A list of reactions to Israel’s “annexation” plan
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israel is moving ahead with an “annexation” plan for the West Bank. It is convoluted and unclear and comes amid chaos in the US and the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israel is moving ahead with an “annexation” plan for the West Bank. It is convoluted and unclear and comes amid chaos in the US and the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Netanyahu is going to run yet another government in Israel, as his foes look even weaker than in the past. What primarily remains in opposition is […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Since I am in a “lockdown” due to the coronavirus I began watching a lot of movies. That’s obvious. But how does one organize their viewing […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN As more countries put in place draconian “lockdowns” to slow or stop the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) there is emerging evidence that these procedures, now […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Most governments failed their societies in planning for the coronavirus pandemic and communicating to the public what the government was doing. From minor things, like confusing […]
In a series of articles I covered the emerging Iran-US crises in late December 2019 and early January 2020. It came after many months of tensions going back tot May […]
Israel’s Prime Minister responded to a tweet by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE on Saturday, December 21. “I welcome the closer relations between Israel and many Arab […]
Iran is building a base near Albukamal in Syria near the Iraqi border. The base was built next to a site occupied by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shi’ite militia with […]
Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Italian television, but it was not broadcast as Damascus wanted. So, SANA seems to have put the whole interview online. They […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN A version of this appeared at The Jerusalem Post on November 15 ‘On both the northern and southern fronts, the situation is tese and fragile and […]