Palestine updates

Hamas lauds anti-siege positions of Egypt's new FM
	Hamas has lauded positions held by newly named Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi.
Resheq: Hamas to launch a comprehensive political initiative
	Ezzet Al-Resheq, a political bureau member of Hamas, said that his movement was about to launch a new political initiative for national salvation.
Khreisha: PA denying passports to select Gaza citizens
	The second deputy speaker of the PLC Hassan Khreisha has confirmed that Palestinian Authority intelligence has interfered in issuing passports to certain citizens in Gaza.
IOF troops serve demolition notices, detain ten Palestinians including children
	Israeli occupation forces (IOF) served demolition notices to a number of citizens in Beit Ummar village, Al-Khalil, claiming that their houses were in proximity to the Quds-Khalil bypass road.
Israeli reports reveal increase in settlement activity, demolitions
	Recent Israeli reports reveal a marked increase in settlement activity and demolitions in the occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Urgent appeal for releasing mother of two kids from Israeli jails
	In conjunction with the 100th celebration of international women's day, a Palestinian mother of two kids called Iman Ghazzawi, 35, has been locked up in Israeli jails for 10 years.
Independent commission to prosecute PA for job discrimination
	The Palestinian independent commission for human rights said it intends to file a lawsuit with the higher court against the policy of security survey pursued by the Fatah-controlled PA.
Poll: Israel among the world's least popular countries
	An annual opinion poll conducted by the BBC revealed that Israel’s popularity in the world declined greatly.
Peace Now: 70 Israeli outposts are built on private lands in W. Bank
	Peace Now movement said that about 70 Israeli settlement outposts are built on private Palestinian lands and 16 percent of the West Bank lands has been declared as a state land.
Palestinian teen dies in tunnel collapse
	A Palestinian teenager died on Monday when a tunnel collapsed over his head in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip, medical sources said.