Paul Mutter

The Land of Israel caucus is urging the Israeli government to respond to the Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood by formally annexing all Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

“Price taggers” are Israeli settlers who retaliate for IDF removal of Israeli settlers from the West Bank by attacking Palestinians and IDF property.

Rick Perry called for cutting all U.S. aid to the Palestinians if the UN vote goes through, a measure already proposed by members of Congress.

Libya’s Transitional Council and Italy are likely to become fast friends because of oil.

Nothing like the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN to unite Democrats and Republicans together in opposition.

Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal warned the U.S. that its recalcitrance over the Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood will force Saudi Arabia to reconsider its ties with Washington.

Israeli Knesset Member Ben-Ari has announced a call to action for Israeli settlers to confront anticipated demonstrations in support of the Palestinian bid for statehood.

Israeli security forces report that they have arrested at least 100 suspected members of Hamas, claiming to have foiled multiple bombing and kidnapping plots.

When accused of killing too many civilians during their airstrikes on Yemen, the Saudis asked for drones to improve accuracy.

Extremists, whether Muslim, Christian or Jewish, are alarmist, anachronistic and most, of all, power-hungry.

Giving up nuclear weapons paved the way for Libya’s access to new technology, including surveillance programs.

Just as sports commentary draws from warfare, military intelligence lingo sometimes mimics sports talk.

Israeli denunciations of the “Arab Spring” are counterproductive because they only reinforce the perception that Israel supports dictatorial rule in the region.

Apparently Debbie Schlussel seeks to be the 21st century version of misanthropic 20th century commentator Westbrook Pegler, who lamented the failure of FDR’s would-be assassin.

One of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s responses to the recent middle-class protests was to build almost a thousand new houses for the settlers.

Maybe Pamela Geller just needs a big hug.

Islamophobes, passing themselves off as experts on Islam, have ingratiated themselves with the U.S. political establishment and intelligence agencies.

Arms control in a U.S. context tends to evoke more discussion about domestic gun ownership than, say, arms sales to repressive regimes.

Flush with victory from the passage of the anti-BDS bill by the Knesset, Israel’s two main parties are pushing new bills to limit dissent and debate within Israel.

A chilly reception for the Arab Spring in the Persian Gulf shows the strength of the U.S.-Saudi “special relationship.”