List of newspapers in Israel
Encyclopedia
This is a list of newspapers in Israel
. This list focuses on printed newspapers only and does not list other news sources, such as online sites or radio and TV channels. Most newspapers in Israel are published in Hebrew
, but there are also newspapers catering to Arabic
speakers, and newspapers catering to immigrants speaking a variety of other languages (most notably Russian
and English).
Israel has an incredibly high newspaper readership rate, a combination of a high adult literacy rate of 95% (closer to 100% in the Jewish population), and a cultural interest in politics and current affairs. Average weekday readership of newspapers in Israel is around 21 papers per one hundred people although many Israelis end up reading more than one paper.
Haifa
(Agudat Yisrael) and al-Ittihad
(Maki).
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. This list focuses on printed newspapers only and does not list other news sources, such as online sites or radio and TV channels. Most newspapers in Israel are published in Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
, but there are also newspapers catering to Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
speakers, and newspapers catering to immigrants speaking a variety of other languages (most notably Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
and English).
Israel has an incredibly high newspaper readership rate, a combination of a high adult literacy rate of 95% (closer to 100% in the Jewish population), and a cultural interest in politics and current affairs. Average weekday readership of newspapers in Israel is around 21 papers per one hundred people although many Israelis end up reading more than one paper.
Daily newspapers
| English Name | Language | Native name | Translation | Established | Frequency | Circulation | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcalist Calcalist Calcalist is a daily business newspaper published in Israel by the Yedioth Ahronoth Group. The group also publishes Yedioth Ahronoth, the country's most widely circulated newspaper. Calcalist was first published February 18 2008, and currently runs five days a week, with a weekend supplement... |
Hebrew Hebrew language Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such... |
כלכליסט | Economist | 2008 | Daily | Business news, affiliated with the Yedioth Group | |
| Courier Courier (Israeli newspaper) The Courier is a Russian-language daily newspaper that was founded in 1991 by Israel Libo Feigin. The daily paper is run from Tel Aviv. It has maintained an active presence on the Internet since 1998.-External links:*... |
Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
Курьер | Courier | 1991 | Daily | ||
| Globes Globes Globes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group... |
Hebrew Hebrew language Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such... |
גלובס | 1986 | Daily | 25,000 | Israel's premier financial daily | |
| Haaretz Haaretz Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet... |
Hebrew, English | הארץ | The Land (of Israel) | 1918 | Daily | 65,000-75,000 | Left-leaning daily newspaper, publishes an English edition with the International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories... |
| Hamodia Hamodia Hamodia is a Hebrew language daily newspaper, published in Jerusalem, Israel. A daily English language edition is also published in the United States, and weekly English-language editions in England and Israel. A weekly edition for French readers debuted in 2008. The U.S. version is the first... |
Hebrew | המודיע | The Announcer | 1950 | Daily | 25,000 | Aimed at the Hasidic Hasidic Judaism Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith... community |
| Israel HaYom Israel HaYom Israel HaYom is an Israeli national Hebrew-language free daily newspaper first published on July 30, 2007 and currently published in Tabloid format. The name is a variation of the popular USA Today, though there is no relation between the two publications... |
Hebrew | ישראל היום | Israel Today | 2007 | Daily | 300,000 | Free daily (Sunday - Friday), right-leaning |
| Israel-Nachrichten Israel-Nachrichten Israel-Nachrichten is a German language daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv. It is a part of the Internationale Medienhilfe network.Founded 1935 by Siegfried Blumenthal. In 1950 it was one of the most sold newspapers in Israel.... |
German German language German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union.... |
Israel News | 1935 | Daily | |||
| Israel Post Israel Post Israel Post , originally Metro Israel, is an Israeli Hebrew-language free daily newspaper based on the concept of the Metro newspapers. Co-owned by Eli Azur and David Weisman, it was first published on August 5, 2007... |
Hebrew | ישראל פוסט | Daily | Daily | affiliated with The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language broadsheet newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. The daily readership numbers do not approach those of the major Hebrew newspapers.... |
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| Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Israeli newspaper) Al-Ittihad is an Israeli Arabic language daily newspaper based in Haifa. Once considered the most important Arab media outlet in Israel, it is owned by Maki, the Israeli Communist Party, and was edited by a former Maki/Hadash Knesset member, Ahmad Sa'd until his death on 20 April 2010.-History:The... |
Arabic Arabic language Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book... |
الاتحاد | The Union | 1944 | Several times a week | Issued by Maki | |
| The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language broadsheet newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. The daily readership numbers do not approach those of the major Hebrew newspapers.... |
English, French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts... |
1932 | Daily | 30,000 | Formerly "The Palestine Post" (before 1950) | ||
| Kul al-Arab Kul al-Arab Kul al-Arab is an Israeli Arabic-language weekly newspaper, founded in 1987. Based in Nazareth, the paper is Israel's most influential and widely-read Arabic-language periodical. It is also distributed in the West Bank. Kul al-Arab has 70 employees and a circulation of 38,000... |
Arabic | كل العرب | All Arabs | 1987 | Several times a week | ||
| Maariv | Hebrew | מעריב | Evening | 1948 | Daily | 160,000-270,000 | aimed at a secular audience |
| Makor Rishon Makor Rishon Makor Rishon is an Israeli daily newspaper, identified with conservative national and religious values.It is published in Tel Aviv; most of its readership is made up of paying subscribers. During the week, Makor Rishon is published in tabloid format... |
Hebrew | מקור ראשון | First/Primary Source | 1997 | Daily | Aimed at national religious and right wing audience | |
| TheMarker TheMarker TheMarker is the name of three different Hebrew language offerings from Haaretz Group:* Daily economic newspaper distributed as a supplement of Haaretz and standalone* Economic website TheMarker.com* Monthly TheMarker Magazine-History:... |
Hebrew, English | דה-מרקר | 2000 | Daily | Business news, affiliated with the Haaretz group | ||
| Nasha Strana | Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... |
Наша Страна | Our Country | 1970 | Daily | 35,000 | |
| Novosti Nedeli | Russian | Новости Недели | The Week's News | Daily | |||
| Panorama | Arabic | بانوراما Banurama | Several times a week | ||||
| Russkiy Izrailtanin | Russian | Русский Израильтянин | The Russian Israeli | Daily | |||
| al-Sennara | Arabic | الصنارة | The Fishhook | 1983 | Several times a week | ||
| Vesti | Russian | Вести | News | Daily | |||
| Yated Ne'eman | Hebrew | יתד נאמן | Loyal/Reliable Basis | 1985 | Daily | 25,000 | Aimed at the Misnagdim Misnagdim Misnagdim or Mitnagdim is a Hebrew word meaning "opponents". It is the plural of misnaged or mitnaged. Most prominent among the Misnagdim was Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman , commonly known as the Vilna Gaon or the Gra... community |
| Yedioth Ahronoth Yedioth Ahronoth Yedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel... |
Hebrew,English | ידיעות אחרונות | Latest News | 1939 | Daily | 300,000-600,000 | |
National
- B'ShevaB'ShevaB'Sheva is a weekly Hebrew language newspaper published in Israel.The first issue of B'sheva, published by Arutz Sheva, appeared on July 19, 2002. It is distributed free on Thursdays in religious population centers...
(בשבע) - Sha'ar LaMathil (שער למתחיל): a simple Hebrew newspaper aimed at new immigrants learning the language
- Questnewspaper (קווסט)
- The Epoch TimesThe Epoch TimesThe Epoch Times is a multi-language, international media organisation. As a newspaper, the Times has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It was founded in 1999 by supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline....
(אפוק טיימס)
Tel Aviv and Dan region
- Zman Tel AvivZman Tel AvivZman Tel Aviv is a weekly newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. The paper features content specific for the Tel Aviv area.Zman Tel Aviv is a Hebrew language paper featuring local culture articles.-See also:*List of newspapers in Israel...
(Tel Aviv Time) - Iton Tel AvivIton Tel AvivIton Tel Aviv is a Tel Aviv, Israel based newspaper. The Hebrew language newspaper covers general news in Israel....
(Tel Aviv Newspaper) - HaIrHairHair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class....
(The City) - Time Out
- Letzte Nayes/Letzte Neuigkeiten (Yiddish)
Jerusalem
- Kol HaIr (The Whole City, also a homophoneHomophoneA homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning. The words may be spelled the same, such as rose and rose , or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to, two, and too. Homophones that are spelled the same are also both homographs and homonyms...
for Voice of the City) - Kol HaZman (All the Time, also a homophone for Voice of the Times)
- Iton Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Newspaper)
- Jerusalem Christian ReviewJerusalem Christian ReviewJerusalem Christian Review is a newspaper for Christians published in Jerusalem, Israel.-Publishers:It was founded in April 1993 and reports on archaeological discoveries which shed light on the biblical narrative...
(Newspaper published for Christians) - Bonus
HaifaHaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
- Kolbo (Supermarket)
- Hadashot Haifa HaTzafon (Haifa and the North News)
- Yediot Haifa (Haifa News)
Negev and southern Israel
- Sheva (Seven, in reference to BeershebaBeershebaBeersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300....
) - Negev Info (Russian , Negev News)
- Kol-bi (All in Me)
- The Arad Zvi
- Akhbar Al-Naqab (Arabic, Negev News)
Defunct newspapers
- Doar HaYom
- HadashotHadashotHadashot was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Israel between 1984 and 1993.-History:On 4 March 1984 Haaretz Group CEO Amos Schocken announced that a new daily newspaper, Hadashot was to be launched, with Yossi Klein as editor...
(1984–1993) - HaOlam HaZehHaolam HazehHaOlam HaZeh was a weekly news magazine published in Israel until 1993.The magazine was founded in 1937 under the name Tesha BaErev but was renamed HaOlam HaZeh in 1946...
(1937–1993) - HaOrHaorA haor is a wetland ecosystem in the north eastern part of Bangladesh which physically is a bowl or saucer shaped shallow depression, also known as a backswamp...
, established in 1910 as the first daily newspaper in Palestine - HaYom HaZeh, short-lived daily newspaper established in 1976
- IsraeliIsraeli (newspaper)Israeli was an Israeli daily Hebrew language newspaper distributed for free in railway stations, bus terminals, and Delek gas stations. Based on the concept of the Metro free daily newspapers, it was geared toward a young, urban, and mobile clientele....
- Yom Hadash
- Yom Yom, an economic newspaper
- Vremya (Russian)
- Panorama (Russian)
- Luch (Russian)
Party-affiliated newspapers
During the Mandate era and the first decades following independence, there were numerous newspapers owned and associated with political parties. They had mostly been discontinuted by the 1970s, though a few remain, including HamodiaHamodia
Hamodia is a Hebrew language daily newspaper, published in Jerusalem, Israel. A daily English language edition is also published in the United States, and weekly English-language editions in England and Israel. A weekly edition for French readers debuted in 2008. The U.S. version is the first...
(Agudat Yisrael) and al-Ittihad
Al-Ittihad (Israeli newspaper)
Al-Ittihad is an Israeli Arabic language daily newspaper based in Haifa. Once considered the most important Arab media outlet in Israel, it is owned by Maki, the Israeli Communist Party, and was edited by a former Maki/Hadash Knesset member, Ahmad Sa'd until his death on 20 April 2010.-History:The...
(Maki).
- Al HaMishmar (1943–1995), asssociated with Hashomer HatzairHashomer HatzairHashomer Hatzair is a Socialist–Zionist youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine...
and MapamMapamMapam was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party.-History:Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party and Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement. The party was originally Marxist-Zionist in its outlook and represented...
. - DavarDavarDavar was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in the Mandate Palestine and Israel between 1925 and May 1996.-History:Davar was established by Moshe Beilinson and Berl Katznelson, with Katznelson as its first editor. The first edition was published on 1 June 1925 under the name Davar - Iton...
(1925–1996), associated with the HistadrutHistadrutHaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael , known as the Histadrut, is Israel's organization of trade unions. Established in December 1920 during the British Mandate for Palestine, it became one of the most powerful institutions of the State of Israel.-History:The Histadrut was founded in...
. - Die WochDie WochDie Woch was a Yiddish-language weekly newspaper published from Tel-Aviv. It was an organ of Mapai. Y. Magen was the editor of the newspaper....
, Yiddish-language newspaper associated with MapaiMapaiMapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968...
. - Doar HaYom, briefly associated with HatzoharHatzoharHatzohar , officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim was a Revisionist Zionist organisation and political party in Mandate Palestine and newly-independent Israel.-Background:...
. - HaBokerHaBokerHaBoker was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper in Mandate Palestine and Israel associated with the General Zionists.The paper was established in 1935 by the right-wing of the General Zionists, with the first edition published on 11 October that year...
(1935–1965), associated with the General ZionistsGeneral ZionistsThe General Zionists were centrists within the Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud.-History:...
. - HaKol, Jerusalem-based newspaper associated with Poalei Agudat Yisrael.
- HaMashkifHaMashkifHaMashkif was a Hebrew language daily newspaper in Mandate Palestine. Published between 1938 and 1948, it was owned by Hatzohar, the Revisionist party....
(1938–1948), associated with HatzoharHatzoharHatzohar , officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim was a Revisionist Zionist organisation and political party in Mandate Palestine and newly-independent Israel.-Background:...
. - HaTzofe (1937–2007), associated with the National Religious PartyNational Religious PartyThe National Religious Party ) was a political party in Israel representing the religious Zionist movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992...
. - HaYarden, associated with HatzoharHatzoharHatzohar , officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim was a Revisionist Zionist organisation and political party in Mandate Palestine and newly-independent Israel.-Background:...
. - HaYom (1965–1969), associated with GahalGahalGahal , lit. Herut-Liberals Bloc) was the major right-wing political faction in Israel led by Menachem Begin from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973.-Background:...
. - Hazit HaAm (1931–1934), associated with HatzoharHatzoharHatzohar , officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim was a Revisionist Zionist organisation and political party in Mandate Palestine and newly-independent Israel.-Background:...
. - HerutHerut (newspaper)Herut was the name of four newspapers published in Palestine and later Israel. The first was established in Jerusalem during the Ottoman era, two were journals of the Irgun, whilst the fourth was owned by the Herut political party founded by former Irgun members.-Jerusalem newspaper:In 1909 a...
, associated with IrgunIrgunThe Irgun , or Irgun Zevai Leumi to give it its full title , was a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandate Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the earlier and larger Jewish paramilitary organization haHaganah...
and HerutHerutHerut was the major right-wing political party in Israel from the 1940s until its formal merger into Likud in 1988, and an adherent of Revisionist Zionism.-History:... - LaMerhavLaMerhavLaMerhav was a Hebrew language newspaper published in Israel between 1954 and 1971. It was owned by the Ahdut HaAvoda party and later HaKibbutz HaMeuhad, and was edited by Yisrael Even-Nur, Moshe Carmel and David Padhatzor, though most of its articles were written by Yisrael Galili.The paper's...
(1954–1971), associated with Ahdut HaAvodaAhdut HaAvodaAhdut HaAvoda was the name used by a sequence of political parties that existed firstly during Mandate Palestine and later in Israel. Its original version, led by David Ben-Gurion, is one of the main ancestors of the modern-day Israeli Labor Party....
. - Kol HaAmKol HaAmKol HaAm was a Hebrew language newspaper in Mandate Palestine and Israel, owned by the Israeli Communist Party.-History:Established in 1937, the paper appointed Communist Party member Esther Vilenska editor in 1943, and chief editor in 1947...
(1937–1975), associated with MakiMaki (historical political party)Maki was a communist political party in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki, which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name.-History:...
. - Omer, a simplified Hebrew language newspaper associated with MapaiMapaiMapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968...
. - Sha'arim, Tel Aviv-based newspaper associated with Poalei Agudat Yisrael.
- WalkaWalkaWalka was a Polish-language newspaper published from Tel Aviv by the Communist Party of Israel 1958-1965. Its editor-in-chief was Adolf Berman. Whilst other Communist Party weeklies experienced a gradual decline in readership after 1956, Walka had a moderate growth as a result of the wave of...
(1958–1965), Polish-language newspaper associated with MakiMaki (historical political party)Maki was a communist political party in Israel. It is not the same party as the modern day Maki, which split from it during the 1960s and later assumed its name.-History:...
. - Zmanim, associated with the Progressive PartyProgressive Party (Israel)The Progressive Party was a political party in Israel.-History:The Progressive Party was a liberal party, most of whose founders came from the ranks of the New Aliyah Party and HaOved HaTzioni, which had been active prior to independence...
External links
- Summary of Israeli press, from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.