Seth J. Frantzman is the senior Middle East Correspondent and analyst at The Jerusalem Post. He has covered the war against Islamic State, several Gaza wars, the conflict in Ukraine, refugee crises in Eastern Europe, and also reported from Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Senegal, the UAE, Ukraine, and Russia since 2011. He is the author of three books: The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza (2024), Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future (2021), and After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East (2019). He is an adjunct fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Key Points and Summary – Following the successful degradation of Iran’s nuclear program and military leadership by recent Israeli and US strikes, Israel is...
Key Points – The recent ceasefire deal, brokered after US and Israeli strikes crippled Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, presents Tehran with an opportunity...
Key Points – The Iranian regime’s “extreme hubris,” born from decades of surviving revolution, a grueling war with Iraq, and successfully sponsoring regional proxies,...
Key Points and Summary: Israel’s massive air assault on Iran on June 13th, part of “Operation Rising Lion,” was a dramatic decapitation strike targeting...