Yousef El-Issa (alternative: ''Yusuf al-‘Isa'') ( ar, يوسف العيسى) was a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

journalist. He established the Filastin newspaper with his cousin

Issa El-Issa Issa Daoud El-Issa ( ar, عيسى داود العيسى, his surname also spelt al Issa and Elissa) was a Palestinian Christian poet and journalist. With his cousin Yousef El-Issa, he founded and edited the biweekly newspaper '' Filastin'' in 191 ...

in 1911, based in his hometown of Jaffa. ''Filastin'' became one of the most prominent and long running in the country at the time, was dedicated to

Arab Nationalism Arab nationalism ( ar, القومية العربية, al-Qawmīya al-ʿArabīya) is a nationalist ideology that asserts the Arabs are a nation and promotes the unity of Arab people, celebrating the glories of Arab civilization, the language an ...

and the cause of the

Arab Orthodox Arab Christians ( ar, ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, translit=al-Masīḥīyyūn al-ʿArab) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic-speakers who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who l ...

in their struggle with the

Greek-Orthodox The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also call ...

Patriarchate in Jerusalem. They were passionately opposed to

Zionism Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a Nationalism, nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is ...

and Jewish immigration to

Palestine __NOTOC__ Palestine may refer to: * State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia * Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia * Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East J ...

. He has been described by a researcher to be "a founder of modern journalism in Palestine". ''Al-Muqattam'', one of the most read dailies in Egypt, commented in an editorial when El-Issa was editor-in-chief (1911-1914):

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Issa 1870 births 1948 deaths Arab people in Mandatory Palestine Eastern Orthodox Christians from Palestine People from Jaffa Palestinian journalists Palestinian newspaper founders Palestinian newspaper publishers (people) Palestinian nationalists

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