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{{short description|Israeli daily newspaper}} | |||
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|name = Haaretz | |||
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| foundation = 1919 | |||
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| editor = Dov Alfon<ref name="autogenerated2"></ref> | |||
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| assoceditor = Tammy Litani | |||
|owners = ] (75%)<br />] (25%)<ref name=HaaretzOwn>{{cite news | url = https://www.haaretz.com/shareholders-bought-haaretz-stock-owned-by-m-dumont-schauberg-1.8343399 | title = Shareholders Bought Haaretz Stock Owned by M. DuMont Schauberg | author = Haaretz management | date = 19 December 2019 | newspaper = Haaretz | access-date = 9 May 2021 | archive-date = 9 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210509033233/https://www.haaretz.com/shareholders-bought-haaretz-stock-owned-by-m-dumont-schauberg-1.8343399 | url-status = live }}</ref> | |||
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|editor = ]<ref name="benn-named">{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/aluf-benn-named-new-editor-in-chief-of-haaretz-1.376311 |title=Aluf Benn named new editor-in-chief of Haaretz |work=Haaretz |date=1 August 2011 |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523142243/https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/aluf-benn-named-new-editor-in-chief-of-haaretz-1.376311 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| circulation = 72,000<br>(Weekends: 100,000)<ref name="autogenerated2" /> | |||
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| website = http://www.haaretz.co.il<br>http://www.haaretz.com | |||
|circulation = 72,000<br />(weekends: 100,000)<ref name=alfon>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/dov-alfon-named-as-new-haaretz-editor-in-chief-1.239137 |title=Dov Alfon named as new Haaretz editor-in-chief |work=Haaretz |date=12 February 2008 |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523142246/https://www.haaretz.com/news/dov-alfon-named-as-new-haaretz-editor-in-chief-1.239137 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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'''''Haaretz''''' ({{Langx|he|הָאָרֶץ}} {{Literal translation|The Land }}, originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – {{Langx|he|חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ}}, {{IPA|he|χadˈʃot haˈʔaʁets|IPA}} {{Literal translation|News of the Land }}) is an ]. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in ] and ] in the ] format, and is also available online. In ], it is published as a ], combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. ''Haaretz'' is Israel's ].<ref>{{cite web | title=Israel and the New World (Dis)Order | publisher=UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies | date=February 27, 2023 | url=https://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/article/263290 | access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Kutz-Flamenbaum | first=Rachel V. | title=The Importance of Micro-level Effects on Social Movement Outcomes: MachsomWatch at Israeli Checkpoints | journal=] | publisher=Sage Publications, Inc. | volume=59 | issue=2 | year=2016 | issn=1533-8673 | jstor=26339120 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/26339120 | access-date=December 16, 2023 |page=447| doi=10.1177/0731121415587604 }}</ref> It is known for its ] and ] stances on domestic and foreign issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf|title=Israel — Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide|publisher=Open Source Center|date=16 September 2008|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508142637/https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
'''Haaretz''' ({{lang-he|הארץ}}) (lit. "The Land," i.e., the ]) is ]'s oldest ]. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both ] and ] in ] format. The English edition is published and sold together with the ''].'' Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet. In ], it comes out as a ], combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. | |||
{{As of|2022|post=,}} ''Haaretz'' has the third-largest ] in Israel.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=ישראל היום או ידיעות? זה העיתון הנקרא בישראל {{!}} סקר TGI |url=https://www.ice.co.il/research/news/article/842505 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Ice |date=31 January 2022 |language=he |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314235909/https://www.ice.co.il/research/news/article/842505 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is widely read by international observers, especially in its English edition, and discussed in the international press.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sheizaf|first=Noam|date=26 October 2010|url=https://www.972mag.com/the-political-line-of-israeli-papers-a-readers-guide/|title=The political line of Israeli papers (a reader's guide)|website=+972 Magazine|access-date=15 July 2022|archive-date=15 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715141528/https://www.972mag.com/the-political-line-of-israeli-papers-a-readers-guide/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the ], among Israel's daily newspapers, "''Haaretz'' is considered the most influential and respected for both its news coverage and its commentary."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/7331|title=CRL Obtains Haaretz|last=The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)|website=crl.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506035735/https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/7331|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Compared to other mass circulation papers in Israel, Haaretz uses smaller headlines and print. Less space is devoted to pictures, and more to political analysis. Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Beckerman |first=Gal |year=2005 |month=September/October |title=Disengaged |journal=] |url=http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2005/5/beckerman.asp |accessdate= 2007-06-21}}</ref> Apart from the news, ''Haaretz'' publishes feature articles on social and environmental issues, as well as book reviews, investigative reporting and political commentary. | |||
==History and ownership== | |||
The Hebrew edition has a core readership of 65,000. The English edition has a suscriber base of 15,000. <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/objects/pages/SubscribeEn.jhtml |title= Subscribe to Haaretz |author=Haaretz |publisher=Haaretz |date=2007-10-26 }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070924/glain |title=Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon |author=Stephen Glazin |publisher=The Nation |date=2007-09-06 }}</ref> The newspaper itself has reported a paid subscribership of 65,000, daily sales of 72,000 copies daily, and 100,000 on weekends.<ref>Haaretz service. ''Haaretz'', Feb 13, 2008.</ref> | |||
''Haaretz'' was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/bronfman/kesher29.heb.html#haaretz |title=TAU – Institute of Jewish Press and Communications – The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Center |publisher=] |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925002822/http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/bronfman/kesher29.heb.html |archive-date=25 September 2012 }}</ref> In 1919, it was taken over by a group of ], mainly from ].<ref name=fas>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf |title=Israel — Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide |publisher=] |date=16 September 2008 |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508142637/https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="A fine and fragile balance">{{cite news |last=Marmari |first=Hanoch |date=16 April 2004 |title=A fine and fragile balance |work=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/a-fine-and-fragile-balance-1.119759 |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103003728/http://www.haaretz.com/a-fine-and-fragile-balance-1.119759 |archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref> The newspaper was established on 18 June 1919 by a group of businessmen including the philanthropist ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yivo Institute for Jewish Research |author-link=YIVO |title=Goldberg, Isaac Leib (1860-1935) Papers |url=http://polishjews.yivoarchives.org/archive/?p=collections/controlcard&id=17441 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112201732/http://polishjews.yivoarchives.org/archive/?p=collections/controlcard&id=17441 |archive-date=12 January 2015 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=YIVO digital archive on Jewish Life in Poland}}</ref> initially called ''Hadashot Ha'aretz'' ("News of the Land"). Later, the name was shortened to ''Haaretz''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Yoel |title=Haaretz |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/haaretz |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616190929/https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/haaretz |archive-date=16 June 2023 |access-date=21 February 2024 |website=] |postscript=. From ] 2nd ed.}}</ref> The literary section of the paper attracted leading Hebrew writers of the time.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Judaica |title=Newspapers, Hebrew |volume=12 |publisher=Keter Books |location=Jerusalem |year=1978}}</ref> | |||
The newspaper was initially published in ]. From 1919 to 1922, the paper was headed by a succession of editors, among them ]. It was closed briefly due to a budgetary shortfall and reopened in Tel Aviv at the beginning of 1923 under the editorship of Moshe Glickson, who held the post for 15 years.<ref name="A fine and fragile balance"/> The Tel Aviv municipality granted the paper financial support by paying in advance for future advertisements.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-history-1.265016 |title=Haaretz history |author=Tom Segev |author-link=Tom Segev |newspaper=Haaretz |date=18 March 2010 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007075704/http://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-history-1.265016 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
''Haaretz'''s readership includes Israel's middle and upper classes, intellectuals, academics, and professionals. It has a wide following amongst the Israeli intelligentsia and government leaders.<ref>Dan Caspi. ''Media Decentralization: The Case of Israel's Local Newspapers''. Transaction Publishers, 1986. ISBN 0887380204</ref><ref>Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi. ''Popular Music and National Culture in Israel''. University of California | |||
Press, 2004. ISBN 0520236521.</ref><ref>Rebecca L. Torstrick. ''Culture and Customs of Israel''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. ISBN 0313320918.</ref> | |||
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, ''Haaretz''{{'}}s liberal viewpoint was to some degree associated with the ] "A" faction,<ref name=Edelheit>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8PADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA473|title=History Of Zionism: A Handbook and Dictionary|author=Hershel Edelheit & Abraham J. Edelheit|publisher=]|year=2000|page=473|isbn=9780429701030|access-date=1 April 2020|archive-date=24 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124131842/https://books.google.com/books?id=s8PADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA473#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> which later helped form the ],<ref>{{cite book|title=The In/outsiders: The Media in Israel|author=Dan Caspi & Yehiel Limor|publisher=Hampton Press|year=1999|page=79|quote=Haaretz was closely aligned with the General Zionists A faction (which became the Progressive Party in 1948), a liberal stream in the Zionist Movement. The newspaper consistently maintained a liberal-centrist and anti-socialist orientation in social and economic affairs and generally adopted a dovish and firm anti-nationalistic line in political and security matters.}}</ref> though it was nonpartisan and careful not to espouse any specific party line.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PuPGsI6JR2UC&pg=PA75|title=Telepopulism: Media and Politics in Israel|last=Peri|first=Yoram|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2004|page=75|isbn=9780804750028|quote=Similarly, Haaretz, although independent, had a distinctly liberal (though nonpartisan) character. It is not surprising that its editor, Gershom Schocken, was a representative of the Progressive Party in the third Knesset in the years 1955–59.|access-date=1 April 2020|archive-date=24 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124131843/https://books.google.com/books?id=PuPGsI6JR2UC&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Palestine Affairs|volume=2|publisher=American Zionist Emergency Council|year=1947|quote=''Haaretz'' has always been the mouthpiece of the liberal wing of the General Zionists, and through the years it has gained a reputation for independence and high literary standards.}}</ref> It was considered the most sophisticated of the ]'s dailies.<ref name=Edelheit/> | |||
==History== | |||
''Haaretz'' was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.<ref></ref> In 1919 it was taken over by Russian Zionists. Initially, it was called ''Hadashot Ha'aretz'' ("News of the Land"). The literary section of the paper attracted the leading Hebrew writers of the time.<ref> Encyclopedia Judaica, ''Newspapers, Hebrew,'' vol. 12, Keter Books, Jerusalem, 1978</ref> It was first published in Jerusalem, but moved to Tel Aviv in 1923, under the editorship of Moshe Gluecksohn, who served as editor from 1922 to 1937.<ref>http://www.tau.ac.il/education/arch/e-reka23.doc</ref> ], a wealthy German Jewish Zionist who owned a chain of department stores in Germany, bought the paper in 1937. His son, Gershom Schocken, became the chief editor and held that position until 1990.<ref></ref> | |||
], a Jewish businessman who left Germany in 1934 after the ] had come to power, bought the paper in December 1935. Schocken was active in ], also known as the Jewish–Palestinian Peace Alliance, a body supporting co-existence between Jews and Arabs which was sympathetic to a homeland for both peoples. His son, ], became the chief editor in 1939 and held that position until his death in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/a-newspaper-s-mission-1.314618 |title=A newspaper's mission |author=Amos Schocken |newspaper=Haaretz |date=18 September 2002 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007151408/http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/a-newspaper-s-mission-1.314618 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
== Management == | |||
The newspaper's editorial policy was defined by Gershom Gustav Schocken, who was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. ''Haaretz'' is owned by the Schocken family. The editor of the paper today is Dov Alfon, replacing ] in April 2008. Landau succeeded Hanoch Marmari<ref>Hanoch Marmari speaks about ''Haaretz'' http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:fIMAMItDFyMJ:www.pij.org/details.php%3Fid%3D376+gershom+gustav+schocken&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4</ref> and ] in April 2004. Adar Primor was the editor of ''Haaretz'' English Edition from 2005-2007. Charlotte Halle became managing editor of the English Edition in 2007 and editor of the English Edition in February 2008. | |||
The Schocken family were the sole owners of the Haaretz Group until August 2006, when they sold a 25% stake to German publisher ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dumont.eu/dumont/dir/?101798 |title=M. DuMont Schauberg. Press-release |publisher=Dumont.eu |access-date=10 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226155151/http://www.dumont.eu/dumont/dir/?101798 |archive-date=26 February 2012 }}</ref> The deal was negotiated with the help of the former Israeli ambassador to Germany, ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Koren |first=Ronny |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/germany-s-dumont-invests-25m-euros-in-haaretz-group-1.195055 |title=Germany's DuMont invests 25m euros in Haaretz |work=Haaretz |date=13 August 2006 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007085806/http://www.haaretz.com/news/germany-s-dumont-invests-25m-euros-in-haaretz-group-1.195055 |url-status=live }}</ref> This deal was seen as controversial in Israel as DuMont Schauberg's father, ], was member of the ] and his publishing house promoted Nazi ideology.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3292189,00.html |title=Haaretz's 'Nazi problem' |publisher=] |date=16 August 2006 |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206033947/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3292189,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In August 2006, DuMont Schauberg acquired 25 percent of the shares of the ''Haaretz'' group. This German publisher, based in ], owns four daily newspapers and a dozen other publications. It is also a partial owner of various radio stations. The deal was negotiated with the help of former Israeli ambassador to ] Avi Primor. According to the CEO of the ''Haaretz'' group Amos Schocken, the proceeds from the sale will allow the company to augment its stake at ], an Israeli Internet site. | |||
On 12 June 2011, it was announced that Russian-Israeli businessman ] had purchased a 20% stake in the Haaretz Group, buying 15% from the family and 5% from M. DuMont Schauberg.<ref>{{cite news |author=Li-or Averbach |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000653184 |title=Russian immigrant billionaire buys 20% of "Haaretz" |newspaper=] |date=12 June 2011 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072723/http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000653184 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2019, members of the Schocken family bought all of the Haaretz stock belonging to M. DuMont Schauberg.<ref name=HaaretzOwn/> The deal saw the Schocken family reach 75% ownership, with the remaining 25% owned by Leonid Nevzlin.<ref name=HaaretzOwn/> | |||
==Editorial policy and criticism== | |||
''Haaretz'' describes itself as broadly ] on domestic issues and international affairs.<ref>Haaretz.com. Accessed July 24, 2008.</ref> others describe it as ]<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/01/31/israels_olmert_looks_to_extend_west_bank_barrier/</ref><ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm</ref><ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL24528048</ref><ref>http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RGNGSVV</ref><ref>http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/mideast/palestine/3706.html</ref>.According to the ] its has moderate stance on foreign policy and security issues.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4969714.stm |title=The press in Israel |publisher=] |date=] ] |accessdate=2008-02-14}}</ref> The newspaper describes its op-ed pages as being open to a wide variety of political opinions.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905836.html |title=A sketch, in black and white |author=Yossi Klein |publisher=Haaretz |date=], ] |accessdate= 2007-09-26}}</ref> In 2001, the pro-Israel media-monitoring and advocacy group ] claimed that ''Haaretz'' fueled anti-Israel bias.<ref>http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=55&x_article=171</ref> A 2003 study in the ''The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics'' found that Haaretz reporting was more favorable to Israelis than Palestinians, and more likely to report stories from the Israeli side.<ref>Matt Viser. Attempted objectivity: An analysis of the New York Times and Ha'aretz and their portrayals of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. ''The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics.'' 2003, Vol. 8, No. 4, 114-120.</ref>Haaretz readers accused Haaretz of being anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-Zionist.<ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=209509&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y</ref>The Israeli author ] cancelled her subscription, claiming that Haaretz was anti-Zionist.<ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=209509&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y "Readers accused us of being anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-Zionist" "A prominent Israeli best-selling author sent us a letter cancelling her subscription and accusing us of being foolishly and wickedly anti-Zionist."</ref><ref>http://www.ajpme.org/articles/operationd.htm "Ha'aretz, is currently the target of a consumer boycott for its alleged anti-Zionist tendencies. One-time leftist Irit Linor triggered the campaign by publicly canceling her subscription. "I don't want to be a subscriber to a newspaper that makes me ashamed of my Zionism, my patriotism, and my intelligence, three traits I hold dear," Linor wrote. The letter, published on a leading Israeli news site, provoked an unprecedented number of responses. Some 300 surfers wrote in, the overwhelming majority to support Linor, and even to announce that they too were canceling their subscriptions to Ha'aretz."</ref> '']'' describes ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's liberal beacon," citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the security fence, discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to ].<ref name="autogenerated1" /> | |||
In October 2012, a union strike mobilized to protest planned layoffs by the ''Haaretz'' management, causing a one-day interruption of ''Haaretz'' and its ''TheMarker'' business supplement. According to ], it was the first time since 1965 that a newspaper did not go to press on account of a strike.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koopmans |first=Ofira |title=Journalists at Israel's Haaretz newspaper strike over job cuts |url=http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/journalists-at-israels-haaretz-newspaper-strike-over-job-cuts_241385.html |publisher=Europe Online |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=12 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527082723/http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/journalists-at-israels-haaretz-newspaper-strike-over-job-cuts_241385.html |archive-date=27 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Haaretz' daily not printed today |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000787939 |newspaper=] |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006145312/http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000787939 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
== Internet editions == | |||
''Haaretz'' operates both Hebrew <ref></ref> and English <ref></ref> language websites. Some articles on both websites are open to readers' comments in the form of Internet talkback. ''Haaretz'''s policy on talkback is more tolerant than many other papers outside Israel, in line with its belief in freedom of expression.However this policy is common among Israeli news sites. As Fania Oz-Salzberger, a frequent contributor to the ''Haaretz'' opinion pages, put it: "It is possible and important to grapple with virtual evil, but not by silencing it. It is better to do so intelligently and with humor, in the same public space where it first saw the light of day - on the Internet itself. This is because sunshine, as American-Jewish Supreme Court justice ] said, is the best disinfectant."<ref></ref> Others, among them Haaretz's Bradley Burston, feel that talkback should be censored.<ref></ref> | |||
On 24 November 2024, the Israeli government ordered a boycott of ''Haaretz'' by government officials and anyone working for a government-funded body, and banned government advertising with the newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-24 |title=Israeli Government Imposes Sanctions on Haaretz, Cuts All Ties and Pulls Advertising |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-24/ty-article/.premium/israeli-govt-to-cut-ties-with-haaretz-over-publishers-remarks-on-freedom-fighters/00000193-5e5c-d68e-a1db-fe5c54cf0000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=24 November 2024 |archive-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241125002714/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-24/ty-article/.premium/israeli-govt-to-cut-ties-with-haaretz-over-publishers-remarks-on-freedom-fighters/00000193-5e5c-d68e-a1db-fe5c54cf0000 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to '']'', ''Haaretz'' "had published a series of investigations of wrongdoing or abuses by senior officials and the ], and has long been in the crosshairs of the ]."<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Jason |date=2024-11-24 |title=Israeli government orders officials to boycott left-leaning paper Haaretz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/24/israeli-government-orders-officials-to-boycott-left-leaning-paper-haaretz |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> | |||
==Internet blogs and columns== | |||
==Management== | |||
* Israeli President ] blogs exclusively for Haaretz.com <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/peres |title= Peres Online |author=Haaretz Online, Shimon Peres |publisher=Haaretz|date=2007-11-07 }}</ref> | |||
The newspaper's editorial policy was defined by ], who was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. Schocken was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Hanoch Marmari. In 2004 ] replaced Marmari and was succeeded by ] in 2008.<ref name=remnick/> The current editor-in-chief of the newspaper is ], who replaced Alfon in August 2011.<ref name="benn-named" /> Charlotte Halle became editor of the English print edition in February 2008. | |||
] was a member of the governing editorial board and a columnist with the paper from 1951 to 1995.<ref>{{cite news|title=Walter Gross: Zionist words of wisdom|author=Silver, Eric|work=]|date=22 September 1995|page=17}}</ref> | |||
* ''Rosner's Domain'' by Shmuel Rosner, former U.S. Correspondent,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=618587&listSrc=Y&onlyOne=Y |title= Shmuel Rosner - biography |author=Haaretz Online, Shmuel Rosner |publisher=Haaretz|date=2007-11-09 }}</ref> explored Israeli, American Jewish and Zionist issues in the United States. His column ''The Israel Factor'' discussed U.S. presidential candidates in the light of their possible influence on Israel. <ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerPage.jhtml</ref> ''Rosner's Guest'' featured interviews with personalities in the United States.<ref> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerGuest.jhtml?itemNo=816890</ref>Rosner was replaced by Natasha Mozgovaya in August 2008. | |||
==Editorial policy and viewpoints== | |||
* ''A Special Place in Hell'' is Bradley Burston's twice-weekly award-winning blog on Haaretz.com. <ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/762913.html</ref> | |||
''Haaretz'' describes itself as having "a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs",<ref>{{cite news |work=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/about-haaretz-1.63277 |title=About Haaretz |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114083552/http://www.haaretz.com/news/about-haaretz-1.63277 |url-status=live }}</ref> and has been summarized as being "liberal on security, civil rights and economy, supportive of the Supreme Court, very critical of Netanyahu's government".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dridi|first=Tarak|date=9 July 2020|title=Reporting Strategies of Israeli Print Media: Jerusalem Post and Haaretz as a Case Study|journal=SAGE Open|volume=10|issue=3|doi=10.1177/2158244020936986|s2cid=222080595 |doi-access=free | issn=2158-2440 }}</ref> Others describe it alternatively as ],<ref>{{cite book |last=Kaspî |first=Dān |title=Media Decentralization: The Case of Israel's Local Newspapers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTgj0YnxRkIC&pg=PA16 |date=January 1986 |publisher=] |isbn=978-1-4128-2833-8|pages=16–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Ira |last=Sharkansky |author-link=Ira Sharkansky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOfJoCpiMf4C&q=haaretz+liberal+newspaper&pg=PA101 |title=The Politics of Religion and the Religion of Politics: Looking at Israel |publisher=] |year=2000 |isbn=9780739101094 |access-date=11 November 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124131944/https://books.google.com/books?id=yOfJoCpiMf4C&q=haaretz+liberal+newspaper&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q=haaretz%20liberal%20newspaper&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/2583675.stm |work=] |title=Israeli media vents fury at Likud |date=17 December 2002 |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=3 May 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040503221323/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/2583675.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite news |author=Mya Guarnieri |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/201126123643463123.html |publisher=] |edition=English |title=The death of Israeli democracy |date=6 February 2011 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=5 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005070755/http://english.aljazeera.net//indepth/features/2011/02/201126123643463123.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm |title=Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan |work=] |date=2 February 2004 |access-date=5 March 2010 |archive-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203123323/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/24/idUSL24528048 |title=Israeli authors urge ceasefire talks with Hamas |work=] |date=24 September 2007 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006141436/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/24/idUSL24528048 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21612240-both-sides-consume-fantasy-news-propaganda-war |title=Propaganda war |newspaper=] |date=16 August 2014 |access-date=5 March 2010 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814210157/http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21612240-both-sides-consume-fantasy-news-propaganda-war |url-status=live }}</ref> and the country's only major left-leaning newspaper.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=I. Mateo|date=Spring 2022|title=The Right-Wing 'One-State Solution': Narrative, Proposals, and the Future of the Conflict|journal=Israel Studies|publisher=Indiana University Press|volume=27|issue=1|pages=132–155|doi=10.2979/israelstudies.27.1.06 |jstor=10.2979/israelstudies.27.1.06|s2cid=247621415 }}</ref> The paper opposes retaining Israeli control over the ] and consistently supports peace initiatives.<ref>''Israel — Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide'', p. 14</ref> The ''Haaretz'' editorial line is supportive of weaker elements in Israeli society, such as sex workers, foreign laborers, ], ], and ].<ref name=fas/> | |||
In 2006, the ] said that ''Haaretz'' takes a moderate stance on foreign policy and security.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4969714.stm |title=The press in Israel |work=] |date=8 May 2006 |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402011145/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4969714.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> ] in '']'' described ''Haaretz'' as "easily the most liberal newspaper in Israel", its ideology as left-wing and its temper as "insistently oppositional".<ref name=remnick>{{cite news |last=Remnick |first=David |title=The Dissenters |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/28/110228fa_fact_remnick |access-date=12 October 2012 |magazine=] |date=28 February 2011 |author-link=David Remnick |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017003344/http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/28/110228fa_fact_remnick |url-status=live }}</ref> According to ], ''Haaretz''{{'}}s ] pages are open to a variety of opinions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sharkansky |first=Ira |author-link=Ira Sharkansky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlhmWNcqlrAC&pg=PA43 |title=Governing Israel: Chosen People, Promised Land, & Prophetic Tradition |publisher=] |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |year=2005 |page=43 |isbn=978-0-7658-0277-4 |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124131843/https://books.google.com/books?id=dlhmWNcqlrAC&pg=PA43#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> ], the editor of the American '']'', describes ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's most vehemently anti-] daily paper".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://forward.com/articles/104263/are-religious-soldiers-to-blame-for-alleged-abuse/? |title=Are Religious Soldiers To Blame for Alleged Abuse? |first=J. J. |last=Goldberg |author-link=J.J. Goldberg |newspaper=] |date=3 April 2009 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084833/http://forward.com/articles/104263/are-religious-soldiers-to-blame-for-alleged-abuse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Stephen Glain of '']'' described ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's liberal beacon", citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to the ].<ref name=glazin/> A 2003 study in '']'' concluded that ''Haaretz''{{'}}s reporting of the ] was more favorable to Israelis than to Palestinians but less so than that of '']''.<ref name="viser">{{cite journal |title=Attempted Objectivity: An Analysis of the New York Times and Ha'aretz and their Portrayals of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict |journal=The International Journal of Press/Politics |date=September 2003 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=114–120 |doi=10.1177/1081180X03256999 |author=Matt Viser|s2cid=145209853 }}</ref> In 2016, ], the editor-in-chief of '']'', wrote: "I like a lot of the people at ''Haaretz'', and many of its positions, but the cartoonish anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism can be grating."<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311201446/https://www.jta.org/2016/08/02/news-opinion/united-states/journalist-jeffrey-goldberg-under-fire-after-tweeting-he-will-stop-reading-haaretz |date=11 March 2018 }}, JTA, 2 August 2016</ref><ref name="FT201610"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311142142/https://www.ft.com/content/252f849c-75a5-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a |date=11 March 2018 }}, Financial Times, John Reed, 3 October 2016</ref> | |||
== Formatting, circulation, and reputation == | |||
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=== Circulation === | |||
In 2022, a TGI survey found that ''Haaretz'' was the newspaper with the third largest ] in Israel, with an exposure rate of 4.7%, below '']''<nowiki/>'s rate of 31% and {{Lang|he-latn|]}}'s 23.9%.<ref name="auto"/> | |||
=== Formatting and image === | |||
''Haaretz'' uses smaller headlines and print than other mass circulation ]. Less space is devoted to pictures, and more to ]. Opinion columns are generally written by regular commentators rather than guest writers.<ref name=fas/> Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Beckerman |first=Gal |date=September–October 2005 |title=Disengaged |journal=] |url=http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2005/5/beckerman.asp |access-date=21 June 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007125902/http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2005/5/beckerman.asp |archive-date=7 October 2007<!-- as of October 2014, cjr.org archive http://www.cjr.org/issues/ goes back to 2007 and it says "2006: We are converting older issues to the new site as quickly as possible." So expect this article to return to cjr.org site soon.-->}}</ref> Apart from the news, ''Haaretz'' publishes feature articles on social and environmental issues, as well as book reviews, investigative reporting, and political commentary. In 2008, the newspaper itself reported a paid subscribership of 65,000, daily sales of 72,000 copies, and 100,000 on weekends.<ref name=alfon/> The English edition has a subscriber base of 15,000.<ref name=glazin>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/haaretz-israels-liberal-beacon |title=Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon |author=Stephen Glain |work=] |date=24 September 2007 |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-date=7 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107011841/https://www.thenation.com/article/haaretz-israels-liberal-beacon/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
=== Readership and reception === | |||
Despite its historically relatively low circulation in Israel, ''Haaretz'' has for many years been described as Israel's most influential daily newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-23-wr-14090-story.html |title=Next Step: 4 Israelis Jostle to Lead Likud Out of Wilderness |last=Parks |first=Michael |date=23 March 1993 |work=] |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313084438/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-03-23/news/wr-14090_1_israel-s-likud-party |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Karpin |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Karpin |title=The Bomb in the Basement |year=2006 |publisher=] |location=New York |isbn=0-7432-6595-5 |page=ix |url=https://archive.org/details/bombinbasementho00karp|url-access=registration }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Yakira |first=Elhanan |title=Post-Zionism, Post-Holocaust: Three Essays on Denial, Forgetting, and the Delegitimation of Israel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=of9JuUYLOZoC&pg=PA210 |year=2010 |publisher=] |isbn=978-0-521-11110-2 |page=210}}</ref> In 2006, it exposed a scandal regarding professional and ethical standards at Israeli hospitals.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rabinovich-Einy |first=Orna |title=Beyond IDR: Resolving Hospital Disputes and Healing Ailing Organizations Through ITR |journal=St. John's Law Review |date=Winter 2007 |volume=81 |number=1/2 |page=173|id={{ProQuest|216778117}} }}{{subscription required}}</ref> Its readership includes members of Israel's intelligentsia and members of its political and economic elites.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Idith |last1=Zertal |first2=Chaya|last2=Galai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQEAmjk4Wh0C&pg=PA218 |title=Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood |publisher=] |year=2005 |page=218|isbn=9781139446624 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Poole |first2=John E. |last2=Richardson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zcIlDfHfn0C&pg=PA143 |title=Muslims and the News Media |publisher=] |year=2006 |page=143|isbn=9781845111724 }}</ref> In 1999, surveys showed that ''Haaretz'' readership had above-average education, income, and wealth, and that most were ].<ref name=glazin/><ref>{{cite book |first1=Dan |last1=Caspi |author-link=Dan Caspi |first2=Yehiel |last2=Limor |title=The IN/Outsiders: Mass Media in Israel |publisher=] |year=1999 |page=79}}</ref> Some have said that ''Haaretz'' functions in Israel much as '']'' does in the United States, as a ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Manji |first=Irshad |author-link=Irshad Manji |title=The Trouble with Islam Today|year=2003 |publisher=] |location=New York |isbn=0-312-32700-5 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odvcBMbgpe0C&pg=PA75}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |jstor=30133876 |title=Muting the Alarm over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: 'The New York Times' versus 'Haaretz', 2000–06 |last=Slater |first=Jerome |journal=International Security |volume=32 |pages=84–120 |number=2 |date=Fall 2007 | doi = 10.1162/isec.2007.32.2.84 |s2cid=57569122 |quote=There is a widespread consensus in Israel and elsewhere that ''Haaretz'' is Israel's best and most prestigious newspaper—in effect, the Israeli equivalent of the ''New York Times''.}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In 2007, ], ''Haaretz''<nowiki/>'s former U.S. correspondent, told '']'', "people who read it are better educated and more sophisticated than most, but the rest of the country doesn't know it exists."<ref name=glazin/> According to Hanoch Marmari, a former ''Haaretz'' editor, the newspaper has lost its political influence in Israel because it became "detached" from the country's political life.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/427/479.html |script-title=he:עורך 'הארץ' לשעבר: 'הארץ' איבד את מעמדו הציבורי |language=he |trans-title=Former ''Haaretz editor'': ''Haaretz'' has lost its public standing |publisher=] |date=8 January 2013 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029184640/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/427/479.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
], executive director of the pro-Israel ] (CAMERA), said ''Haaretz'' was doing "damage to the truth" and sometimes making serious factual errors without correcting them.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross |first=Oakland |title=News and views that inspire love or kindle hatred |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2008/10/05/news_and_views_that_inspire_love_or_kindle_hatred.html |newspaper=] |date=5 October 2008 |access-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204064540/http://www.thestar.com/article/512004--news-and-views-that-inspire-love-or-kindle-hatred |archive-date=4 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to '']'', ''Haaretz'' editor-in-chief ] said at the 2007 ] conference in Moscow that he had told his staff not to report on criminal investigations against Prime Minister ] in order to promote Sharon's 2004–2005 ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Haviv Rettig Gur |author-link=Haviv Rettig |url=http://www.jpost.com/Features/Limmud-diary-Creme-de-la-Kremlin |title=Limmud diary: Creme de la Kremlin? |newspaper=] |date=25 October 2007 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102614/http://www.jpost.com/Features/Limmud-diary-Creme-de-la-Kremlin |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2017, ''Haaretz'' published an op-ed by a staff writer that said the Israeli religious right was worse than ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Paper draws fire for op-ed calling national religious worse than Hezbollah |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/paper-draws-fire-for-op-ed-calling-national-religious-worse-than-hezbollah/ |access-date=6 November 2024 |work=] |date=13 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413140128/http://www.timesofisrael.com/paper-draws-fire-for-op-ed-calling-national-religious-worse-than-hezbollah/ |archive-date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boker |first1=Ran |title=Haaretz slammed for article calling national religious 'worse than Hezbollah' |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-4948707%2C00.html |access-date=6 November 2024 |work=] |date=13 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414094212/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4948707,00.html |archive-date=14 April 2017}}</ref> Condemnation followed, including from Prime Minister ], President ], and other government ministers and ], as well as from Opposition Leader ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Haaretz op-ed draws condemnations across the political spectrum |url=http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=41743 |access-date=6 November 2024 |work=] |date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414164054/http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=41743|archive-date=14 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
On 31 October 2024, ''Haaretz''{{'s}} publisher ] made remarks during a speech at a ''Haaretz'' conference in London, criticising the ] for allegedly imposing an ] on the Palestinian population and referring to "Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls terrorists." In response, the Israeli ], ], ] ministries severed ties with ''Haaretz'' while the ] ] advocated a boycott of the newspaper covering all government bodies and employees.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacDonald |first1=Alex |title=Israel targets Haaretz after publisher calls Palestinians 'freedom fighters' |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-targets-haaretz-after-publisher-calls-palestinians-freedom-fighters |website=] |access-date=6 November 2024 |date=1 November 2024 |archive-date=9 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109120026/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-targets-haaretz-after-publisher-calls-palestinians-freedom-fighters |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Winer |first1=Stuart |title=Haaretz in government crosshairs after publisher calls terrorists ‘freedom fighters’ |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/haaretz-in-government-crosshairs-after-publisher-calls-terrorists-freedom-fighters/ |access-date=6 November 2024 |work=] |date=31 October 2024 |archive-date=9 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109104551/https://www.timesofisrael.com/haaretz-in-government-crosshairs-after-publisher-calls-terrorists-freedom-fighters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Schocken distanced himself from parts of comments the next day, saying that "the use of terrorism is not legitimate". By 4 November, the newspaper had received hundreds of cancellation and subscription termination requests, and a decline in advertising revenue. Several ministries had requested to cancel their subscriptions, with the ] cancelling 90 subscriptions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wertheim |first1=David |title=Hundreds of cancellations at Haaretz following Schocken's comments |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-827415 |access-date=6 November 2024 |work=] |date=4 November 2024 |archive-date=4 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104033055/https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-827415 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
== Internet editions == | |||
''Haaretz'' operates both Hebrew and English language websites. The two sites offer up-to-the-minute breaking news, live Q&A sessions with newsmakers from Israel, the Palestinian territories and elsewhere, and blogs covering a range of political standpoints and opinions. The two sites fall under the supervision of Lior Kodner, the head of ] for the Haaretz Group. Individually, Simon Spungin is the editor of Haaretz.com (English) and Avi Scharf is the editor of Haaretz.co.il (Hebrew).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il/ |script-title=he:הארץ |language=he |trans-title=Haaretz |access-date=15 July 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730193302/http://www.haaretz.co.il/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/ |title=Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel |access-date=15 July 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923090815/https://www.haaretz.com// |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
==Offices== | |||
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The ''Haaretz'' building is on Schocken Street in south ].<ref name=remnick/> | |||
The former ''Haaretz'' building of 1932–1973 was designed by architect ]. It was demolished in the early 1990s, with only part of the facade preserved and integrated into the new building at 56, Maza Street. | |||
==Journalists and writers== | |||
== Notable journalists == | |||
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* ] – literature, publicist | ||
* ] – economy affairs columnist (in The Marker) | |||
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* ] – Tel Aviv and cultural history publicist | |||
* ] - music critic | |||
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* ] - diplomatic affairs correspondent | |||
* ] - technology, disinformation, Misplaced Pages | |||
* ] - political columnist | |||
* ] – editor-in-chief | |||
* ] - political columnist<ref></ref> | |||
* ] – political columnist<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haaretz-com-s-bradley-burston-wins-award-for-mideast-writing-1.197350 |title=Haaretz.com's Bradley Burston wins award for Mideast writing |newspaper=Haaretz |date=15 September 2006 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007130754/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haaretz-com-s-bradley-burston-wins-award-for-mideast-writing-1.197350 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] - diplomatic affairs analyst<ref></ref> | |||
* Saggi Cohen – food columnist | |||
* ] | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 January 2013 |last=Zur Glozman |first=Masha |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/the-million-russians-that-changed-israel-to-its-core.premium-1.491885 |title=The million Russians that Changed Israel to its core |work=Haaretz |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201074206/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/the-million-russians-that-changed-israel-to-its-core.premium-1.491885 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] – food columnist | |||
* ] | * ] | ||
* ] | |||
* ] - theater critic, columnist | |||
* ] | |||
* ] - military correspondent | |||
* ] | |||
* ] - Ramallah-based Palestinian affairs correspondent. | |||
* ] |
* ] – military correspondent | ||
* ] |
* ] – columnist | ||
* ] |
* ] – feature writer | ||
* ] - Palestinian affairs |
* ] – Ramallah-based Palestinian affairs correspondent. | ||
* ] – military correspondent | |||
* ] | |||
* ] – film critic<ref name="autogenerated3" /> | |||
* ] - political commentator, publicist<ref></ref> | |||
* ] |
* ] – publicist | ||
* ] – photo columnist | |||
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* ] |
* ] – Palestinian affairs columnist | ||
* Amir Mandel – classic music critic | |||
* ] - health issues<ref name="autogenerated3"></ref> | |||
* ] |
* ] – military affairs | ||
* ] – economic affairs columnist (in The Marker) | |||
* ] - food and wine critic | |||
* ] – political and military affairs | |||
* ] - satirist, publicist | |||
* ] – environmental issues | |||
* ] - U.S. correspondent | |||
* ] |
* ] – economic affairs editorialist (of The Marker) | ||
* ] |
* ] – satirist, publicist | ||
* Ruth Schuster,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968353|title=Ruth Schuster - Haaretz Com|access-date=3 May 2021|archive-date=4 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504052736/https://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/WRITER-1.4968353|url-status=live}}</ref> Senior Editor for archaeology and science at the Haaretz English Edition. | |||
* ] - historian, political commentator | |||
* ] – historian, political commentator | |||
* ] - social welfare and humanitarian issues | |||
* ] – popular music critic | |||
* ] - political columnist<ref>http://www.indopubs.com/is4.html</ref> | |||
* ] – economic affairs, publicist | |||
* ] - Jewish religious affairs<ref></ref> | |||
* ] – Managing Editor, English Edition | |||
* ] - economic affairs, publicist | |||
* ] |
* ] – political commentary | ||
* ] |
* ] | ||
* ] – political reporter | |||
* ] |
* ] – architecture | ||
* ] |
* ] – literature, publicist | ||
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* ]- film critic<ref name="autogenerated3" /> | |||
* ] - food critic | |||
* ] - legal affairs | |||
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===Past=== | ===Past=== | ||
] ], 1939. The second passenger on the left is reading ''Haaretz''.]] | |||
* ] | |||
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* ] - literary critic, TV critic | |||
* ] (1910-1970) | |||
* ] - correspondent, editor, writer | |||
* ] – columnist | |||
* ] - military and defense analyst | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite news |last=Carmel |first=Asaf |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-journalist-ehud-asheri-dies-of-cancer-at-57-1.240574 |title=Haaretz journalist Ehud Asheri dies of cancer at 57 |work=Haaretz |date=3 March 2008 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007141153/http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-journalist-ehud-asheri-dies-of-cancer-at-57-1.240574 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] <ref>(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/905834.html)</ref> | |||
* ] – popular music critic<ref>{{cite news |last=Avivi |first=Gidi |author-link=Gidi Avivi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/irresistible-look-at-a-master-1.64340 |title=Irresistible look at a master |work=Haaretz |date=18 July 2001 |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523142339/https://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/irresistible-look-at-a-master-1.64340 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] - political commentator<ref></ref> | |||
* ] (1934-2020) – political columnist | |||
* ]<ref></ref> | |||
* ] – music critic | |||
* ]<ref></ref> | |||
* ] (1948-2001) – literary critic, TV critic | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite news |author=Orna Coussin |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/a-compelling-lesson-1.229741 |title=A compelling lesson |date=21 September 2007 |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007101643/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/a-compelling-lesson-1.229741 |url-status=live }} Review of {{cite book |title=''Hazakim al halashim'' (''Strong Over the Weak'') |author=Arie Caspi |publisher=Xargol/Am Oved}}</ref> | |||
* ] | |||
* ] – diplomatic affairs analyst<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/news-in-brief-1.230512 |title=News in Brief |newspaper=Haaretz |date=5 October 2007 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007114935/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/news-in-brief-1.230512 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] (1926-2009) – correspondent, editor, writer | |||
* ] | |||
* ] – theater critic, columnist | |||
* ] – satiric columnist, author | |||
* ] | |||
* ] | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite news |author=Ofer Aderet |url=http://www.haaretz.com/culture/.premium-1.551536 |title=Aviva Lori, veteran writer for Haaretz Magazine, passes away |newspaper=Haaretz |date=9 October 2013 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=23 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523142345/https://www.haaretz.com/culture/.premium-1.551536 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] – political commentator, publicist<ref>{{cite news |last=Carmel |first=Asaf |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/fellow-journalists-to-honor-haaretz-commentator-yoel-marcus-in-eilat-1.232876 |title=Fellow journalists to honor Haaretz commentator Yoel Marcus in Eilat |work=Haaretz |date=9 November 2007 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007100036/http://www.haaretz.com/news/fellow-journalists-to-honor-haaretz-commentator-yoel-marcus-in-eilat-1.232876 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] – former intelligence correspondent | |||
* ] – former U.S. correspondent | |||
* ] – health issues<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite news |author=Asaf Carmel |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/917773.html |title=Haaretz reporters Klein, Reznick win Sokolov Award for Journalism |newspaper=Haaretz |date=28 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070802091348/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/917773.html |archive-date=2 August 2007}}</ref> | |||
* ] – food and wine critic | |||
* ] – former Arab affairs analyst | |||
* ] – political commentator<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/the-long-goodbye-1.248989 |title=The long goodbye |author=Aviva Lori |newspaper=Haaretz |date=3 July 2008 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007082727/http://www.haaretz.com/the-long-goodbye-1.248989 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] (1940-2015) – politician, publicist | |||
* ] – military and defense analyst | |||
* ]<ref>{{cite news |last=Ben Simon |first=Daniel |author-link=Daniel Ben-Simon |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/daniel-ben-simon-why-i-m-leaving-journalism-for-politics-1.247790 |title=Daniel Ben-Simon: Why I'm leaving journalism for politics |work=Haaretz |date=13 June 2008 |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=9 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209003523/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/daniel-ben-simon-why-i-m-leaving-journalism-for-politics-1.247790 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] – social welfare and humanitarian issues | |||
* ] – law | |||
* ] – political columnist<ref>{{cite news |title=No Man's Land: The idea of a city disappears |author=Ari Shavit |magazine=] |date=9 December 2002 |url=http://www.indopubs.com/is4.html |access-date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034517/http://www.indopubs.com/is4.html |url-status=live }}{{failed verification|date=October 2014}}</ref> | |||
* ] – Jewish religious affairs<ref>{{cite web |author=Elan Ezrachi, Ph.D. |title=Jewish Renaissance and Renewal in Israel |url=http://www.nathancummings.org/jewish/special2.htm |publisher=Dorot and Nathan Cummings Foundations |date=c. 2000 <!-- has to be between 2000 (newest citation in text) and 26 April 2004 (oldest archive date at archive.org)--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040426023832/http://www.nathancummings.org/jewish/special2.htm |archive-date=26 April 2004 }}</ref> | |||
* ] | |||
* ] – political commentary | |||
*] (1919-1989) - literary critic, writer, editor of the literary supplement | |||
* ] – photographer | |||
* ] | |||
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* Culture and literature | |||
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* Le Figaro, page 20, August 14 2006 (DuMont Schauberg's purchase of 25 percent of shares of the ''Haaretz'' group) | |||
* {{cite book|last1=Merrill|first1=John C.|author-link=John C. Merrill|first2=Harold A.|last2=Fisher|title=The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers|url=https://archive.org/details/worldsgreatdaili0000merr|url-access=registration|date=1980|ref=pp 151–55}} | |||
* {{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/28/110228fa_fact_remnick |title=The Dissenters – Haaretz prides itself on being the conscience of Israel. Does it have a future? |first=David |last=Remnick |author-link=David Remnick |magazine=] |date=28 February 2011}} | |||
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*{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/opinion/the-people-vs-haaretz.html |title=The People vs. Haaretz |first=Shmuel |last=Rosner |author-link=Shmuel Rosner |date=11 May 2017 |work=] }} | |||
* {{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/problems-at-israel-s-haaretz-newspaper-without-a-country-a-599005.html |title=Problems at Israel's Haaretz: Newspaper Without a Country |first=Christoph |last=Schult|work=] |date=31 December 2008}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:12, 27 December 2024
Israeli daily newspaper Not to be confused with Land of Israel.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | Schocken family (75%) Leonid Nevzlin (25%) |
Publisher | Amos Schocken |
Editor | Aluf Benn |
Founded | 1919; 105 years ago (1919) |
Political alignment | Centre-left to left-wing Liberalism Progressivism |
Language | Hebrew, English |
Headquarters | Global HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel North American HQ: New York City |
Circulation | 72,000 (weekends: 100,000) |
Website |
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Haaretz (Hebrew: הָאָרֶץ lit. 'The Land ', originally Ḥadshot Haaretz – Hebrew: חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ, IPA: [χadˈʃot haˈʔaʁets] lit. 'News of the Land ') is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in Hebrew and English in the Berliner format, and is also available online. In North America, it is published as a weekly newspaper, combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week. Haaretz is Israel's newspaper of record. It is known for its left-wing and liberal stances on domestic and foreign issues.
As of 2022, Haaretz has the third-largest circulation in Israel. It is widely read by international observers, especially in its English edition, and discussed in the international press. According to the Center for Research Libraries, among Israel's daily newspapers, "Haaretz is considered the most influential and respected for both its news coverage and its commentary."
History and ownership
Haaretz was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in Palestine. In 1919, it was taken over by a group of socialist-oriented Zionists, mainly from Russia. The newspaper was established on 18 June 1919 by a group of businessmen including the philanthropist Isaac Leib Goldberg, initially called Hadashot Ha'aretz ("News of the Land"). Later, the name was shortened to Haaretz. The literary section of the paper attracted leading Hebrew writers of the time.
The newspaper was initially published in Jerusalem. From 1919 to 1922, the paper was headed by a succession of editors, among them Leib Yaffe. It was closed briefly due to a budgetary shortfall and reopened in Tel Aviv at the beginning of 1923 under the editorship of Moshe Glickson, who held the post for 15 years. The Tel Aviv municipality granted the paper financial support by paying in advance for future advertisements.
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Haaretz's liberal viewpoint was to some degree associated with the General Zionist "A" faction, which later helped form the Progressive Party, though it was nonpartisan and careful not to espouse any specific party line. It was considered the most sophisticated of the Yishuv's dailies.
Salman Schocken, a Jewish businessman who left Germany in 1934 after the Nazis had come to power, bought the paper in December 1935. Schocken was active in Brit Shalom, also known as the Jewish–Palestinian Peace Alliance, a body supporting co-existence between Jews and Arabs which was sympathetic to a homeland for both peoples. His son, Gershom Schocken, became the chief editor in 1939 and held that position until his death in 1990.
The Schocken family were the sole owners of the Haaretz Group until August 2006, when they sold a 25% stake to German publisher M. DuMont Schauberg. The deal was negotiated with the help of the former Israeli ambassador to Germany, Avi Primor. This deal was seen as controversial in Israel as DuMont Schauberg's father, Kurt Neven DuMont, was member of the Nazi Party and his publishing house promoted Nazi ideology.
On 12 June 2011, it was announced that Russian-Israeli businessman Leonid Nevzlin had purchased a 20% stake in the Haaretz Group, buying 15% from the family and 5% from M. DuMont Schauberg. In December 2019, members of the Schocken family bought all of the Haaretz stock belonging to M. DuMont Schauberg. The deal saw the Schocken family reach 75% ownership, with the remaining 25% owned by Leonid Nevzlin.
In October 2012, a union strike mobilized to protest planned layoffs by the Haaretz management, causing a one-day interruption of Haaretz and its TheMarker business supplement. According to Israel Radio, it was the first time since 1965 that a newspaper did not go to press on account of a strike.
On 24 November 2024, the Israeli government ordered a boycott of Haaretz by government officials and anyone working for a government-funded body, and banned government advertising with the newspaper. According to The Guardian, Haaretz "had published a series of investigations of wrongdoing or abuses by senior officials and the armed forces, and has long been in the crosshairs of the current government."
Management
The newspaper's editorial policy was defined by Gershom Schocken, who was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. Schocken was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Hanoch Marmari. In 2004 David Landau replaced Marmari and was succeeded by Dov Alfon in 2008. The current editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Aluf Benn, who replaced Alfon in August 2011. Charlotte Halle became editor of the English print edition in February 2008.
Walter Gross was a member of the governing editorial board and a columnist with the paper from 1951 to 1995.
Editorial policy and viewpoints
Haaretz describes itself as having "a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs", and has been summarized as being "liberal on security, civil rights and economy, supportive of the Supreme Court, very critical of Netanyahu's government". Others describe it alternatively as liberal, centre-left, left-wing, and the country's only major left-leaning newspaper. The paper opposes retaining Israeli control over the Palestinian territories and consistently supports peace initiatives. The Haaretz editorial line is supportive of weaker elements in Israeli society, such as sex workers, foreign laborers, Israeli Arabs, Ethiopian immigrants, and Russian immigrants.
In 2006, the BBC said that Haaretz takes a moderate stance on foreign policy and security. David Remnick in The New Yorker described Haaretz as "easily the most liberal newspaper in Israel", its ideology as left-wing and its temper as "insistently oppositional". According to Ira Sharkansky, Haaretz's op-ed pages are open to a variety of opinions. J. J. Goldberg, the editor of the American The Jewish Daily Forward, describes Haaretz as "Israel's most vehemently anti-settlement daily paper". Stephen Glain of The Nation described Haaretz as "Israel's liberal beacon", citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to the Second Lebanon War. A 2003 study in The International Journal of Press/Politics concluded that Haaretz's reporting of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was more favorable to Israelis than to Palestinians but less so than that of The New York Times. In 2016, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote: "I like a lot of the people at Haaretz, and many of its positions, but the cartoonish anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism can be grating."
Formatting, circulation, and reputation
Circulation
In 2022, a TGI survey found that Haaretz was the newspaper with the third largest readership in Israel, with an exposure rate of 4.7%, below Israel Hayom's rate of 31% and Yedioth Ahronoth's 23.9%.
Formatting and image
Haaretz uses smaller headlines and print than other mass circulation papers in Israel. Less space is devoted to pictures, and more to political analysis. Opinion columns are generally written by regular commentators rather than guest writers. Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders. Apart from the news, Haaretz publishes feature articles on social and environmental issues, as well as book reviews, investigative reporting, and political commentary. In 2008, the newspaper itself reported a paid subscribership of 65,000, daily sales of 72,000 copies, and 100,000 on weekends. The English edition has a subscriber base of 15,000.
Readership and reception
Despite its historically relatively low circulation in Israel, Haaretz has for many years been described as Israel's most influential daily newspaper. In 2006, it exposed a scandal regarding professional and ethical standards at Israeli hospitals. Its readership includes members of Israel's intelligentsia and members of its political and economic elites. In 1999, surveys showed that Haaretz readership had above-average education, income, and wealth, and that most were Ashkenazi Jews. Some have said that Haaretz functions in Israel much as The New York Times does in the United States, as a newspaper of record. In 2007, Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz's former U.S. correspondent, told The Nation, "people who read it are better educated and more sophisticated than most, but the rest of the country doesn't know it exists." According to Hanoch Marmari, a former Haaretz editor, the newspaper has lost its political influence in Israel because it became "detached" from the country's political life.
Andrea Levin, executive director of the pro-Israel Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), said Haaretz was doing "damage to the truth" and sometimes making serious factual errors without correcting them. According to The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz editor-in-chief David Landau said at the 2007 Limmud conference in Moscow that he had told his staff not to report on criminal investigations against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in order to promote Sharon's 2004–2005 Gaza disengagement plan. In April 2017, Haaretz published an op-ed by a staff writer that said the Israeli religious right was worse than Hezbollah. Condemnation followed, including from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin, and other government ministers and MPs, as well as from Opposition Leader Isaac Herzog.
On 31 October 2024, Haaretz's publisher Amos Schocken made remarks during a speech at a Haaretz conference in London, criticising the Netanyahu government for allegedly imposing an apartheid regime on the Palestinian population and referring to "Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls terrorists." In response, the Israeli interior, education, diaspora ministries severed ties with Haaretz while the Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi advocated a boycott of the newspaper covering all government bodies and employees. Schocken distanced himself from parts of comments the next day, saying that "the use of terrorism is not legitimate". By 4 November, the newspaper had received hundreds of cancellation and subscription termination requests, and a decline in advertising revenue. Several ministries had requested to cancel their subscriptions, with the Israeli foreign ministry cancelling 90 subscriptions.
Internet editions
Haaretz operates both Hebrew and English language websites. The two sites offer up-to-the-minute breaking news, live Q&A sessions with newsmakers from Israel, the Palestinian territories and elsewhere, and blogs covering a range of political standpoints and opinions. The two sites fall under the supervision of Lior Kodner, the head of digital media for the Haaretz Group. Individually, Simon Spungin is the editor of Haaretz.com (English) and Avi Scharf is the editor of Haaretz.co.il (Hebrew).
Offices
The Haaretz building is on Schocken Street in south Tel Aviv.
The former Haaretz building of 1932–1973 was designed by architect Joseph Berlin. It was demolished in the early 1990s, with only part of the facade preserved and integrated into the new building at 56, Maza Street.
Journalists and writers
Present
- Ruth Almog – literature, publicist
- Merav Arlosoroff – economy affairs columnist (in The Marker)
- Avraham Balaban – Tel Aviv and cultural history publicist
- Zvi Barel – Middle East affair commentator
- Omer Benjakob - technology, disinformation, Misplaced Pages
- Aluf Benn – editor-in-chief
- Bradley Burston – political columnist
- Saggi Cohen – food columnist
- Lily Galili
- Doram Gaunt – food columnist
- Avirama Golan
- Ehud Barak
- Ehud Olmert
- Zehava Galon
- Amos Harel – military correspondent
- Israel Harel – columnist
- Danna Harman – feature writer
- Amira Hass – Ramallah-based Palestinian affairs correspondent.
- Avi Issacharoff – military correspondent
- Uri Klein – film critic
- Yitzhak Laor – publicist
- Alex Levac – photo columnist
- Gideon Levy – Palestinian affairs columnist
- Amir Mandel – classic music critic
- Amir Oren – military affairs
- Sammy Peretz – economic affairs columnist (in The Marker)
- Anshel Pfeffer – political and military affairs
- Tsafrir Rinat – environmental issues
- Guy Rolnick – economic affairs editorialist (of The Marker)
- Doron Rosenblum – satirist, publicist
- Ruth Schuster, Senior Editor for archaeology and science at the Haaretz English Edition.
- Tom Segev – historian, political commentator
- Ben Shalev – popular music critic
- Nehemia Shtrasler – economic affairs, publicist
- Simon Spungin – Managing Editor, English Edition
- Gadi Taub – political commentary
- Amir Tibon
- Yossi Verter – political reporter
- Esther Zandberg – architecture
- Benny Ziffer – literature, publicist
Past
- Nathan Alterman (1910-1970)
- Moshe Arens – columnist
- Ehud Asheri
- Gidi Avivi – popular music critic
- Meron Benvenisti (1934-2020) – political columnist
- Noam Ben Ze'ev – music critic
- Yoram Bronowski (1948-2001) – literary critic, TV critic
- Arie Caspi
- Daniel Dagan
- Akiva Eldar – diplomatic affairs analyst
- Amos Elon (1926-2009) – correspondent, editor, writer
- Boaz Evron
- Michael Handelzalts – theater critic, columnist
- Sayed Kashua – satiric columnist, author
- Jerrold Kessel
- Tami Litani
- Aviva Lori
- Yoel Marcus – political commentator, publicist
- Yossi Melman – former intelligence correspondent
- Natasha Mozgovaya – former U.S. correspondent
- Ran Reznick – health issues
- Daniel Rogov – food and wine critic
- Danny Rubinstein – former Arab affairs analyst
- Gideon Samet – political commentator
- Yossi Sarid (1940-2015) – politician, publicist
- Ze'ev Schiff – military and defense analyst
- Daniel Ben Simon
- Ruth Sinai – social welfare and humanitarian issues
- Ze'ev Segal – law
- Ari Shavit – political columnist
- Yair Sheleg – Jewish religious affairs
- Nadav Shragai
- Ze'ev Sternhell – political commentary
- Benjamin Tammuz (1919-1989) - literary critic, writer, editor of the literary supplement
- Pavel Wolberg – photographer
- Merav Michaeli
See also
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Further reading
- Merrill, John C.; Fisher, Harold A. (1980). The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers.
- Remnick, David (28 February 2011). "The Dissenters – Haaretz prides itself on being the conscience of Israel. Does it have a future?". The New Yorker.
- Rosner, Shmuel (11 May 2017). "The People vs. Haaretz". The New York Times.
- Schult, Christoph (31 December 2008). "Problems at Israel's Haaretz: Newspaper Without a Country". Der Spiegel.
External links
- Official website
- Official website (in Hebrew)
- "About Haaretz". Haaretz. 12 July 2001.
- "Archive of Hebrew edition, 1918–2019".
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