Victor Satya, at The Blogs

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...

Jun 27, 2026, 10:03 PM

From River to Sea of Martyrs: The Deadly Jihad Cult Masquerading as Resistance

Imagine a 'resistance' that digs tunnels under its own children's bedrooms and shouts 'Allahu Akbar' while massacring families. This is not an armed struggle for freedom — it is jihad, plain and simple. In fact, it is something older, darker,...

Jun 26, 2026, 8:35 PM

Enough With the So-Called ‘Cycle of Violence’

The most effective weapon ever deployed against Israel wasn't smuggled through a tunnel or fired from Gaza. It was introduced at a press conference, wrapped in diplomatic language, and christened "the cycle of violence". Nobody starts anything. Nobody chooses...

Jun 21, 2026, 10:56 AM

The Last American President and Israel’s American Solution

For nearly two decades, Israeli leaders have approached the Iranian nuclear threat with a curious strategic assumption. Iran was Israel's problem, but America would eventually become the solution. The names changed. The administrations changed. The speeches changed. Yet the underlying...

Jun 20, 2026, 6:11 PM

From the Sanctions List to the White House Guest List

Donald Trump may be the only politician capable of transforming a former jihadist into a respected statesman faster than the Middle East can produce its next ceasefire. Consider Ahmed al-Sharaa. Not long ago, he was better known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani,...

Jun 14, 2026, 4:59 PM

Ukraine’s Greatest Gift to Israel Is Not a Weapon, but a Warning

Every military in the world seems to be studying Ukraine these days. Defense officials arrive eager to learn how Ukrainian drones evade air defenses, how artificial intelligence is reshaping the battlefield, and how a country fighting for its survival...

Jun 13, 2026, 9:55 PM

Israel Has Lost the World. That Is the Story, Anyway.

Since October 7, we have been treated to a relentless lecture. Israel, we are told, has lost the world. It has squandered international goodwill. It has alienated its allies. It has isolated itself through its conduct in Gaza. Polls...

Jun 12, 2026, 7:12 PM

If Hezbollah Is Defending Lebanon, Who Keeps Attacking Israel?

Hezbollah's greatest victory is convincing people that every crisis it creates proves why it is needed. The claim that Hezbollah is Lebanon's defender is one of those remarkable Middle Eastern ideas that survives not because it makes sense, but because...

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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.

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