The American Jewish community and the myth of Ari Shavit
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “This fall from grace should be particularly troubling for the Jewish community: It’s the demise of an Israeli writer whose impact on American Jewish liberals was […]
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American media created “Ken Bone”, then tore him down in its populist, puritanical bizarre fashion
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “America needed a hero, Kenneth Bone answered the call,” claimed The Washington Post on October 10 just after the US Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald […]
Communism, monarchism and the mysterious prevalence of nepotism on the left
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last remaining communist countries are all personal monarchical fiefdoms of their leading families. In Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe is seen as a possible successor to her […]
Photo essay: Inside a Kakei village liberated from ISIS by peshmerga
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In May of 2016 more than 5,000 Peshmerga, including Zerevani special forces, liberated nine Kakei and Shabak villages that lie near the Great Zab and Khazir […]
Can the clusterf— of US policy in Syria today be unravelled
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On August 24th Syrian rebel groups and the Turkish army rolled across the border into Jarabulus in an operation dubbed “Euphrates Shield.” The operation was aimed […]
The politics of the Armenian genocide in Israel
istBy SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Israel is one of the only democratic countries in the world, if not the only one, to deny the genocide and support Turkey’s stubborn policy of […]
Mass ethnic-cleansing of Jews is the 20th century’s real legacy
By Seth J. Frantzman It always strikes me when someone mentions the Jewish history of a place while traveling or in books or discussions of their family history. It almost […]
Yes, Saviona Mane, there is racism in Israel and its disgusting
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I used to joke that it’s not tuesday in the Israeli press unless there is something racist. There was a point where I started clipping out […]
References to Hannah Arendt’s racism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I wrote a column in The Jerusalem Post on June 6 that provided evidence for a racist and white supremacist line of thinking in the work of […]
The question no one ever asks about anti-semitism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You were shocked to find out Zakia Belkhiri, the “selfie-stick” girl who “poked fun at racism” turned out to be an anti-semite? The media was certainly […]
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