Haaretz
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Haaretz (Hebrew: Template:Audio, The Land) is an Israeli newspaper, founded in 1919. It is published in Hebrew, with an abridged English edition published as an annex to the International Herald Tribune edition distributed in Israel. Hebrew and English editions also appear on the Internet.
In comparison to the other daily Hebrew newspapers, Maariv and Yediot Aharonot, Haaretz is relatively high brow, with longer articles, smaller print, fewer pictures and daily science and literature pages. Its views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict tend to be leftist, particularly the reporting of Amira Hass and, to a lesser extent, Gideon Levy. Haaretz strongly supported the Oslo accords with the PLO. The position of the newspaper in Israel's religious spectrum is decidedly secular. Although space is often given to issues of social justice (exemplified by Ruth Sinai's frequent columns on this topic), the paper's editorial line on economical issues is primarily classical-liberal in the spirit of The Economist. It supports privatization, free-trade, reduction in welfare, lower taxes and strict fiscal practices.
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Management
The newspaper's editorial line was defined by Gershom Schocken, who was editor-in-chief between 1939 and 1990. Haaretz is owned by the Schocken family. The current editor and managing editor are (resp.) David Landau and Tami Litani, who replaced Hanoch Marmari and Yoel Esteron in April 2004.
Internet Editions
The online versions of Haaretz, both the Hebrew and English versions, are widely recognized to be some of the most reliable and most regularly updated news sites in Israel. Even the English website gives very accurate information minutes after incidents have taken place, making Haaretz online one of the most used English-language website for Israeli news.
Notable reporters and publicists in Haaretz
- Amira Hass - Israeli journalist, living in Ramallah, mainly reports on Palestinian issues, has won many prizes in Europe.
- Ari Shavit - journalist, columnist
- Akiva Eldar - Diplomatic affairs analyst
- Aluf Benn - Diplomatic affairs correspondent
- Amos Harel - military correspondent
- Amos Elon - since 1954 to 2001: correspondent, editor, writer
- Amir Oren - military reporter
- Yossi Sarid - retired left wing politician, publicist
- Yoel Marcus - publicist
- Ze'ev Schiff - military and security affairs commentator
- Nehamia Shtrasler - economy reporter, publicist
- Gideon Levy - Palestinian affairs journalist
- Shmuel Rosner - Washington Correspondent, Daily blog (www.rosnersdomain.com)
- Danny Rubinstein - political affairs journalist
- Benny Ziffer - Literature, publicist
- Yossi Verter - Political reporter
Supplements
On a weekday, Haaretz comes with several supplements containing feature articles, columns, television and radio listings and a quick crossword. Other supplements included during the week are:
- All week -
- Actualia (Op-Ed, political commentary)
- Gallery (Culture and entertainment, television and radio listings)
- TheMarker (economy section)
- Sunday - Sports (extended)
- Wednesday - Literature
- Friday -
- Extended Actualia
- Mossaf Haaretz (weekend magazine)
- Literature
- Real Estate
- The local newspaper
See also
- Amira Hass - Haaretz journalist
- List of Israeli newspapers
External links
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