Outlet profile

Palestinian Information Center

Hamas-affiliated

Owned byNot publicly disclosed; widely identified by researchers and media-monitoring groups as affiliated with, and reflecting the editorial line of, Hamas. It does not disclose its physical headquarters or the identities of its owners/operators.

FundingNot transparently disclosed. No public record of advertising, subscription, or state-budget funding; its lack of disclosed ownership makes its financing opaque, which watchdog groups cite as a credibility concern.

On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

PIC was launched in Arabic on December 1, 1997, and in English on January 1, 1998, later expanding into additional languages; it has become one of the most-visited Palestinian-focused news sites. Media-monitoring organizations, including Media Bias/Fact Check, identify it as aligned with Hamas and rate its factual reporting as mixed, citing frequent lack of sourcing, absence of links to verify claims, and non-disclosure of ownership or location. Its content is generally pro-Palestinian-resistance and anti-Israel, often using emotionally charged framing when covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In June 2017, the Palestinian Authority's public prosecutor ordered PIC blocked in the West Bank along with at least ten other news websites, reflecting tensions between the PA (led by the rival Fatah faction) and Hamas-aligned media. It is not considered an independent or professionally transparent news organization by Western fact-checking and media-bias groups, but rather an outlet serving as a mouthpiece for Hamas's perspective.

Sources

Profile compiled 2026-09-24; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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