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Victor Satya

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

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,...

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

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...

13.06.2026 40

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If Hezbollah Is Defending Lebanon, Who Keeps Attacking Israel?

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...

12.06.2026 60

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

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...

07.06.2026 60

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

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...

06.06.2026 50

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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,...

30.05.2026 50

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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...

29.05.2026 60

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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...

23.05.2026 60

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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...

10.05.2026 60

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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...

09.05.2026 80

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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...

08.05.2026 70

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Ceasefire Theatre: The Hezbollah Exception — Where Reality Is Inconvenient

There are few things in modern journalism as reliable as the sunrise, the tide, and the headline: “Israel violates ceasefire.” It appears with...

03.05.2026 70

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The Decline of American Support for Israel—and of Something Far More Important

The collapse of support for Israel is not a foreign policy shift—it’s a mirror held up to a changing America. We are told that Israel has a public...

01.05.2026 80

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The Islamic Republic of Hezbollah (Lebanon, Occasionally Included)

If sovereignty could be maintained through strongly worded statements, Lebanon would be one of the most independent nations on earth. Unfortunately,...

12.04.2026 90

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Does Israel Need an American Green Light? Or Have We All Agreed It Does Anyway?

Few nations fight wars; fewer still are told, in real time, whether another capital has nodded in approval of them doing so. The Permission Slip...

11.04.2026 80

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My Journey From Passive Belief to Defending Israel

I used to think neutrality was the intellectual high ground—until I realized it often just meant borrowing other people’s conclusions while...

01.04.2026 80

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When Terrorism Needs a Co-Author: The Rise of ‘Both Sides’ Journalism

Both-sides-ism in the Israel context is not a call for balance; it is a rhetorical laundering mechanism that turns terrorism into a ‘perspective,’...

22.03.2026 80

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From Left to Right: The Art of Making Israel the Scapegoat

A strange and ideologically incoherent coalition across the American far-left and segments of the populist right has converged on a conspiratorial...

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The World’s Strangest Legal Doctrine

The moment Israel and the United States struck Iranian targets on February 28, the world experienced a remarkable legal awakening. International law,...

15.03.2026 100

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Interviewing a Ghost: When Huckabee Met the New Tucker

You can’t debate 2026 Tucker with 1996 nostalgia. The Awkward Waltz There are awkward interviews. And then there are interviews where you begin to...

24.02.2026 100

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Nakuru Kibbutz? How Borderless Antisemitism Reached Kenya

A 520-acre farm in Kenya becomes a “Zionist settlement,” a greenhouse becomes a colonial outpost, and social media becomes foreign policy. From...

21.02.2026 150

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Everlasting Peace, As Imagined by Israel’s Enemies

27.01.2026 80

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Peace in Our Time, Again: Washington Declares Peace While the Middle East Waits

27.12.2025 100

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Which Way, Mr. Vice President? JD Vance and the Art of Strategic Sympathy

24.12.2025 80

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Israel as Accountant-in-Chief for Its Adversaries: Efficiency Over Ethics

17.12.2025 60

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Light a Candle, Pass a Law: Australia’s Theatre of Solidarity after Bondi

16.12.2025 70

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A Beginner’s Guide to Middle East Translation (Warning: Reality Inside)

13.12.2025 70

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Israel Didn’t Survive Because of America — America Came Because Israel Survived

12.12.2025 70

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Israel: The Middle East’s Only Indigenous Outsider

30.11.2025 100

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After Gaza: Israel’s Moment to Learn or Repeat History

22.11.2025 100

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Breaking: Radical Hate Marches from Shabbat Straight Into Sunday Service

25.10.2025 100

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When Israel Vetoes Its Own Security: The Gaza Peacekeeping Paradox

19.10.2025 90

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Like Schwartz in the Top Hat: Israel and the Waiting Game of Friendship

18.10.2025 90

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East African Media and the Battle of Gaza Narratives 

27.09.2025 100

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