Steve Apfel

A cancer within Diaspora communities

Jews craving inclusion are the antisemites’ delight. Do anti-Israel Jews know they act as doormats? Normal antisemites can hardly get by without them. Opinion.

Circumcision in the crosshairs

Belgium law invents a tame excuse for tampering with a miraculous ritual. Opinion.

The Progressive Passover

Passover teaches freedom, but some progressive prophets insist it’s just another homework assignment in lecturing the Israelis. Opinion.

NY Times in the business of bias

After the digital age begat Twitter and Facebook mobs, the paper of record bid a fatal farewell to objectivity. On the Iran war ‘all the news that’s fit to print’ roots for the regime. Opinion.

Trump was curious about why the Mullahs were not fazed by threats

He shouldn’t have been. They acted true to form. Opinion.

The eternal law

Nations gripped by antisemitism self-destruct. The eternal law took a pivotal turn when South Africa and Israel sent their diplomats packing. Opinion.

Tucker Carlson nominated for the ‘Antisemite of the Year’ award

Nick Fuentes who was not, feels insulted. Do the judges realize that both Jew-baiting and witch hunting are where the money is? Opinion.

Bias thicker than Christianity:

What Tucker Carlson shares with popes, archbishops and priests

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

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.

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.

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.

Will the Gaza crazies beat swords into ploughshares?

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.

The day the Palestinians were born

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

The Battle Hymn of Palestine

But after recognition, who will occupy it? Opinion.

The "Palestine" fantasy:

The key to rescuing Israel from Global Pariah

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

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.

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.

Two Music Festivals, one lesson about antisemitism

Tucker Carlson does not fit the bill. Opinion.

Having 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

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.

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 toolkit for punishing antisemitism

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Will all Hell break loose?

South African Jews wait for Trump to force regime change

Afrikaners have set an example to follow. Opinion.

After the Bibas 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.

Trump executive order on 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.

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 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 second coming should sanction 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.

Zuckerberg: damned when he censors, damned when he doesn’t

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

How to tell the difference between ‘pro-Palestine’ 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.

ICC arrest warrants, dark fantasy, abusers, godless Anglicans

The war on Israel makes for weird allies. Opinion.

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.

Flipping dead icons to gaslight genocide

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

How the ‘Grey Lady’ cover of Sinwar 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.

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.

Biden's 'Don't' is now addressed to Israel

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.

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.

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.

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.

UNRWA:

The humanitarian snake head is harder to beat than proxy armies

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

The most problematic question

Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? Opinion.

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

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

Pro-Israel governments may be riddled with antisemites

By means of creative bookkeeping western powers have turbo charged Hamas, again and again. When someone sets up, deliberately or not, Jews to be murdered there can be no question, the acts of that person or government are antisemitic. Op-ed.

The UNiversal Axis of Evil closes in on Israel.

International courts dovetail with humanitarian UN brigades and Joe Biden to beget a perfect storm. Opinion.

Trying to define antisemitism is a pettifogging fetish

Sartre: The anti-Semite has murderous instincts but has found a means of sating them. His thunderous diatribes at the ‘Yids’ are really capital executions.. He is a murderer who represses and censures his tendency to murder without being able to hold it back, yet dares to kill only in effigy. Opinion.

Columbia U. is the testing ground for definitions of antisemitism

The definition from 2,000 years ago proves to be the most accurate and practical. Why? Because every pro-Hamas has been caught harbouring a flagrant ambition to witness the liquidation of Zionists. Opinion.

Don’t let anti-Semites get away with murder

Why pressure Israel? Why not tell Hamas to stop fighting? Because its survival to kill Jews is more important than ending civilian suffering in Gaza. This is what anti-Semitism means. Opinion.

Criminal fools and genocide plotters confront Israel

Israelis are self-centered, Indyk gripes. When will they put away their Oct 7 obsession and think of the Palestinian Arabs? Shouldn’t he be addressing that question to Hamas? Tell them to think of the Palestinian Arabs once in a while. And leave the Jews alone Op-ed.

South African Jews have lost the plot – again

Past gaffs have taught communal bodies mostly nothing, leaving a vulnerable and stressed community unprepared for greater shocks to come. Opinion.

UNRWA and the question that is never asked

UNRWA fired the workers who took part in the massacre. Does something sound wrong in that sentence? Opinion.

Defunding UNRWA alone is nonsensical

‘Ad Hoc Court’ in The Hague rules that UNRWA dovetails with the International Court of Justice and the Human Rights Council. Opinion.

The ICJ could go either way on genocide

Don’t dismiss a corrupt, down and out country. South Africa as an Iranian proxy can make bad mischief for Israel. Opinion.

The ICJ is a serial abuser of international law

At the same time the court monitors Israel’s every act minutely like a prisoner on death row. Opinion.

Israel on trial for genocide-don't take it lightly

Buzz words are intended to hide the truth rather than tell the truth. The ruling clique of South Africa, basically a criminal syndicate, deems it not desirable for Israel to dismantle its ally in crime, Hamas. Op-ed.

First the Aryan Jesus, now the Palestinian Jesus

Robbing Jews of identity paves the way for genocide  What better way than the canard that Jesus was an Aryan-and now a Palestinian. Opinion

Making anti-Semitism complex has failed to fight it

The torrent of raw hatred unleashed by Oct 7 validated a one-piece identikit. Opinion.