The group’s establishment comes amid the worst crises facing journalists and media in Palestine since the start of the war in Gaza on 7 October. Over 100 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed and many more injured or displaced.
The PMSCG aims to lead the rehabilitation and improvement of the media sector and to launch a process of rebuilding a more resilient media in Palestine.
At the meeting, the PMSCG resolved to organise a joint event on 3 May to mark World Press Freedom Day, to highlight journalists' challenges in Palestine and possible ways to overcome them. The event will also bring together all organisations involved in supporting journalists, and create an “Alliance for freedom of expression and fundamental rights in Palestine”.
The organisations that launched the PMSCG were represented in the meeting by Buthayna Alsemeiri, director of MDC, Naser Abu Baker, president of PJS, Raed Othman, chair of PPA, and Reyad Khamis, chair of PAPR. Representatives of the IFJ also attended as observers.