Filling Nasser’s Shoes
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Qatar seems to be everywhere these days. “Qatar plays key role in securing release of US journalist,” “Qatar denies funding ISIS,” Qatar is said to have […]
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Nasrallah’s dangerous game
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ‘The sense of danger is growing and the popular sentiment is more accepting our fight against the militants [who stoke] Islamic division.” Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of […]
Toasting the midnight sun
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Sjogata Street in Bodo (Bodoe) is lined with modern buildings. Monotonous and boring, they are the result of the punishing […]
Alive with history and tragedy
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Independence Day edition By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Fuad Zuabi was in mourning. His cousin, Detective Saleh Zuabi, had been killed a week and a […]
‘We are all David the Nahalawi’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post “Eat after they eat, sleep after they sleep. Never give them an order if you don’t understand what it’ll mean […]
Time for Israel to consider a volunteer army?
In a new article with Mati Wagner; we interview Israelis who support ending the draft and creating a professional army: Check it out at Tablet *** MK Moshe Feiglin is […]
Syria’s rattlesnakes commit suicide
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On Tuesday the UN announced that it was seeking an unprecedented influx of cash to facilitate aid operations in Syria and for Syrian refugees. More than […]
Where’s the Beef: My favorite butcher in the shuk
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN, originally in The Jerusalem Post In Jerusalem Ya’acov Mizrahi is the 72 year old owner of a butcher shop in the shuk, where he cuts and […]
Incitement U: Confronting hate at Israel’s academy
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In The Jerusalem Post It is widely known that the topic of of Israel is contentious on campuses throughout the world. Israel’s ambassador to the US, Michael […]
Reviving Morgenthau’s memo: The Armenian genocide in Israeli politics
Published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine on January 12, 2012 In July 1915 the US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire down at his desk in the second story of the […]
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