Victor Satya, at The Blogs

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...

Jun 7, 2026, 3:16 PM

Hamas Must Be Understood, Israelis Buried: Why Israel Must Solve Everything

There was a time when violence demanded explanation from those committing it. Today, the greater burden seems to fall upon those defending themselves against it. Whenever Hamas commits atrocities, Hezbollah launches rockets into Israeli towns, or Iran's regime threatens Israel...

Jun 6, 2026, 9:43 PM

The Dealmaker, the Jihadists, and the Limits of the Art of the Deal

Trump sees a deal waiting to be made. Tehran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis see a struggle waiting to be continued. Unsurprisingly, only one side keeps being surprised. Perhaps no politician in modern history enjoys announcing a deal quite as...

May 30, 2026, 7:59 PM

Hamas Doesn’t Represent Palestinians — The Great Responsibility Laundering

There is a peculiar rule governing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Nobody wrote it down. Nobody voted on it. Yet journalists, activists, diplomats, academics, and social media commentators appear to know it by heart. The rule is simple. When Israelis do something, Israel...

May 29, 2026, 8:47 PM

Modern Blood Libel Against Israel: October 7 and the Return of an Ancient Hatred

Jews were massacred on October 7. Before many were even buried, millions across the world had already decided the Jews themselves must somehow be responsible. There was once a time when antisemitic conspiracy theories at least required imagination. Medieval Europeans...

May 23, 2026, 5:41 PM

Israel Doesn’t Want Another Ceasefire. It Wants a Normal Life

Whenever Israel goes to war against those who openly promise to erase it, the international community begins one of its favourite political pantomimes. Iran threatens annihilation. Hezbollah fires rockets. Hamas massacres Jews, and the Houthis launch rockets from so...

May 10, 2026, 5:57 PM

The World’s Favorite Existential Question: Should Israel Exist?

Today, there is an extraordinary global habit in which millions who would never dream of questioning Japan, Brazil, or Belgium casually gather to debate whether the Jewish state should continue existing at all. There are few propositions in modern political...

May 9, 2026, 7:39 PM

How ‘The IDF’ and ‘The Settlers’ Became Weapons Against Israel

Some nations are judged by their laws. Israel is judged by its headlines. One Israeli commits a crime, and suddenly millions stand accused under the convenient vocabulary of “the IDF,” “the settlers,” and “the Israelis”, because collective guilt, it...

May 8, 2026, 6:34 PM

From Yamit to Gaza & Israel’s Temptation of Dangerous Illusions

For decades, Israel traded land for promises, restraint for applause, and strategic depth for the fantasy of “quiet.” October 7 exposed the brutal reality: Israel’s enemies were never fighting over borders alone; they were fighting over Israel’s existence itself. There...

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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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