The local Palestinian media lack boldness in tackling sensitive issues. They merely focus on political news and reports, without getting into serious investigations that touch upon the concerns of the people, corruption cases or the stories of suffering that might criticize the performance of the ruling organizations. The situation is not made any better by the political pressure arising from the Palestinian status quo, torn by the divisions and political bias of most media channels.

The political division that led to the formation of two almost separate entities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip urged Palestinian journalists to establish two syndicates that fight over the right to represent the press. One of the syndicates is in the Gaza Strip and includes Hamas and Islamic Jihad journalists, while the other is in the West Bank and includes the journalists of Fatah and the other factions of the PLO. 

Since Hamas took over in 2007, Gaza has witnessed a series of violations against Palestinian journalists and media organizations. As a result, a large number of journalists have been arrested, while others have been called in for interrogation. Most media affiliated with the Palestinian Authority and Fatah have been shut down, and their correspondents forbidden from working in Gaza.

With the launch of the reconciliation negotiations between the adversaries in Hamas and Fatah, Hamas allowed the media correspondents based in the West Bank to work again. However, Hamas still bans the distribution of Palestinian dailies Al-Quds, Al-Ayam and Al-Hayat al-Jadida, in response to the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s ban on the distribution of newspapers issued in Gaza in the West Bank, like the Palestine Daily and Al-Resalah, which comes out in the middle of every week.