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>>>>Besides being accused by William Buckley of being an anti-Semite and being fired from NR

That is a blatant lie. I have a copy of William F. Buckley’s 1991 book, “In Search of Anti-Semitism”, which he wrote describing his conflicts with Joe Sobran and Pat Buchanan. On page 11 of the book, Buckley defended Sobran against accusations that he was anti-semitic, by noting that:

“Those who know Joe Sobran know not only that he does not harbor ethnic prejudices, but that he regards such prejudice as sinful, despised by God, and therefore despised by man” (Buckley 1991, p. 11)

Buckley however accused Sobran of violating “the structure of prevailing taboos” when talking about Jews in America in the post World War Two era. What Buckley meant was that, while Sobran’s comments about Jews may have been acceptable by mainstream Americans in the pre-war years, in the post World War Two era, mainstream media writers were obligated to show extra sensitivity to Jews because of the European Holocaust.

Sobran can be accused of insensitivity to Jews and Israel, but he never crossed the line to overt anti-semitism in his comments, the way David Duke does. Buckley fired Sobran from National Review for insurbodination, after both men fiercely disagreed over the first Iraq War of 1991. Sobran wrote a long essay later in 1991, describing the dispute that led to his firing. Both men reconciled before Buckley’s death in 2008, and Sobran had a very nice column about his former boss at his passing.

Sobran had a very nice column about his former boss at his passing.

I don't know if you are talking about this article, which was written when Buckley had become seriously ill. Regardless, it's a very eloquent, classy, and truly Christian piece of prose.

Buckley however accused Sobran of violating “the structure of prevailing taboos

To be specific, Buckley accused Sobran of "contextual" anti- Semitism, and also accused him of libel and moral incapacitation, before firing him from NR.

It is indisputable that his last 10 years at least he ended up in some weird place where the US was responsible for the 9-11 attacks, George Bush was on the verge of nuking Syria, and the Jew-Zionist conspiracy ran US foreign policy, and so on. A bit deranged, was he.

Sobran can be accused of insensitivity to Jews and Israel, but he never crossed the line to overt anti-semitism in his comments, the way David Duke does. Buckley fired Sobran from National Review for insurbodination, after both men fiercely disagreed over the first Iraq War of 1991. Sobran wrote a long essay later in 1991, describing the dispute that led to his firing. Both men reconciled before Buckley’s death in 2008, and Sobran had a very nice column about his former boss at his passing.

Sobran most definitely did cross into explicit antisemitism. In The Church and Jewish Ideology, Sobran blames communism and leftism on Jews and the Talmud, despite communism being anti-Jewish. (Marx and Sobran's antisemitms is not that disimmelar. They want to end Judaism and wretched Jewishness by having Jews convert. Of course, Marx Wanted Jewish to become communists.)

Sobran's “For Fear of the Jews” was a speech given at a Holocaust Denial conference for IHR. There Sobran tries to redefine antisemitism out of existance and paint those who dislike Jews as victimes of Jewish power.

Sobran didn't like any Jews, except those that converted.