The Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC) was started in 1988, in the early months of the Palestinian uprising, by a group of Palestinian journalists and researchers seeking to provide information on events in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The Palestine Report has been one medium for its message.

Palestine Report Online is the JMCC's most recent effort to fulfill the needs of writers and policy-makers in the aftermath of the 1993 Oslo Accords. As an independent news digest, it answers a need both inside and outside the West Bank and Gaza for succinct, current news in English, as well as investigative reporting. The Report's readers have always found its political focus and translations from the Arabic press an invaluable barometer of local trends. Palestine Report Online's additional attention to quality reporting on internal Palestinian concerns sets it apart from other news outlets.

PALESTINE REPORT STAFF

Joharah Baker, Editor-in-Chief       joharah@palestinereport.org
Ms. Baker has led the Report for five years, through its transition into an internet magazine. She occasionally represents the Report in news interviews, while also translating and editing reports for area Palestinian organizations and international NGOs such as USAID and the World Bank.

Omar Karmi, Managing Editor       omar@palestinereport.org
Mr. Karmi was op-ed editor of the Jordan Times and lectured in Moral and Political Philosophy/Palestinian History, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

CONTRIBUTORS

Ahmad Sub Laban, Correspondent        ahmad@palestinereport.org
Mr. Sub Laban has worked as a producer for French television, TF1, and was trained by Birzeit University's journalism program.

Mark Perry, Washington Correspondent        mperry@jwidc.com
Mr. Perry is a foreign policy analyst based in Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of three books, including "A Fire in Zion: The Israeli-Palestinian Search for Peace."