Guide for Journalists Reporting on the Palestinian Economy

GUIDE FOR JOURNALISTS REPORTING ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY

(last updated Aug. 10, 2024)

Journalists from around the world are covering the Trump administration’s announcement of the June 25-26, 2019 “Peace to Prosperity” economic workshop in Bahrain. The nonexhaustive list below is provided to assist journalists to connect with representatives of various entities who can authoritatively speak about the Palestinian economy or the various aspects thereof. The information provided is all public information. Sadly, not all those listed have an English website and many may not speak English. Journalists are encouraged to engage translators where need be and not rely solely on sources who speak English, or who may be easily accessible.

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Journalists are strongly encouraged to purchase the decisive directory (English) on Palestine from PASSIA at any bookstore in Palestine.

See: http://passia.org/publications/category/6?sort_by=newest

Another excellent online English directory may be found at the website of the publication

This Week in Palestine.

See: http://thisweekinpalestine.com/directory

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Government

President / PLO Chairman

HE Mahmoud Abbas

Tel: +970-2-295-9928 (General Director: Intisar Abu ‘Amara)

Fax: +970-2-296-4739

Email: archive@presidency.ps

Prime Minister’s Office

Dr. Mohammad Mustafa

Prime Minister

Tel: +970-2-296-8989

Fax: +970-2-295-0981

Email: media@pmo.gov.ps

Website: www.palestinecabinet.gov.ps

Ministry of Information

Minister Nabil Abu Rudeina

Tel: +970-2-295-4042

Fax +970-2-295-4043

Email: minfo@minfo.ps

Webite: www.minfo.ps

Ministry of National Economy
Minister 

 Tel: +970-2-298-1213

Fax: +970-2-298-7640

Email: info@met.gov.ps

Website: www.mne.gov.ps

Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology

Minister

Tel: +970-2-294-3333

Fax: +970-2-241-9348

Email: pr@mtit.pna.ps

Website: www.mtit.pna.ps

Ministry of Agriculture

Minister

Tel: +970-2-240-3360

Fax: +970-2-240-3361

Email: minister@moa.pna.ps

Website: moa.pna.ps

Ministry of Labor

Minister

Tel: +970-2-240-9583/5

Fax: +970-2-240-9580

Email: info@mol.gov.ps

Website: www.mol.gov.ps

Ministry of Tourism

Minister

Tel: +970-2-276-0098

Fax: +970-2-274-3753

Email: minister@travelpalestine.ps

Website: www.travelpalestine.ps

NOTE: The Palestinian Cabinet website has a comprehensive list of all government ministries and agencies listed in Arabic at: http://palestinecabinet.gov.ps/GovService/GOSPub/Default

Government Institutions

Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA)
Dr. Feras Milhem

Governor and Chairman

Tel: +970-2-241-5250/1/2

Fax: +970-2-240-9922

Email: info@pma.ps

Website: www.pma.ps

Palestinian Economic Council for Development & Reconstruction (PECDAR) 

Mohammed Abu Awad

President 

Tel.: +970-2-297-4300 

Fax: +970-2-297-4331 

Email: info@pecdar.pna.net

Website: www.pecdar.ps

Palestine Capital Markets Authority (PCMA)

Barraq Al-Nabulsi

General Manager

Tel: +970-2-294-6946

Fax: +970-2-294-6947

Email: info@pcma.ps

Website: www.pcma.ps

Palestinian Investment Promotion Agency (PIPA)
Ahmad Ragheb Haj Hasan

CEO

Phone: +970-298-8791/5

Fax: +970-2-298-8793

Email: info@pipa.gov.ps

Website: pipa.ps

Palestinian Industrial Estate and Free Zone Authority (PIEFZA)

Ali A. Shaath, Ph.D. Eng.

CEO

CEO Office Manager, Mr. Ibrahim M. Saif, Mobile: +970-59-709-9813, E-mail: ibrahim.sa@piefza.ps

Phone: +970-2-2960351 / 70 / 71

Fax: +970-2-2960355

E-mail: info@piefza.ps

Website: www.piefza.ps

Trade Associations

Private Sector Coordination Council (PSCC)

Membership of PSCC is comprised of the following major trade institutions, which represent most of the Palestinian private sector:

• Federation of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (FPCCIA)
• Palestinian Federation of Industries (PFI)
• Palestine Trade Centre (PALTRADE)
• Palestinian Businessmen’s Associations (PBA)
• Palestinian Information Technology Association of Companies (PITA)
• Administrative Services for Tourism Industry (ASTAP)
• Association of Banks in Palestine (ABP)
• Palestinian Contractors Union (PCU)
• Palestinian Insurance Federation (PIF)
• Palestinian Shipper’s Council (PSC)
• Palestinian Food Industries Association (PFIA)

The PSCC is chaired by a rotating secretariat between the first four members every 6 months. The PSCC has formed what is known as “The Council of the Sixty”.

Palestinian American Chambers of Commerce (AmCham-Palestine)

Said Baransi

Chairman

Tel: +970-2-297-4117

Fax: +970-2-297-4092

Email: info@amcham.ps

Website: www.pal-am.com

Federation of Palestinian Chambers of Commerce, Industry & Agricultural (FPCCIA)

Jamal Jawabreh

Secretary General

Tel: +970-2-298-5556/7/8

Fax: +970-2-298-2757

Email: info@pal-chambers.org

Website: www.pal-chambers.org

Palestine Trade Center (PALTRADE)

Arafat Assfour

Chairman

Tel: +970-2-242-8383

Fax:: +970-2-242-2519

Email: info@paltrade.org

Website: www.paltrade.org

Palestinian Businessmen Association (PBA)

Eng. Osama Amro

Tel: +970 (2) 2974636/7

Fax: +970 (2) 2974004

Email: info@pba.ps

Website: www.pba.ps

Business Women Forum (BWF)
Rinad Musleh

Executive Director

Tel: +970-2-242-5612/3

Fax: +970-2-242-5614

Email: rmusleh@bwf.ps

Website: www.bwf.ps

Palestine Information Technology Association of Companies (PITA)

Saeed Zeidan

Chairman

Tel: +970-2-241-4660

Fax: +970-2-295-7370

Email:info@pita.ps

Website: www.pita.ps

Palestinian Federation of Industries (PFI)

Odeh Shehadeh

General Manager

Tel: +970-2-295-0290

Fax: +970-2-297-7409

Email: info@pfi.ps

Website: www.pfi.ps

Publicly-Traded Firms

Visit Palestine Securities Exchange website at www.PEX.ps, click LISTED SECURITIES, then click LISTED COMPANIES INFO, which will take you to a screen where you can pick from a pull-down menu in the middle of the screen the name of any publicly-traded company and find their General Manager, chair, board members, as well as the firm’s contact information.

Non-Traded Investment Firms

Palestine Investment Fund (PIF)
Iyad Joudeh

Chairman

Tel: +970-2-296-9600

Fax: +970-2-296-9617

Email: ADuaibes@pif.ps (Communications Director – Awad Duaibes)

Website: www.pif.ps/en

Economic Research

Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)
Mr. Raja Khalidi

Director General

Tel:  +970-2-298 7053

Fax: +970-2-298 7055

Email: dg@mas.ps

Website: www.mas.ps

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This list was created by ePalestine.ps.

Any requests for corrections or additions should be sent to sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

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