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The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli English-language daily newspaper based in Jerusalem. It covers Israeli and Middle Eastern news, politics, and current affairs for domestic and international English-speaking readers. One of Israel's principal English-language outlets, it maintains print and digital editions and is generally regarded as centrist to conservative.

The Jerusalem Post at a glance

Country
Israel
Kind of outlet
Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning
Right-leaning
Founded
1932
Published from
Jerusalem
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How Crosswire groups The Jerusalem Post

Crosswire groups The Jerusalem Post as Right-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, Haaretz is listed as Left-leaning, while The Times of Israel and Ynetnews are listed as Centrist — so you can open The Jerusalem Post beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where The Jerusalem Post sits in Israel's press

The Jerusalem Post was founded in 1932 and is published from Jerusalem. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Israel, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being Haaretz. 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 The Jerusalem Post outside Israel, starting with The Levant, are Al Rai (Jordan), Al-Quds (Palestine), Le Matin (Morocco) and El Watan (Algeria). Opening one of them beside The Jerusalem Post is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.

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