http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Sat, 26 May 2012 11:05:34 ESTCopyright 2012 Electronic Intifada, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/corruption-investigations-begin-in-post-mubarak-egypt-48841.htmCAIRO, Egypt (IPS) - Egyptian authorities have opened dozens of criminal investigations into hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public land contracts that were awarded illegally to real estate developers associated with former president Hosni Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:09:41 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/corruption-investigations-begin-in-post-mubarak-egypt-48841.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/israel-hampers-aid-agencies-at-gaza-crossings-48679.htmTrucker Nazar Zarro makes the journey to the Gaza's commercial crossing five days per week. (Erica RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) - Trucker Nazar Zarro hoists himself up into the cab of Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:32:02 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/israel-hampers-aid-agencies-at-gaza-crossings-48679.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/blockade-denying-gaza-youth-education-employment-47684.htmUndergraduate students at Islamic University in Gaza City. (Erica RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) - The next generation in the Gaza Strip may be less educated, less professional and perhaps Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:28:12 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/blockade-denying-gaza-youth-education-employment-47684.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/gaza-reconstruction-held-hostage-to-politics-45368.htmOne of Emad al-Khaldi's pilot projects to provide Palestinians in Gaza with shelter. (Emad al-Khaldi) Controversy has arisen between the Hamas-led government and the United Nations agency for Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:00:02 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/gaza-reconstruction-held-hostage-to-politics-45368.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/arab-women-lead-the-charge-for-political-change-44532.htmEgyptian women demonstrate at Cairo's Tahrir Square (Matthew cassel) CAIRO (IPS) - Asmaa Mahfouz, a 26-year-old Egyptian woman who two weeks ago had only one name, now boasts at least three. Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:15:48 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/arab-women-lead-the-charge-for-political-change-44532.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/obama-envoy-wisner-works-for-egypt-military-business-lobbyists-43814.htmUS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, on 14 September 2010. (State Department photo) WASHINGTON (IPS) - When Major Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:35:16 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/obama-envoy-wisner-works-for-egypt-military-business-lobbyists-43814.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/its-not-just-tunisians-who-are-hungry-42358.htmTwenty percent of Egyptians live in poverty. (Matthew Cassel) CAIRO (IPS) - "Break my heart but don't come near my bread" goes an old Arabic proverb. Failure to observe it has often come at a Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:44:12 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/its-not-just-tunisians-who-are-hungry-42358.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/latin-american-nations-recognize-a-palestinian-state-40430.htmBUENOS AIRES (IPS) - With the string of announcements in South America of recognition of a Palestinian state this month, the region's integration process showed a new interest in and capacity to reach common positions in the realm of foreign policy. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:13:26 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/latin-american-nations-recognize-a-palestinian-state-40430.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/hunger-and-poverty-worsen-in-gaza-34255.htmGAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - "Sometimes, for a day or two we don't even have bread, nor flour to make bread. There's a store nearby that, when we are truly desperate, lets us take a bag of bread or something simple, on credit. I owe them a Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:50:47 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/hunger-and-poverty-worsen-in-gaza-34255.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/gaza-is-a-man-made-crisis-31234.htmThe UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) says 222,000 children are enrolled in its schools in Gaza. (Suhair GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IRIN) - The quality of life, the economy and food Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:52:35 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/gaza-is-a-man-made-crisis-31234.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/gaza-crisis-far-beyond-humanitarian-27499.htmAn elderly man sits outside his UNRWA-supplied tent in northern Gaza. His home was destroyed in the winter 2008-09 Israeli assault. (Suhair DUBAI (IRIN) - With a failing economy, rising Wed, 19 May 2010 10:41:14 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/gaza-crisis-far-beyond-humanitarian-27499.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/israel-winning-its-war-on-goats-26410.htmPalestinians smuggle goats through a tunnel between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, December 2008. (Hatem GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Nine-year-old Ismail spends every afternoon Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:14:24 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/israel-winning-its-war-on-goats-26410.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/obama-said-to-mull-israel-palestinian-peace-plan-25676.htmWASHINGTON (IPS) - Amid still-unresolved tensions over Jewish settlement expansion in East Jerusalem, two major publications reported Wednesday that US President Barack Obama is seriously considering proposing later this year a US peace plan to resolve Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:40:22 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/obama-said-to-mull-israel-palestinian-peace-plan-25676.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/eu-boosts-ties-with-israel-ignores-settlements-and-occupation-24799.htmBRUSSELS (IPS) - Diplomats representing the European Union (EU) have drawn up a new plan for strengthening their relations with Israel despite the expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Spain, the current holder of Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:47:58 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/eu-boosts-ties-with-israel-ignores-settlements-and-occupation-24799.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/dflps-saleh-zeidan-obamas-speech-should-become-action-24507.htmSaleh Zeidan (Rami Almeghari) Saleh Zeidan, Gaza-based leader of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), spoke to The Electronic Intifada correspondent Rami Almeghari about Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:43:46 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/dflps-saleh-zeidan-obamas-speech-should-become-action-24507.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/palestinian-women-become-breadwinners-under-occupation-23684.htmRAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, with its ubiquitous closures, checkpoints, military raids and arrests, has decimated the Palestinian economy in the West Bank and Gaza. The World Bank (WB) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:37:20 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/palestinian-women-become-breadwinners-under-occupation-23684.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/nightmares-continue-to-plague-gaza-children-21924.htmMona al-Samouni shows a photo of her parents who she witnessed being killed in Israel's assault on Gaza in January 2009. (Suhair OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP (IRIN) - Mona al-Samouni, 12, is depressed Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:50:49 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/nightmares-continue-to-plague-gaza-children-21924.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/hamas-parliamentarian-we-accept-existence-of-israel-within-1967-21786.htmDr. Mahmoudi Ramahi, surgeon and secretary general of the Palestinian Legislative Council. (Mel RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Palestinian politics are at an impasse. The four-year term of Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:28:46 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/hamas-parliamentarian-we-accept-existence-of-israel-within-1967-21786.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/floods-bring-more-misery-for-tented-communities-in-gaza-21656.htmConditions in al-Mughraqa, central Gaza Strip are "shocking." (Suhair OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP (IRIN) - Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza made homeless by Israel's 23-day military assault on the Gaza Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:56:14 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/floods-bring-more-misery-for-tented-communities-in-gaza-21656.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/humanitarian-rights-orgs-decry-international-communitys-betrayal-20007.htmThe international community has betrayed the people of Gaza by failing to back their words with effective action to secure the ending of the Israeli blockade which is preventing reconstruction and recovery, say a group of 16 leading humanitarian and Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:57:31 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/humanitarian-rights-orgs-decry-international-communitys-betrayal-20007.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/palestinian-refugees-in-jordan-stuck-in-a-no-mans-land-19994.htmAMMAN (IPS) - Music enlivens the yellow taxi as it traverses the Jordanian capital. A small Palestinian flag hangs from the rearview mirror. Jihad, the cab driver, says his father fled here from the Palestinian West Bank in 1948, later occupied by Israel Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:11:27 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/palestinian-refugees-in-jordan-stuck-in-a-no-mans-land-19994.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/palestine-refugees-face-service-cuts-due-to-unrwa-financial-19702.htmMuhammad al-Hatoum (center) with other workers outside the al-Shati refugee camp. The United Nations agency Palestine refugees (UNRWA) faces a severe deficit that could lead to cuts of essential Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:04:42 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/palestine-refugees-face-service-cuts-due-to-unrwa-financial-19702.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/israeli-physicists-supply-solar-and-wind-power-to-palestinian-17988.htmSUSYA, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli physicists. The Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:54:20 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/israeli-physicists-supply-solar-and-wind-power-to-palestinian-17988.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/how-israel-bought-off-uns-war-crimes-probe-16839.htmIsrael celebrated at the weekend its success at the United Nations in forcing the Palestinians to defer demands that the International Criminal Court investigate allegations of war crimes committed by Israel during its winter assault on the Gaza Strip. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:33:43 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/how-israel-bought-off-uns-war-crimes-probe-16839.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Developmenthttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/jerusalem-palestinians-defining-their-own-future-16507.htmOCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM (IPS) - Almost a year ago a barely noticed event took place in Sawarha, a Palestinian neighborhood in the Israeli-occupied part of the city. On that November day, Israeli Jerusalemites were voting in a new mayor and a new city Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:54:11 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/palestine/development/jerusalem-palestinians-defining-their-own-future-16507.htmTRCB.comNews Palestine / Development