The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel is an English-language online news outlet based in Jerusalem. It covers Israeli politics, security, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Jewish-world affairs, and the wider Middle East. Founded as a digital-native publication, it has a substantial international readership and is among the most widely cited English-language sources on Israel.

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The Times of Israel at a glance

Country: Israel
Region: The Levant · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Digital-native outlet
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 2012
Published from: Jerusalem
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How Crosswire groups The Times of Israel

Crosswire groups The Times of Israel as Centrist for comparisons within Israel's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Israel, Haaretz is listed as Left-leaning, while The Jerusalem Post and Arutz Sheva are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Times of Israel beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where The Times of Israel sits in Israel's press

The Times of Israel was founded in 2012 and is published from Jerusalem. It is one of 6 outlets tracked in Israel, and one of 2 digital-native outlets among them — the other being Arutz Sheva. 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 16 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The Times of Israel outside Israel, starting with The Levant, are Jordan News (Jordan), Morocco World News (Morocco), TSA (Tout Sur l'Algérie) (Algeria) and Webdo (Tunisia). Opening one of them beside The Times of Israel is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.