Media

 

If you are looking for a source of "local" news in the West Bank and Gaza, [hard to come by in the mainstream media] - check out the website of the International Middle East Media Center and the Alternative Information Center

The links under the Question of Palestine section contain additional media sources. Below are media sites that may overlap the afore-mentioned lists with brief descriptions.

A different kind of media, a repository of Palestinian-produced films from Dreams of a Nation can be found here.

 
- ON THE NET...
The Palestine Media Center
The Palestine Media Center is an independent official institution. The decision to establish the PMC stemmed from the urgent need to provide a reliable and professional media source that will cater the media with accurate, timely and informative news relevant to the Palestinian reality.


The Electronic Intifada

The Electronic Intifada project (EI) is an online educational gateway to information about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, produced by a small network of activists with a history of Internet and alternative media development.
EI undertakes research, and compiles and publishes reference material, commentary & analysis, personal journals from the frontlines of the conflict, media news and analysis, and even satire.

The Independent Media Center - Palestine [Jerusalem Indymedia]
This center was founded to record and explore the current practices of the Israeli occupation and the real background to the conflict. For the first time this will be a truly free forum for the Palestinian people who choose to participate. The unique characters in our voluntary group come from many parts of Palestine but the majority are refugees from areas now occupied by Israel.

Palestine-Israel Journal
The Palestine-Israel Journal is an independent quarterly that aims to shed light on, and analyze freely and critically, the complex issues dividing Israelis and Palestinians. It will also devote space to relevant Middle East and international affairs.

The Journal's purpose is to promote rapproachment and better understanding between the peoples; but it will strive to discuss all the issues without prejudice and without taboos.

The Alternative Information Center
The AIC is a Palestinian-Israeli organization which disseminates information, research and political analysis on Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while promoting cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis based on the values of social justice, solidarity and community involvement.

The San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center
The San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center (SF IMC) is a non-commercial, democratic collective of bay area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network.

Palestine Media Watch
PMWATCH was established in October of 2000 to promote fair and accurate coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the US mainstream media. PMWATCH seeks to: (1) identify, report on, and protest clear journalistic failures by the US media in covering the conflict, and (2) help media outlets with access to pro-Palestinian points of view and voices for interviews, op-eds, or background discussions, whether here in the United States, in Israel, or in the Occupied Territories.

Middle East Research & Information Project
MERIP provides information and analysis on the Middle East targeted in part at other media. MERIP is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC; and labels itself as "A completely independent organization, it has no links to any religious, educational or political organizations in the US or elsewhere."

Palestinian Newspapers Online & Other News Sites in English
A collection of other sites provided by World-Newspapers.com

 
- RADIO
KPFA FM 94.1 Berkeley [Flashpoints w/ Dennis Bernstein]
KPFB 89.3 Berkeley
KFCF Fresno
Pacifica Radio Archives
KPFK Los Angeles
KPFT Houston
WBAI New York
WPFW Washington, DC
 
- TELEVISION
WorldLink TV
OneWorld TV
LinkTV

 

 

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