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.