WAFA

WAFA, the Palestine News and Information Agency, is the official news agency of the Palestinian Authority, founded in 1972 as the news agency of the PLO. Headquartered in Ramallah, it publishes in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew, carrying presidential statements and daily reporting from the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem from the perspective of the PA.

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WAFA at a glance

Country: Palestine
Region: The Levant · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups WAFA

Crosswire groups WAFA as Centrist for comparisons within Palestine's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where WAFA sits in Palestine's press

WAFA is one of 3 outlets tracked in Palestine and the only news agency tracked there. By outlets tracked, Palestine ranks 20th of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 10 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to WAFA outside Palestine, starting with The Levant, are SANA (Syria), APS (Algeria), LANA (Libya) and KUNA (Kuwait). Opening one of them beside WAFA is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.