瓦法社

瓦法社（阿拉伯語：وفا‎）^[1]是巴勒斯坦自治政府的國有媒體以及通訊社。^[2]在1994年巴勒斯坦自治政府成立之前，瓦法社是巴勒斯坦解放組織的官方通訊社，成立於1972年4月。成立時總部位於貝魯特。^[3][4][5]瓦法社立場上支持法塔赫。^[6]瓦法社的負責人由巴勒斯坦自治政府主席任命。

瓦法社主要報道巴勒斯坦領土、以色列和中東的新聞，而且它主要提供英語、阿拉伯語、法語和希伯來語新聞。^[7][8]

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5. Rashid Khalidi, Under Siege: P.L.O. Decisionmaking During the 1982 War, 1986, p. 7
6. Critical language analysis of Palestinian and Israeli online newspapers and news websites during the 2014 Gaza War. Lancaster EPrints. January 25, 2017 [October 9, 2020]. （原始內容存檔於2023-12-06）.
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8. Amira Halperin. The Use of New Media by the Palestinian Diaspora in the United Kingdom. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 7 November 2018: 151,206. ISBN 978-1-5275-2111-7.