Vitor Vicente, at The Blogs

Vitor Vicente

Oct 26, 2025, 9:16 PM

Ireland just elected Catherine Connolly without a real political contest. Strange? Maybe not, in a country where supporting Israel makes you an outsider and spoiling a ballot has become the loudest form of protest. Catherine Connolly is the 10th president...

Oct 17, 2025, 1:22 PM

The silence after the ceasefire

While “ceasefire” activists once filled the streets calling for peace, their silence after the Sharm El Sheikh agreement exposes a deeper truth — this was never truly about the Palestinians. The selective outrage of the smartphone generation reveals how...

Oct 13, 2025, 11:10 PM

A hymn for those who are back home today

Author and Podcaster Vitor Vicente in front of bookshelf with Jewish and cultural objects.

Besides books, I have other items on my shelves. I’ve dedicated an entire shelf to Jewish objects — not a random corner, but the very background people see when I record my live podcasts. Somebody once told me I might...

Oct 7, 2025, 7:17 PM

Grounded on October 7

This was a Friday evening not to forget. First, my flight home to Portugal was delayed for hours — my longest-ever wait for a plane that refused to leave the runway. I can’t recall exactly how long I was...

About Me

Vitor Vicente is a Portuguese writer based in Ireland. He has published twelve books, including the travel memoir 'Israel, Jezebel' and the prose-poetry collection 'Harry Kernoff’s Guest', inspired by the Jewish painter Harry Kernoff. His forthcoming work is a Jerusalem diary written during the Israel–Iran war in June 2025. He hosts 'The Witty Vitor Podcast'.

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