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The Palestinian Information Center
(PIC)
Type of site
News
Available in9 different languages
URLenglish.palinfo.com
CommercialNo
Launched1 January 1998
Current statusactive

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian news website and network that was established first in Arabic on 1 December 1997 and later in English on 1 January 1998.

History

The Palestinian Information Center is a Palestinian news website and network that was established first in Arabic on 1 December 1997 and later in English on 1 January 1998. Other 7 languages followed. It is one of the most viewed website in Palestine , PIC aims to promote awareness about Palestine, the Palestinians and the Palestinian issue.[1]

According to the Israeli scholars Tomer Mozes and Gabriel Weimann, the Palestine Information Center is the leading gateway site in Hamas' online propaganda network of twenty websites. They argue that the PIC's content and news coverage is primarily oriented towards Hamas's ideology and history.[2]

The Facebook page, which had close to 5 million followers, was taken down in October 2019, prompting protests using the hashtag #FBblocksPalestine.[3] Its website is blocked by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.[4]

References

  1. ^ "About Us – PIC". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ Mozes, Tomer; Weimann, Gabriel (2010). "The E-Marketing Strategy of Hamas". Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. 33 (3): 213–214. doi:10.1080/10576100903555762. S2CID 111124697.
  3. ^ "Facebook takes down page of Palestine news site". Middle East Monitor. 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Palestinian websites blocked in W. Bank: Local sources". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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