The German far-right “Alternative für Deutschland” (AfD) recently achieved a remarkable electoral success: More than 10.3 million citizens, or 20.8 percent of all participating voters, granted it a record 152 seats in the Bundestag,[1] German parliament’s lower chamber. The party is considered not only ultra-right, but is almost always called …

Latest Developments Plan Calls for Palestinian State on 1967 Borders: Representatives from Arab League nations endorsed Egypt’s five-year plan to rebuild Gaza without resettling its residents during an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4. The plan includes three phases and will cost an estimated $53 billion. Egypt’s plan also …

The Arab peace plan for Gaza sidelines the strip’s rulers, Hamas, as well as the internationally recognized, inept and corrupt Palestinian Authority (PA), but only for six months, “in preparation for enabling the PA to fully return to the Gaza Strip.” In the interim, a “Gaza Administration Committee is being …