The Palestinian Press Agency ( ar, وكالة الصحافة الفلسطينية), also known as the Safa News Agency (stylized as SAFA), is a
Gaza-based Palestinian
news agency
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affiliated with
Hamas
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.
The agency was launched on July 5, 2009, and headed by Yasser Abu-Hin, who previously directed Hamas-affiliated PalMedia.
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.
Facebook
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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.
See also
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Wafa
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Organizations established in 2009
News agencies based in Palestine
Palestinian news websites
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