Haaretz
Haaretz is one of Israel's oldest daily newspapers, published in Hebrew and English from Tel Aviv. It covers national and international news, politics, and culture and is widely known for its liberal, left-leaning editorial orientation. It maintains print and digital editions and is regarded as an influential voice in Israeli journalism.
Haaretz at a glance
- Country
- Israel
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Left-leaning
- Founded
- 1918
- Published from
- Tel Aviv
- Website
- haaretz.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups Haaretz
Crosswire groups Haaretz as Left-leaning for comparisons within Israel's directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In Israel, The Times of Israel and Ynetnews are listed as Centrist, while The Jerusalem Post and Arutz Sheva are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open Haaretz beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
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Where Haaretz sits in Israel's press
Haaretz was founded in 1918 and is published from Tel Aviv. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Israel, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being The Jerusalem Post. By outlets tracked, Israel ranks second of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Haaretz outside Israel, starting with The Levant, are The Daily Star Lebanon (Lebanon), Al Rai (Jordan), Al-Quds (Palestine) and Le Matin (Morocco). Opening one of them beside Haaretz is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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