al-Quds (newspaper)

{{Short description|Palestinian newspaper}}

{{Distinguish|text=Al-Quds (Ottoman period newspaper)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Al-Quds

| logo = Al-Quds logo.jpg

| logo_size = 260

| image = Al-Quds newspaper 2019 edition.webp

| image_size = 260

| caption = 2019 edition

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = broadsheet

| language = Arabic

| owners = Abu Zalaf Family

| editor = Walid Abu-Zalaf

| foundation = {{start date and age|1967}} (As "Al-Quds")

| publisher = Al-Quds Arab Press

| headquarters = Jerusalem

| website = [http://alquds.com/ Official website]

|

|political=Centre-right}}

Al-Quds ({{langx|ar|القدس}}) is a Palestinian Arabic-language daily newspaper, based in Jerusalem. It is published in broadsheet format. It is the largest circulation daily newspaper in the Palestinian territories.{{cite news |date=13 December 2006 |title=The Palestinian press |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6176691.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419035023/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6176691.stm |archive-date=19 April 2023 |accessdate=23 January 2024 |work=BBC}} It was founded in 1967 as a merger of two publications: Al-Difa' (in Arabic الدفاع) and Al-Jihad (in Arabic الجهاد). The owner of the former Al-Jihad newspaper (which was founded in 1951), Mahmoud Abu-Zalaf, served as its first editor-in-chief until his death in 2005. It is currently edited by his son, Walid Abu-Zalaf.

Al-Quds is the most widely read Palestinian daily{{cite news |date=27 February 2014 |title=Abbas 'exploded with rage' at Kerry over 'insane' framework proposals |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerrys-framework-reportedly-left-abbas-fuming-in-paris/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016030610/http://www.timesofisrael.com/kerrys-framework-reportedly-left-abbas-fuming-in-paris/ |archive-date=16 October 2023 |access-date=23 January 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}} and the most widely circualted newspaper in the West Bank.{{cite news |title=Joy greets end of Hamas ban on West Bank newspaper |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-ends-ban-on-west-bank-newspaper/ |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=Associated Press |date=2014-05-07}} In addition to paper circulation, the newspaper publishes its content online in PDF and HTML format. On 17 December 2008, the newspaper's website began publishing content in Persian.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Amidst the Fatah–Hamas conflict, Hamas banned Al-Quds in the Gaza Strip in 2008. As a step in the Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process, Hamas permitted its publication in the territory beginning in 2014.

The paper operates an office in Washington, D.C., with bureau chief Said Arikat reporting on U.S. foreign policy, specifically as it related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.{{Cite news |last=Gjevori |first=Elis |date=28 December 2022 |title=Under-fire Palestinian journalist Said Arikat banned from Twitter without explanation |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-journalist-said-arikat-twitter-banned |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206053628/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-journalist-said-arikat-twitter-banned |archive-date=6 February 2023 |access-date=23 January 2024 |work=Middle East Eye}} In early 2023, the news website added a Hebrew and an English edition.{{Cite web |last=Hasson |first=Nir |date=18 April 2023 |title=Popular Palestinian Daily Al-Quds Launches Hebrew Edition |url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-04-18/ty-article/.premium/popular-palestinian-daily-al-quds-launches-hebrew-edition/00000187-7b0b-dc6c-a5ff-7f5b232f0000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511115858/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2023-04-18/ty-article/.premium/popular-palestinian-daily-al-quds-launches-hebrew-edition/00000187-7b0b-dc6c-a5ff-7f5b232f0000 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=Haaretz}}

In 2018, editor Walid Abu-Zalaf conducted an interview with Jared Kushner, then senior advisor to President Donald Trump.{{cite news |title=Transcript: Jared Kushner’s Interview With a Palestinian Newspaper |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/world/middleeast/jared-kushner-interview-transcript.html |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=New York Times |date=2018-06-24}}