Mission Statement

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The Palestine Telegraph:

Mission Statement

For a long time, the Palestinian cause has been forgotten by mainstream media outlets. The International Media that does cover Palestinian news does it through a one-sided perspective, favoring Israel. These media channels and agencies show relentless biases for Israel via the words and failing to report on the entire story. That is, more often than not, only one perspective--an Israeli one--is shown to the overwhelming majority of the viewing audience. The most recent example of this is the assault on Gaza that erupted on December 27, 2008 and ended on January 17, 2009. It killed 1,412 human beings and injured countless others. The majority were women and children.

Mainstream media outlets presented a distorted and biased view of the actual facts on the ground during the war. In particular, mainstream media attempted to manipulate the facts to portray the Palestinians as the one who started the war. However, the footages, features and photos done by Gazans helped to provide a balance. The war and its portrayal by mainstream media led a group of Palestinian and International Journalists to found The Palestine Telegraph, a Palestinian-independent, online newspaper, led by Gazan Journalist Sameh A. Habeeb. The Palestine Telegraph seeks to provide the balance not offered in English-based mainstream media. It offers the voice of Palestine in an English-based platform.

Mission

The Palestine Telegraph/PT is the first Electronic Newspaper based in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, staffed by Palestinians and international volunteers; professional journalists and members of the New Fourth Estate - citizen journalists who do not take assignments from editors or paychecks from corporate controlled media.

The PT staff aspires to move the paper from an online-based source to print media in order to increase awareness worldwide. In the future and if the logistics are available, the PT will print in additional languages spoken around the world.

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Vision

The Palestine Telegraph is dedicated to changing our world through Palestinian journalistic viewpoint. This generation will not endure the denial of their inalienable human rights. They will know a life of liberty, which means freedom, and the pursuit of happiness.

The Palestine Telegraph is an all volunteer effort - our words, photos, and videos are our only weapons and our doors are wide open to thoughtful, committed citizens, who seek to change the world.

The Palestine Telegraph welcomes submissions from professional journalists, citizen journalists, and all forces for peace and justice.

The Palestine Telegraph will give voice to those forgotten, forsaken and beaten down by the powerful. The media must become a sanctuary for dissent and advocate for those crying unheard.

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Mission Statement
Monday, 09 October 2006

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Amal Nasr - Thanks

|213.6.179.xxx |2009-05-06 13:15:46

Dear....
I am Amal Nasr. I learned accidently about The Palestine Telegraph in which I am
fascinated that it typified my dream of Palestinian journalism. I strogly believe in the role of
the intellectual as in
his " A New current In Palestine" Edward Said emphasis' the role of
the intellectual by revealing some of the Israeli numerous violations against Palestinians. As, for
instance, when Mustafa Barghouthi held a press conference with about twenty Europeans in east
Jerusalem, the Israelis arrested, detained and interrogated him, breaking his knee with a rifle on
the pretext that he was disturbing peace. Said concludes that Israel has more to fear from people
like Barghouthi who is self-possessed, rational, and respected Palestinian than from the bearded
Islamic radicals that Sharon loves to misrepresent as Israel's quintessential trorist threat. I
actually have deep intrest in press and believe in it's profound massage to ...

Shamim - A simple muslim with a conscience

|92.238.243.xxx |2009-09-05 13:40:49

Long overdue.

Long live Palestine and long live Paltelegraph. Congratulations to you all on
your achievement. Subhanallah.

Dr James B Thring - Justice for Palestine

|188.221.149.xxx |2009-10-31 17:53:52

I admire the creation of a respectable english newspaper from Palestine.

[Unfortunately, the
Telegraph in the UK has a zionist link and pro-zion views. Hopefully the association will be
ignored]

I hope you will include articles, not only on the Goldstone Report but on how it should
be taken forward so that the culprits cannot escape sentences for their war crimes. The ICC penalty
for War Crimes may be Life imprisonment. But of course, it needs every civilized country to indict
the felons because they will avoid the Court and avoid those countries that will implement the
verdict.

It could be a relatively simple matter of writing to the Attorney General of every
country legally signed up to the Geneva Conventions (about 120) reminding them that they are obliged
to investigate War Crimes charges, prosecute the suspects and award prison sentences accordingly.
Not to do so is another offence under the Conventions.

Yours sinc...

Waleed Abu Sultan - Blessed Work; Go On

|188.161.187.xxx |2009-12-28 14:03:29

The Palestine Telegraph is dedicated to changing our world through Palestinian journalistic
viewpoint.

It is an amazingly great statement. This statement shall be by, as I do anticipate
from this staff, the hardly continuous workــــ God be with you.

Go on, guys. Palestine is in
an urgent need for such peoples who still know what Palestine means, where Palestine locates, and
what Palestine needs!

I am with you heart and soul; I am ready to act in behalf of you .Thus, for
my part, I will spread this link out for all interested, especially the foreigners I am getting to
know.

Best of the best.

Waleed Abu Sultan.
Freelancer Translator, Gaza.