“Palestine’s voice to the world … The world’s voice to Palestine” is the slogan The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) has been raising for 18 years to defend a just cause.
Monday March 30 2015 in accordance with the Palestinian Land Day The Palestinian Information Center inaugurated its regional office in the Gaza Strip as the first regional office in Palestine since the website was first launched. The office is meant to build bridges with all Palestinian organizations and to break all Israeli obstacles set before the Palestinians.
Ihab al-Ghussien Information Undersecretary along with a number of local community leaders attended the inauguration ceremony. A parliamentary delegation of the Palestinian Legislative Council headed by MP Huda Naem also took part in the ceremony.
Rezeq Al-Gharabli head of the regional office in the Gaza Strip confirmed that The Palestinian Information Center was initially launched to convey the message of Palestine to the world. He indicated that the website was widely welcomed as a professional eye on the Palestinian cause.
Background
A number of Palestinian press and media figures launched the Palestinian Information Center website in 1997 as the first Palestinian news website. The website had a significant impact in highlighting the Palestinian cause especially as the Arab media began to ignore the Palestinian cause and people.
Website
The website conveys all what is related to the Palestinian cause with its political religious and cultural dimensions declaring bias for truth and humanity in representation of the voice of resistance. In addition the website is an effort to expose the Israeli occupation’s terrorism through news stories reports news features articles photos and videos of the crimes practiced against the people of Palestine.
Objectives
PIC is meant to provide honestly balanced information and media service about the Palestinian cause along with a profound coverage of the daily Palestinian issues. It also seeks to raise awareness regarding the Palestinian cause and to connect the developments with the historical context.
The website’s aims additionally include connecting the Arab Islamic and international worlds with the Palestinian cause.
PIC attempts to uncover the conspiracies against the Palestinian rights in parallel with showing the Palestinian dignified resilience and resistance despite the Israeli oppression. Further it is one of the most important archives for the Palestinian struggle.
Policies and principles
Since it was first launched The Palestinian Information Center has been working to truthfully cover the Palestinian cause at all levels.
It has been working hard to confront the disinformation campaigns that aim to deform the cause of Palestine. Furthermore the website aims to support the Palestinians in their resistance and struggle in defending their land.
Moreover the website adopts the constructive criticism without insulting or harassing any party as well as working on what unites the people.
Languages
PIC started in Arabic language on December 1 1997. It then expanded to have seven other languages as follows:
-English since 1998.
-Russian since 2001.
-Malay since 2001.
-Persian since 2002.
-Urdu since 2002.
-French since 2003.
-Turkish since 2007.
Editorial policy
The Palestinian Information Center publishes more than 70 articles on a daily basis including reports news studies and translations. Additionally the website covers the daily Palestinian events and news with a national frame to help call for the rights and uncover the misleading information.
The Center adopts a credible editorial viewpoint. Likewise it is one of the Center’s concerns to work professionally by not publishing the inaccurate news.
New stage
PIC has recently witnessed a development in the work as it provides more than a hundred monthly reports in addition to a number of reports from the department of research and studies. Furthermore it has newly started producing TV reports covering the suffering of the Palestinian people.
The Center also works on launching campaigns against settlement and Judaization along with other issues related to Palestine.
Social media
Palestinian Information Center has been paying more attention to the role of the social media in the world of today. Therefore it has been utilizing the social networks especially Palestine Dialogue Forum increasing the number of followers and the quality of interaction on that forum.
Currently there are about 720000 following the Forum’s Facebook page and around 60000 Twitter followers.
Palestine Dialogue Forum
Palestine Dialogue Forum is a pro-resistance part of the Palestinian Information Center. It was launched in 2001.
The Forum is considered the most prominent Palestinian and Arab online dialogue forum in regard to its visitors in general and active members in particular. It has become a place for an enormous number of members exceeding 110000 mostly youth active members.
