International Middle East Media Center
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The International Middle East Media Center (or IMEMC) is an independent news organisation run by Palestinians
living in the Palestinian territories
, working together with international journalists, who report on events in both Israel
and the Palestinian territories. The IMEMC publishes in English in order that an international audience has access to reports on events in the region as reported directly by local journalists.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
living in the Palestinian territories
Palestinian territories
The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...
, working together with international journalists, who report on events in both Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the Palestinian territories. The IMEMC publishes in English in order that an international audience has access to reports on events in the region as reported directly by local journalists.