Haaretz

Haaretz? / I (Hebrew Hebrew הָאָרֶץ Haaretz also Ha'Aretz, "The Land ") is an Israeli newspaper. It first appeared on June 18, 1919 in the Hebrew language, and since 1997 it also has an English print edition and is available online in both languages. The newspaper is part of the Haaretz Group, which is majority owned by the Schocken family. Since 1990 Amos Schocken its editor, current editor in chief Aluf Benn.

The as -understand liberal newspaper is considered the undisputed most high -quality newspaper and Israel as a critical public instance of Israeli society. It counts despite their small edition of the " major newspapers " in the world. 2005, the Hebrew edition has a circulation of 70,000, approximately 90,000 copies on weekends. The rest of the English edition was 12,000 on weekends 20,000 copies. The online editions had monthly according to the newspaper in 2005 in Hebrew and English 700,000 1 million users.

History

The newspaper grew out of the British military issued from 1918 newspaper The Palestine News, whose Hebrew edition under the name Chadashot meha - Aretz appeared ( " Nachrichen out of the country ," meaning the land of Israel is meant ) in June 1918 as a weekly newspaper. It was directed primarily at the British Jewish soldiers, but was also read by the members of the Yishuv, the Jewish settlements in Palestine. In 1919, the British government ceased publication and offered the rights to the newspaper to buy. Supported by the Zionist Organization, took Isaac body Goldberg, a leading member of the early Zionist Hibbat Zion from Vilna, the publication of the newspaper, which now appeared daily in Jerusalem, for the first time on 18 June 1919. Few months later it was renamed in Haaretz.

In 1922 the publication of the newspaper was set, but continued after a short time by a cooperative founded by the employee with Zionist support and sponsored by a family in Berlin and moved to Tel Aviv. 1933, the cooperative was converted into a share company. Salman Schocken in 1937 bought the sheet and his son Gershom Schocken worked from 1939 to 1990 as editor in chief. In November 2006, the Cologne publishing house M. DuMont bought 25 percent of the share capital of the Haaretz Group and thus also to Haaretz. The capital increase was primarily invested in the expansion of local weeklies and expansion of the Internet business. In June 2011 it was announced that the Russian- Israeli businessman Leonid Nevzlin has acquired 20 percent of the Haaretz Group, 15 percent of the Schocken family and 5 percent of M. DuMont.

Publication

Haaretz published daily except Saturdays in Hebrew and English since 1997. The English edition is the International New York Times enclosed and is laid in cooperation with the New York Times. The newspaper has an online edition in both languages. Since 2013 many contents are only provided for a fee available with a registration you can however read ten articles a month for free.

Unlike other Israeli newspapers such as Maariv and Haaretz prints Jedi'ot Aharonot longer articles, smaller font and presents fewer images.

Political orientation

Haaretz is commonly referred to as a liberal newspaper. In domestic Israeli society debates it occupies a decidedly secular point of view and publishes articles on social issues in a certain continuity. On issues relating to the conflict with the Palestinians, Haaretz represents an anti-government stance, opposes the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and shows understanding for Palestinian cause. Especially in articles by Amira Hass and Gideon Levy contributions of this is clear. Haaretz also supported the Oslo Accords with the PLO.

In addition, Haaretz published frequently and on a large scale contributions by authors from a very wide political spectrum. The range of guest authors ranges from Likud hardliners Moshe Arens to the left exponent of the peace movement.

Economically Haaretz represents mainly classical liberal principles, similar to the British The Economist.