Victor Satya, at The Blogs

Victor Satya

Writer covering Israel–Africa, Jewish affairs, and Israel worldwide

Sep 7, 2026, 4:36 AM

The Palestinian Right of Return, and the Jewish Right to Forget

There is a rather extraordinary arrangement in the Middle East. It involves two peoples, one piece of land, two histories, and, apparently, two entirely different rules. The Palestinians have a right of return. The Jews, it seems, have a...

Aug 31, 2026, 1:39 AM

Never Again Is Not Enough: Israel Must Never Forget

“Never again.” For Israelis, “Never again” has never been merely a historical slogan. And October 7, 2023, made that painfully clear. For much of the Jewish world, the Holocaust had become something that belonged to history books, museums and memorial ceremonies....

Aug 30, 2026, 4:54 AM

The West Isn’t Safe. Europe Isn’t Safe. Israel Is Just Taking the First Hit

If the sirens are in Tel Aviv rather than Paris, if the rockets are falling on Israel rather than Berlin, if Hezbollah is threatening Haifa rather than London, and if Iran is promising to destroy Jerusalem rather than Brussels,...

Aug 26, 2026, 9:44 AM

Once Upon a Time There Was No West Bank: Then Jordan Drew a Line

A few geographical problems in the world are so magnificently overworked as the one called the “West Bank.” Every week, the international community assembles to discuss it. The United Nations discusses it. European governments discuss it. Human-rights organizations discuss it....

Aug 24, 2026, 12:31 AM

The New Nazis: The Jews Learned to Shoot Back, So Haters Learned to Outsource

There is one crucial difference between the antisemitism of the past and the antisemitism of the present. The old antisemites could do the killing themselves. The new ones need subcontractors. For centuries, Jews were the easiest people in the world to persecute....

Aug 9, 2026, 11:30 PM

The Great Satan Debates the Little Satan While the Real One Moves In

Globalize the Intifada, American-Style For nearly half a century, the radicals and jihadists of the Middle East have insisted that America is the Great Satan and Israel the Little Satan, a hierarchy first formalized by Ayatollah Khomeini after the seizure...

Jul 26, 2026, 9:23 PM

The Abnormal Normalization

The Middle East has many traditions. There is the tradition of insisting Israel is the Middle East’s biggest problem. There is the tradition of condemning Israel on Monday. There is the tradition of buying Israeli technology on Tuesday. And then there is perhaps...

Jul 5, 2026, 3:44 PM

The War Against Jewish Grief: Even Jewish Grief Is Occupied

Some cannot allow Jews to celebrate in peace. Increasingly, they cannot allow them to mourn in peace either. In 1948, after two thousand years of exile, centuries of persecution, and the ashes of the Holocaust still warm across Europe, the...

Jul 4, 2026, 10:21 PM

Blue Badges, Old Lies: How the UN Rebranded the Blood Libel

History's oldest prejudice has proved astonishingly adaptable. It has survived kings, popes, and empires—and now enjoys observer status at the United Nations. In twelfth-century Norwich, a young boy was found dead in the woods. No evidence pointed to the local...

Jun 28, 2026, 5:51 PM

The Sheket Delusion: From Qatari Suitcases to American Memorandums

Sheket was the dream: pay Hamas enough and they might choose prosperity over pogroms. The suitcases rolled in. October 7 rolled out. Having awakened from that particular slumber, Israel is now politely asked to watch Washington cut the same...

About Me

Satya is an East African writer focused on Jewish affairs and the geopolitics surrounding Israel. His work offers a distinctive non-Western perspective on Israel, the Jewish world, and the Middle East.

Contact Me