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[[File:HADASHOT HAARETZ (NATIONAL NEWS) DAILY OF THE EARLY 20S.jpg|thumb|250px|Front page of ''Ḥadshot Ha'aretz'', August 1919]]
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'''''Haaretz''''' ({{Lang-he|הָאָרֶץ}} {{Literal translation|The Land [of Israel]}}, originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – {{Lang-he|חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ}}, {{IPA-he|χadˈʃot haˈʔaʁets|IPA}} {{Literal translation|News of the Land [of Israel]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/Israel.html |title=Israel |publisher=Press Reference |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref>) is an [[List of newspapers in Israel|Israeli newspaper]]. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. It is published in both [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[English language|English]] in the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] format. The English edition is published and sold together with ''[[The New York Times International Edition]]''. Its Hebrew and English editions are available on the internet. 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Levey|first=Gregory|date=21 August 2008|title=Pushing right-wing American politics — in Israel|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|url=http://www.salon.com/2008/08/21/influencing_israel/|access-date=24 January 2014|quote=In the past few months, Haaretz, Israel's paper of record, has run a series of articles expressing misgivings about outside influence.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rosen|first=Brant|date=11 May 2010|title=Alan Dershowitz and the Politics of Desperation|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-brant-rosen/alan-dershowitz-and-the-p_b_572645.html|access-date=24 January 2014|quote=Recent polling, alongside articles in both the New York Times and the Israeli paper of record, Ha'aretz, indicate that the American Jewish community no longer feels represented by our so-called representatives – if we ever did.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gorenberg|first=Gershom|date=September 2002|title=The Thin Green Line|work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2002/09/thin-green-line|access-date=24 January 2014|quote=In late January, the declaration ran as an ad in Ha'aretz, the national paper of record...}}</ref> It is known for its [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] and [[Liberalism in Israel|liberal]] 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}}</ref>
'''''Haaretz''''' ({{Lang-he|הָאָרֶץ}} {{Literal translation|The Land [of Israel]}}, originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – {{Lang-he|חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ}}, {{IPA-he|χadˈʃot haˈʔaʁets|IPA}} {{Literal translation|News of the Land [of Israel]}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/Israel.html |title=Israel |publisher=Press Reference |access-date=5 March 2010}}</ref>) is an Israeli [[Far-left politics|far-left]] [[List of newspapers in Israel|newspaper]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Author |first=Caroline Glick |date=2023-01-27 |title=The Israeli Left Begs the World To Protect Its Power |url=https://www.newsweek.com/israeli-left-begs-world-protect-its-power-opinion-1776673 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Morrissey |first=Ed |date=2023-10-10 |title="At first we were ecstatic": Gaza's FAFO moment and Iran's strategic miscalculation |url=https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/10/10/at-first-we-were-ecstatic-gazas-fafo-moment-and-irans-strategic-miscalculation-n583689 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=hotair.com |language=en}}</ref> It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. It is published in both [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[English language|English]] in the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] format. The English edition is published and sold together with ''[[The New York Times International Edition]]''. Its Hebrew and English editions are available on the internet. 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Levey|first=Gregory|date=21 August 2008|title=Pushing right-wing American politics — in Israel|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|url=http://www.salon.com/2008/08/21/influencing_israel/|access-date=24 January 2014|quote=In the past few months, Haaretz, Israel's paper of record, has run a series of articles expressing misgivings about outside influence.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rosen|first=Brant|date=11 May 2010|title=Alan Dershowitz and the Politics of Desperation|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-brant-rosen/alan-dershowitz-and-the-p_b_572645.html|access-date=24 January 2014|quote=Recent polling, alongside articles in both the New York Times and the Israeli paper of record, Ha'aretz, indicate that the American Jewish community no longer feels represented by our so-called representatives – if we ever did.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gorenberg|first=Gershom|date=September 2002|title=The Thin Green Line|work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2002/09/thin-green-line|access-date=24 January 2014|quote=In late January, the declaration ran as an ad in Ha'aretz, the national paper of record...}}</ref> It is known for its [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] and [[Liberalism in Israel|liberal]] 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}}</ref>


{{As of|2022|post=,}} ''Haaretz'' has the third-largest [[Print circulation|circulation]] 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 |language=he}}</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}}</ref> 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."<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}}</ref>
{{As of|2022|post=,}} ''Haaretz'' has the third-largest [[Print circulation|circulation]] 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 |language=he}}</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}}</ref> 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."<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}}</ref>
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==Editorial policy and viewpoints==
==Editorial policy and viewpoints==
''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}}</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}}</ref> Others describe it alternatively as [[Liberalism|liberal]],<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=[[Transaction Publishers]] |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=[[Lexington Books]] |year=2000|isbn= 9780739101094 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/2583675.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Israeli media vents fury at Likud |date=17 December 2002 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> [[centre-left]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Mya Guarnieri |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/201126123643463123.html |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |edition=English |title=The death of Israeli democracy |date=6 February 2011 |access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> [[left-wing]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm |title=Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 February 2004 |access-date=5 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/24/idUSL24528048 |title=Israeli authors urge ceasefire talks with Hamas |work=[[Reuters]] |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=[[The Economist]] |date=16 August 2014 |access-date=5 March 2010 }}</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 newspaper opposes retaining control of the territories 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, [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arabs]], [[Ethiopian Jews|Ethiopian immigrants]], and [[1990s Post-Soviet aliyah|Russian immigrants]].<ref name=fas/>
''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}}</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}}</ref> Others describe it alternatively as [[Liberalism|liberal]],<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=[[Transaction Publishers]] |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=[[Lexington Books]] |year=2000|isbn= 9780739101094 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/2583675.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Israeli media vents fury at Likud |date=17 December 2002 |access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> [[centre-left]],<ref>{{cite news |author=Mya Guarnieri |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/201126123643463123.html |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] |edition=English |title=The death of Israeli democracy |date=6 February 2011 |access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> [[left-wing]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm |title=Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 February 2004 |access-date=5 March 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/24/idUSL24528048 |title=Israeli authors urge ceasefire talks with Hamas |work=[[Reuters]] |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=[[The Economist]] |date=16 August 2014 |access-date=5 March 2010 }}</ref> and as a [[Far-left politics|far-left]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Israeli 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 newspaper opposes retaining control of the territories 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, [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arabs]], [[Ethiopian Jews|Ethiopian immigrants]], and [[1990s Post-Soviet aliyah|Russian immigrants]].<ref name=fas/>


In 2006, the [[BBC]] 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=[[BBC News]] |date=8 May 2006 |access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref> [[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".<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=[[The New Yorker]] |date= 28 February 2011 |author-link=David Remnick}}</ref> According to [[Ira Sharkansky]], ''Haaretz''{{'}}s [[op-ed]] 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=[[Transaction Publishers]] |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |year=2005|page=43 |isbn=978-0-7658-0277-4}}</ref> [[J. J. Goldberg]], the editor of the American ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'', describes ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's most vehemently anti-[[Israeli settlement|settlement]] 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=[[The Forward]] |date=3 April 2009 |access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=glazin/> 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]]''.<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, [[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."<ref>[https://www.jta.org/2016/08/02/news-opinion/united-states/journalist-jeffrey-goldberg-under-fire-after-tweeting-he-will-stop-reading-haaretz Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg stirs storm after tweeting he might stop reading Haaretz], JTA, 2 August 2016</ref><ref name="FT201610">[https://www.ft.com/content/252f849c-75a5-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a Amos Schocken, third-generation proprietor of Ha'aretz], Financial Times, John Reed, 3 October 2016</ref>
In 2006, the [[BBC]] 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=[[BBC News]] |date=8 May 2006 |access-date=13 February 2014}}</ref> [[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".<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=[[The New Yorker]] |date= 28 February 2011 |author-link=David Remnick}}</ref> According to [[Ira Sharkansky]], ''Haaretz''{{'}}s [[op-ed]] 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=[[Transaction Publishers]] |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |year=2005|page=43 |isbn=978-0-7658-0277-4}}</ref> [[J. J. Goldberg]], the editor of the American ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'', describes ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's most vehemently anti-[[Israeli settlement|settlement]] 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=[[The Forward]] |date=3 April 2009 |access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=glazin/> 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]]''.<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, [[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."<ref>[https://www.jta.org/2016/08/02/news-opinion/united-states/journalist-jeffrey-goldberg-under-fire-after-tweeting-he-will-stop-reading-haaretz Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg stirs storm after tweeting he might stop reading Haaretz], JTA, 2 August 2016</ref><ref name="FT201610">[https://www.ft.com/content/252f849c-75a5-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a Amos Schocken, third-generation proprietor of Ha'aretz], Financial Times, John Reed, 3 October 2016</ref>

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Not to be confused with Land of Israel.

Haaretz
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TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Schocken family (75%)
Leonid Nevzlin (25%)[1]
PublisherAmos Schocken, M. DuMont Schauberg
EditorAluf Benn[2]
Founded1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Political alignmentCentre-left to left-wing
Liberalism
Progressivism
LanguageHebrew, English
HeadquartersGlobal HQ:
Tel Aviv, Israel
North American HQ:
New York City
Circulation72,000
(weekends: 100,000)[3]
Website
Front page of Ḥadshot Ha'aretz, August 1919

Haaretz (Hebrew: הָאָרֶץ lit. 'The Land [of Israel]', originally Ḥadshot Haaretz – Hebrew: חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ, IPA: [χadˈʃot haˈʔaʁets] lit. 'News of the Land [of Israel]'[4]) is an Israeli far-left newspaper.[5][6] It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. It is published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with The New York Times International Edition. Its Hebrew and English editions are available on the internet. 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.[7][8][9] It is known for its left-wing and liberal stances on domestic and foreign issues.[10]

As of 2022, Haaretz has the third-largest circulation in Israel.[11] It is widely read by international observers, especially in its English edition, and discussed in the international press.[12] 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."[13]

History and ownership

Haaretz was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.[14] In 1919, it was taken over by a group of socialist-oriented Zionists, mainly from Russia.[15][16] The newspaper was established on 18 June 1919 by a group of businessmen including the philanthropist Isaac Leib Goldberg, and initially, it was called Hadashot Ha'aretz ("News of the Land"). Later, the name was shortened to Haaretz.[17] The literary section of the paper attracted leading Hebrew writers of the time.[18]

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.[16] The Tel Aviv municipality granted the paper financial support by paying in advance for future advertisements.[19]

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Haaretz's liberal viewpoint was to some degree associated with the General Zionist "A" faction,[20] which later helped form the Progressive Party,[21] though it was nonpartisan and careful not to espouse any specific party line.[22][23] It was considered the most sophisticated of the Yishuv's dailies.[20]

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.[24]

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.[25] The deal was negotiated with the help of the former Israeli ambassador to Germany, Avi Primor.[26] 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.[27]

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.[28] In December 2019, members of the Schocken family bought all of the Haaretz stock belonging to M. DuMont Schauberg.[1] The deal saw the Schocken family reach 75% ownership, with the remaining 25% owned by Leonid Nevzlin.[1]

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.[29][30]

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.[31] The current editor-in-chief of the newspaper is Aluf Benn, who replaced Alfon in August 2011.[2] 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.[32]

Editorial policy and viewpoints

Haaretz describes itself as having "a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs",[33] and has been summarized as being "liberal on security, civil rights and economy, supportive of the Supreme Court, very critical of Netanyahu's government".[34] Others describe it alternatively as liberal,[35][36][37] centre-left,[38] left-wing,[39][40][41] and as a far-left[5][6] Israeli newspaper.[42] The newspaper opposes retaining control of the territories and consistently supports peace initiatives.[43] 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.[15]

In 2006, the BBC said that Haaretz takes a moderate stance on foreign policy and security.[44] 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".[31] According to Ira Sharkansky, Haaretz's op-ed pages are open to a variety of opinions.[45] J. J. Goldberg, the editor of the American The Jewish Daily Forward, describes Haaretz as "Israel's most vehemently anti-settlement daily paper".[46] 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.[47] 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.[48] 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."[49][50]

Formatting, circulation, and reputation

Front page of the Hebrew and English editions

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%.[11]

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.[15] Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders.[51] 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.[3] The English edition has a subscriber base of 15,000.[47]

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.[52][53][54] In 2006, it exposed a scandal regarding professional and ethical standards at Israeli hospitals.[55] Its readership includes members of Israel's intelligentsia and members of its political and economic elites.[56][57] In 1999, surveys showed that Haaretz readership had above-average education, income, and wealth, and that most were Ashkenazi Jews.[47][58] Some have said that Haaretz functions in Israel much as The New York Times does in the United States, as a newspaper of record.[59][60] 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."[47] 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.[61]

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.[62] 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.[63] In April 2017, Haaretz published an op-ed by a staff writer that said the Israeli religious right was worse than Hezbollah.[64][65] 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.[66]

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).[67][68]

Offices

Former Haaretz building (1932–1973), of which only part of the facade has been preserved

The Haaretz building is on Schocken Street in south Tel Aviv.[31]

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

Past

Passengers on board a Palestine Airways Short Scion, 1939. The second passenger on the left is reading Haaretz.

See also

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