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Quds News Network
Palestinian media outlet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quds News Network (Arabic: شبكة قدس الإخبارية; QNN) is a Palestinian youth news agency founded in 2011. The agency is staffed with volunteer correspondents across Palestine.[1]
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Abbreviation | QNN |
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Official language | Arabic, English |
Website | qudsnen |
The network gained widespread following on social media around 2015 through its fast distribution video coverage of escalations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which had made it as popular as Al-Jazeera, appealing particularly to young Palestinians.[2]
QNN's website was blocked by the Palestinian Authority in 2019, as part of a crackdown on dissent.[3] Some of its pages were also blocked by some social media websites in 2019 and 2023.[4]
The QNN states it is independent and funds itself through advertisements, and that it aims to expose the acts of the Israeli occupation.[5] Nevertheless, it has gained a reputation of being associated with militant groups,[5] and has been described as being affiliated with Hamas.[6][7][8]