The International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) is an independent news organization run by

Palestinians Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenou ...

living in the

State of Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

, working together with international journalists, who report on events in both

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

and the

. The IMEMC is published in English, whilst briefly providing Spanish coverage in 2008, supported by volunteers, though this was stopped due to lack of funding. Starting as a single section of the Palestinian Centre for Rapprochement between People (PCR) website in 2002 called “Pal Media Alert”, it gained its own identity when founded as its own entity in 2003 when its own separate website was created under

Ghassan Andoni Ghassan Andoni (; born 1956) is a Palestinian activist. Born in Beit Sahour to a Palestinian Christian family, he is a professor of physics at Bir Zeit University at the West Bank. He advocates nonviolent resistance in the Israeli-Palestinian c ...

. IMEMC was created as the PCR upon reviewing international media found many international sources didn't send journalists into Palestine but that they had them stationed in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

reporting from information from the Government Press Office. "The IMEMC sought to connect media activists worldwide with the

nonviolent resistance Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, construct ...

movement inside Palestine. In 2008, the IMEMC connected with community radio stations, social movements, and media activists across several conti‐ nents to produce Radio Free Palestine'. As of 2021 IMEMC has been a project that is supported by the American-based

nonprofit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

If Americans Knew If Americans Knew is a nonprofit organization based in Riverside County in Southern California that focuses on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the foreign policy of the United States regarding the Middle East, offering analysis of Americ ...

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* http://www.imemc.org/ Mass media in Palestine Alternative journalism organizations {{Palestine-stub

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