: Post-terror attack racism in Israel
SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the aftermath of the gruesome terror attack in Jerusalem on Tuesday tensions between Jews and Arabs have understandably increased in Jerusalem and the rest of Israel. […]
“We can’t live normally in Isawiya”
Residents of Jerusalem’s Isawiya neighborhood and their supporters express frustration at increasing unrest and police presence. In The Jerusalem Post, October 28 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Don’t tell us how […]
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]; […]
