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First English-Language Paper Launched In West Bank

The first privately owned English daily, The Palestine Times, launched in the West Bank and Gaza on Monday, with the goal of providing news about the region to English speakers abroad. The 12-page newspaper will cover Palestinian affairs, the conflict with Israel and developments in the Arab community in Israel, says its editor-in-chief, Othman Haj Mohammed. It is not affiliated with any Palestinian parties, he adds, and the editorial page of the inaugural edition included articles by the spokesman from the Hamas government, the spokesman of the rival Fatah Party and an independent analyst.

Initial circulation is 5,000, and the newsstand price is just over $1. It will be distributed in the West Bank and Gaza, but sales in Israel and an Internet edition are also planned. Mohammed says the paper plans to cover life in the West Bank and Gaza from a Palestinian perspective: "Many foreign mass media have been telling the Palestinian story with their standards. Now it is time for us to tell the world our story with our standards."

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