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Robert Satloff

Insights on the Middle East and U.S. policy

Apr 2, 2026, 9:38 PM

How to prevent a repeat of the Gaza narrative in Lebanon

Most Americans are understandably focused on the US war in Iran, but those with enough bandwidth to follow news of Israel’s operation in Lebanon will sense something eerily familiar. That’s because the Lebanon story increasingly resembles the distorted narrative...

Dec 28, 2025, 3:23 PM

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Who won the war?

(L)Released hostage Omri Miran reunites with his father Dani after over two years in Hamas captivity, at the Re'im base on October 13, 2025 (IDF); Palestinians celebrate in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 9, 2025, following news of a new Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal (Bashar Taleb / AFP) (Montage by The Times of Israel)

Israel retrieved hostages and the IDF controls a buffer zone; Hamas is still armed and ruling nearly half of Gaza. Define victory

Sep 27, 2025, 8:41 PM

Thank you, President Trump, for vetoing Israeli annexation in the West Bank

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in the Oval Office, February 2025 (wikimedia commons)

President Trump was right to announce that he would not allow Israel to proceed with plans for West Bank annexation. Five years ago, the last time Israelis considered annexing a piece of the West Bank, many friends of Israel warned...

Sep 2, 2025, 8:15 AM

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A charade in academic garb

Yad Vashem Hall of Names (David Shankbone/ Wikimedia Commons)

Genocide scholars lent their reputation to an indictment of Israel that is more of a lynching than a serious inquiry

Mar 11, 2025, 3:38 PM

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Voluntary refugee resettlement: Bridging the Arab and Trump Gaza visions

Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Thursday March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

An idea that could result in 40 percent of Gaza’s population opting to leave – a prospect that should expedite preparations for reconstruction

Sep 22, 2024, 5:57 PM

How Exploding Pagers Can Lead to Calm along Israel-Lebanon Border

This week's exploding-pager-and-walkie-talkie attack on Lebanese Hezbollah sends the scary message that Israel, which has so far been mum on its alleged responsibility, can kill, maim or injure thousands of fighters without firing a shot. The subsequent targeted killing...

Jun 13, 2024, 4:19 PM

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The Gaza ceasefire proposal needs this crucial change

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the 'Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza' conference, at the Dead Sea, Jordan, June 11, 2024. (Alaa Al Sukhni/Pool Photo via AP)

In Biden's telling of the deal, there's a weakness when it comes to who guarantees that Hamas and Israel fulfill their commitments

May 5, 2024, 5:49 PM

A Yom Hashoah message, from disgust to hope

On Yom Hashoah 2024, I have two messages: First, at this time of terrible, tragic conflict, let's remember how Middle East actors warp Holocaust memory for political purposes. Take, for example, this al-Jazeera clip featuring a wacky Israeli expressing fringe views equating Israel with the Nazis...

Apr 29, 2024, 6:22 AM

As an American, I am ashamed

(Remarks delivered at the weekly “Bring Them Home Now!” rally for the hostages, in front of the national headquarters of the American Red Cross, Washington DC - prepared for delivery, April 28, 2024) "We meet today in the middle of...

Mar 21, 2024, 5:30 PM

Sadly, WaPost admits no error in story filled with them

The Washington Post has spoken. In response to my 5000+ word Times of Israel critique of its December 2 story "Israel's assault forced a nurse to leave babies behind. They were found decomposing,” the Post’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee,...

About Me

Robert Satloff is the Segal executive director of The Washington Institute and its Howard P. Berkowitz Chair in U.S. Middle East Policy. He is the author of "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands" (PublicAffairs, 2006).

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