وكالة الصحافة الفلسطينية | |
Formation | July 2009 |
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Type | News agency |
Official language | Arabic |
Website |
safa |
The Palestinian Press Agency ( Arabic: وكالة الصحافة الفلسطينية), also known as the Safa News Agency (stylized as SAFA), is a Gaza-based Palestinian news agency affiliated with Hamas. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The agency was launched on July 5, 2009, and headed by Yasser Abu-Hin, who previously directed Hamas-affiliated PalMedia. [3] [2] Abu-Hin states that the agency is independent and not affiliated with Hamas. He described Safa's goal as to "expose the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people as a national priority." According to Wael Abdelal of Qatar University, Hamas leaders who work in media such as Safa are generally reticent to publicly declare media institutions' affiliation with Hamas. [7]
Facebook deleted the agency's page in March 2018 as part of a broader blocking of Palestinian accounts for alleged incitement. According to Palestinian activists, Facebook deleted the accounts of more than 500 journalists and pages since the beginning of 2018. [1] [8]
وكالة الصحافة الفلسطينية | |
Formation | July 2009 |
---|---|
Type | News agency |
Official language | Arabic |
Website |
safa |
The Palestinian Press Agency ( Arabic: وكالة الصحافة الفلسطينية), also known as the Safa News Agency (stylized as SAFA), is a Gaza-based Palestinian news agency affiliated with Hamas. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The agency was launched on July 5, 2009, and headed by Yasser Abu-Hin, who previously directed Hamas-affiliated PalMedia. [3] [2] Abu-Hin states that the agency is independent and not affiliated with Hamas. He described Safa's goal as to "expose the crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people as a national priority." According to Wael Abdelal of Qatar University, Hamas leaders who work in media such as Safa are generally reticent to publicly declare media institutions' affiliation with Hamas. [7]
Facebook deleted the agency's page in March 2018 as part of a broader blocking of Palestinian accounts for alleged incitement. According to Palestinian activists, Facebook deleted the accounts of more than 500 journalists and pages since the beginning of 2018. [1] [8]