Steve Apfel is director of the School of Management Accounting, Johannesburg. He is the author of the book,'Hadrian's Echo: The whys and wherefores of Israel's critics' (2012) and a contributor to, "War by other means." (Israel Affairs, Special Issue. July 2012) and his new work, 'Bilaam's Curse: The enemies of Zion' will be published by Hamilton Books this year
A Dybbuk in the White House
Debate Obama's grip on reality; fret at the madness of trusting Iran to abide by unverifiable terms. Say what you like. But the Iran deal effectively means that a president of America has decamped to the enemy
- 24 April 2015
Behind Obama’s love affair with Iran
The murder of dozens of Jews in Buenos Aires 20 years ago by Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists is being whitewashed in Barack Obama and the West's desperate policy of making nice with Tehran
- 26 January 2015
Israel and the cost of being too clever
Oslo marked a quick and extreme conversion from old beliefs to a new faith in miraculously turning enemies into friends by giving land away. But Israel is never thanked for it, indeed it is hated more, in the MidEast and the West. Surely there's a lesson?
- 14 December 2014
The Biblical roots of BDS
Think of the worst crimes a state can be guilty of. Then dishonestly make them peculiar Israeli crimes. Apartheid, ethnic cleansing, occupation, war crimes of every description. But it's all been seen before
- 19 November 2014
Moses in human rights garb
A sensitivity to human rights at Passover time draws Jews to think of Moses as a template devotee. That's all well and good. But they ought to have their own people above any other in mind
- 22 April 2014
Anti-Zionists want the Israeli people to die
Anti-Zionism is an annihilationist ideology. They don't want an entire people, the people of Israel, to live
- 11 April 2014
Guests from hell
Whoever heard of a Palestinian Solidarity Committee laying the welcome mat for Israel-supporters, opening its door to Zionists? "Open Hillel" is very, very, very, strange!
- 27 March 2014
Academic boycotters: Knuckleheads in faculty gowns
The Israel persecuting, prosecuting don might be a knucklehead, but is undeniably a savvy knucklehead. Money talks, far louder than integrity
- 12 March 2014
Guess which industry just can't afford to boycott Israel
Teaser: Which multi-billion dollar industry just cannot afford to boycott Israel? Paradox: this industry calls for boycotts, but its life depends on it not doing so itself. Getting warmer?
- 5 March 2014
The lawless label: "Made by Jews"
Warning labels are in vogue. ‘Cigarettes can seriously damage your health’. ‘Caution -- hot liquid!’ Anti-Israel advocates also want to develop public fear and loathing. ‘Warning -- Jewish-made products can kill!’
- 27 February 2014
The International Community: A figment of the mind
The "international community" is a shifty and shadowy ideal. Demands and verdicts are made on its behalf. The casualty is usually Israel, which tells you pretty much all you need to know
- 17 February 2014
The Zionist Lobby: What's the big deal?
Why is the so-called Zionist lobby pilloried and not its pro-boycott adversary? A small but economically powerful Jewish minority has a perfect right to try its hand at some arm-twisting
- 11 February 2014
Jews on the Left take the dumb side
In a piece on the Left which is sure to stir the pot, Steve Apfel wonders aloud on how and why some Jewish Leftists adopt a position on Israel that, for all the world, could be seen as quintessentially dumb!
- 5 February 2014
Civilized Holocaust denial
Denying the Holocaust doesn't necessarily mean baldly saying it didn't happen. Denial can be accomplished by false parallel, and often is. Indeed, the whole shoddy business can be made to look quite "civilised"
- 28 January 2014
The two state solution. So, Israel and...?
Not even the UN could plan for a Palestinian state before there was a Palestinian people to govern it. Just who or what will scramble for Palestine if independence ever comes we don’t rightly know
- 19 January 2014
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