During the period between the World Wars, Palestine had a total of 48 newspapers, including 12 dailies. Most of these newspapers were issued in the city of Jaffa (17 newspapers), followed by Jerusalem (15 newspapers), and then Haifa (9 newspapers), where the oldest local newspapers, Al-Karmel and Al-Nafir, were published in 1908.
Palestinian newspapers encompassed cultural, commercial, and political objectives. At times, they embodied a family economic project, as seen in the newspaper "Palestine," where many members of the Al-Eissa family worked.
The Palestinian newspapers can be divided into three main groups according to their periods of publication. The first group was established toward the end of the Ottoman era and continued thereafter. Prominent among them were the Haifa-based Al-Karmel weekly, the Jaffa-based daily Filastin, and the semi-weekly Mirror of the Holy East and Haifa's Al-Zuhur.
The second group emerged in the mid-1920s against the backdrop of increased political activities due to the British mandate in the country and the emergence of Hajj Amin al-Husseini as the Mufti and head of the Supreme Islamic Council. Notable among these were the oppositional daily Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqim and the Arab University, which was close to the Mufti.
The third group was established by Arab journalists who migrated to Palestine and other Arab countries, such as Al-Aqdam and Al-Yarmouk.
These newspapers were published with varying page counts—some comprised eight large pages, while others appeared in 16 small-sized pages, determined by financial conditions and paper availability.