Haaretz
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[Haaretz] (Hebrew: , "The Country" or "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 Yedioth Ahronoth, 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 more balanced, particularly due to 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.
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
Haaretz also operates two online websites. See 'External links'.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 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 weekdays, 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 -
- * News (including Op-Ed, political commentary)
- * Gallery (Culture and entertainment, television and radio listings)
- * TheMarker (business supplement)
- Sunday - Sports (extended)
- Wednesday - Literature
- Friday -
- * Extended News
- * Mosaf Haaretz (weekend magazine)
- * Literature
- * Real Estate
- * Local news
See also
External links
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