Steve Apfel

Steve Apfel

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Author, economist and costing specialist

News by Steve Apfel

Bias thicker than Christianity:

Bias thicker than Christianity: What Tucker Carlson shares with popes and priests

They all protect persecutors of Christians and pillory a benevolent Jewish state and lobby. Opinion.

Bias thicker than Christianity: What Tucker Carlson shares with popes and priests

South Africa:

Trump's unfinished business

Trump built a thriving business of making antisemites pay, but he’s got unfinished business to make South Africa’s antisemitic government pay. Opinion.

Trump's unfinished business

Nick Fuentes is not an authentic Holocaust denier

The bombastic taboo-breaker isn’t worth the fallout between the ZOA, Heritage Foundation and Tucker Carlson at a time when antisemitic idols are on the ascendant. Opinion.

Nick Fuentes is not an authentic Holocaust denier

Clashing credos will determine Gaza’s future

Trump and his Real Estate moguls insist that the war is over. For Hamas that would be heresy. Opinion.

Clashing credos will determine Gaza’s future

Will the Gaza crazies beat swords into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks?

The self-destruct gene of the Palestinian Arabs in general and Hamas in particular may come into play next, as Jew-hatred makes them cut off their nose to spite their face. Opinion.

Will the Gaza crazies beat swords into ploughshares 
and spears into pruning hooks?

The day the Palestinians were born

Arafat and the PLO delivered them on July 17, 1968. Opinion.

The day the Palestinians were born

The Battle Hymn of Palestine

But after recognition, who will occupy it? Opinion.

The Battle Hymn of Palestine

The "Palestine" fantasy:

The "Palestine" fantasy: The key to rescuing Israel from Global Pariah

The catch? Bibi has been clutching the key for a decade.

The "Palestine" fantasy: The key to rescuing Israel from Global Pariah

Time for Trump to target his South African counterpart

The country is Ramaphosa’s collateral damage. The overlord of a bedlam state is the kingpin criminal, Iran asset, BRIC stooge, Islamist ally, white-hating wrecker. Opinion.

Time for Trump to target his South African counterpart

The Biblical roots of today's Israel boycotting

Plots and characters in the Torah portend what lies in store for the Jewish people. Balaam tried cursing the Jews - and it might be a good idea for the Israel demonizers to note what happened to him.

The Biblical roots of today's Israel boycotting

Two Music Festivals, one lesson about antisemitism

Tucker Carlson does not fit the bill. Opinion.

Two Music Festivals, one lesson about antisemitism

Resorting to peace talks after Trump’s bombing ultimatum was ludicrous

Of all murky lunacies, redoing two failed nuclear talks with a wicked regime is the most comic, the most idiotic, the most perilous. Opinion

Resorting to peace talks after Trump’s bombing ultimatum was ludicrous

Dog whistling for Genocide:

‘Kill the Boer’ and ‘Free Palestine’ are preludes

The human instinct of a Columbia professor or campus crazies is identical to that of Hamas invaders murdering, burning and raping their way through the Gaza envelope. Opinion.

‘Kill the Boer’ and ‘Free Palestine’ are preludes

A Zelensky-style slapdown for South Africa?

By any definition South Africa is a failed state with a “governing capacity unable to fulfil the administrative and organizational tasks required to control people and resources..." Opinion.

A Zelensky-style slapdown for South Africa?

A toolkit for punishing antisemitism

Trump’s showdown with Ivy League schools and student agitators is the guide. Opinion.

A toolkit for punishing antisemitism

Holocaust Memorial Day:

Hamas supporters may commemorate the Holocaust in good faith

Antisemites desire the butchery of Jews. And are ready to revere those who were butchered. Opinion.

Hamas supporters may commemorate the Holocaust in good faith

The Progressive Passover

All the Palestinian Arabs had to do in Gaza after 2005's Disengagement was make unto themselves a nation. You’d think Moses the Progressive Jew would be happy. Think again.

The Progressive Passover

Combating antisemitism:

Taking a leaf out of marketing

Define the broad market. Break the market into segments with shared characteristics. Target the segments, each with a pinpoint strategy, Opinion.

Taking a leaf out of marketing

Small wonder that Jewish leaders have gotten nowhere against hate

This week’s “International Conference on Combating Antisemitism” was convened without settling what or who it was going to combat. Op-ed.

Small wonder that Jewish leaders have gotten nowhere against hate

Will all Hell break loose?

South African Jews wait for Trump to force regime change

Afrikaners have set an example to follow. Opinion.

South African Jews wait for Trump to force regime change

After the Bibas mother and boys atrocity, who supports Hamas out loud?

Which of the two is a greater rarity? 1. Anti-Zionists who don’t hate Jews or 2. Pro-Palestinians who don’t support Hamas? Opinion.

After the Bibas mother and boys atrocity, who supports Hamas out loud?

Trump’s executive order cutting off South Africa has verified God’s threat

Russell Mead: “Nations warped by Israel-hatred tend to make one dumb decision after another.” Trump: You like keeping company with regimes that wish us ill? No more money for you. Goodbye. Opinion.

Trump’s executive order cutting off South Africa has verified God’s threat

The ultimate contest: Trump’s bid for Gaza vs. the Peace Blocker

One disrupter can jeopardize the President’s real estate concept. Unbeknown, even to the smartest President of modern times, a successful bid to redevelop Gaza entails depriving an entire economy of its money lifelines. Opinion.

The ultimate contest: Trump’s bid for Gaza vs. the Peace Blocker

The cruelty of stupid compassion

Objections to President Trump’s deportation order for illegals in the US and his plan to relocate every human shield out of Gaza reflect arrogant morality and collaboration with cruelty. Opinion.

The cruelty of stupid compassion

The second coming should herald sanctions on a wicked African government

Trump will never let an African government on the skids make bad mischief for Israel. Tehran has already plucked this low lying fruit turning putrid in the noonday African sun. Opinion.

The second coming should herald sanctions on a wicked African government

Zuckerberg’s Zionist bind: damned when he censors, damned when he doesn’t

Conflicted Jewish groups, confronting hate speech, want censorship back. Opinion.

Zuckerberg’s Zionist bind: damned when he censors, damned when he doesn’t

Why the Pope pretends that Israel commits genocide

He reacts to Israel as he would to a slap in the face. Why is that? Opinion.

Why the Pope pretends that Israel commits genocide

How to tell the difference between ‘pro-Palestinian’ and pro-Hamas

Reports of ‘pro-Palestinian’ protests are invariably false reports. There is no excuse when ‘pro-Hamas’ can be distinguished with ease. Opinion.

How to tell the difference between ‘pro-Palestinian’ and pro-Hamas

ICC arrest warrants, dark fantasy, abuse fiends and godless Anglicans

The war on Israel makes for weird allies. Opinion.

ICC arrest warrants, dark fantasy, abuse fiends and godless Anglicans

It’s hard to think of a better word than 'pogrom

This pogrom-in-miniature, rooted in an ethno-religious conflict thousands of miles away, is emblematic of a far larger problem in Europe. Opinion.

It’s hard to think of a better word than 'pogrom

Flipping dead icons to gaslight genocide

How Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Helen Suzman became the ‘Jew card’. Op-ed.

Flipping dead icons to gaslight genocide

How the ‘Grey Lady’ cover of Sinwar's elimination ran true to form

The New York Times motto means the paper’s business is bias. Truth is an after-thought. And if it takes bias to grow the bottom line, and satisfy investors, editorial staff are at liberty to lie through their teeth.Opinion.

How the ‘Grey Lady’ cover of Sinwar's elimination ran true to form

The UN Hamas proxy law team commemorates the Holocaust in good faith

Antisemitism, explained Sartre in his 1944 classic, “Anti-Semite and Jew” is not a bad opinion of Jews. It is a warped personality that sees nothing amiss in combining hatred for the living Jew with reverence for dead ones. Opinion.

The UN Hamas proxy law team commemorates the Holocaust in good faith

Biden's 'Don't' switched to warning Israel off Hezbollah and Iran for a reason

The dark connections of Biden saying ‘Don’t!’ to Israel striking Iran’s nuclear works combined with his call to lay down arms against Hezbollah did not appear from nowhere. Opinion.

Biden's 'Don't' switched to warning Israel off Hezbollah and Iran for a reason

Israel could win another war front, but chooses not to

The International Court of Justice gave birth to ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’ in July 2004. There is no such thing, but Israel ignores the winning card of the "occupation" lie.. Opinion.

Israel could win another war front, but chooses not to

Probing Josep Borrell for conspiracy to commit Jew-killing

Israeli Foreign Minister likens his EU counterpart to “the greatest antisemites in history.” Sadly, Borrell has stiff competition in that category. Opinion.

Probing Josep Borrell for conspiracy to commit Jew-killing

Jews for censorship

"From the River to the Sea" may be a dog whistle for genocide. Wanting the slogan banned is a terrible idea. Opinion.

Jews for censorship

UNRWA:

The humanitarian snake head is harder to beat than Iran's proxy armies

And UNRWA is a proxy of the humanitarian snake head. Opinion

The humanitarian snake head is harder to beat than Iran's proxy armies

The most problematic question

Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? Opinion.

The most problematic question

A legend for Jewish advocacy fell into a hole it dug for itself

The Anti-Defamation League can’t be trusted, declares Wiki.

A legend for Jewish advocacy fell into a hole it dug for itself