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Haaretz - Israel's Oldest Independent Newspaper
Haaretz, or "The Land of Israel" in English, is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1919 at the beginning of the British Mandatory period in Palestine to serve the journalism needs of the small Jewish settlement communities in Palestine, then numbering only 50,000. Its first major journalist was Joseph Agronsky, who had studied journalism in America as a boy. The paper first received most of its international news material from Cairo, but later became associated with the Reuters international news network, based in London.
Since it's founding, Haaretz has always considered itself to be liberal in it's makeup and not as the organ of various political organizations or movements, as other papers have been known to be. Editorial and feature makeup has been more geared to intellectual readers, and as a result, its copy layout has often been considered as a bit 'dry' to may Israeli readers who prefer reader larger papers that possess more of a tabloid format (Yediot and Maariv papers are prime examples).
Though considering itself to be "independently liberal" as newspaper, Haaretz often opposes government policies on financial and related matters, as well as opposing policies dealing with religious and social issues, especially in regards to dealings with the country's Arab population, and with the country's relationships with the Palestinians.
From a literary and financial standpoint, the newspaper is considered a quality piece of journalism, and which is the reason it is considered as the newspaper of both business people and intellectuals. In comparison with other papers, its political views are often considered as ranging from liberal to even left of center. The paper's economic and financial supplement, The Marker, is comparable with the Globes newspaper, the country's financial news-source. In addition to being considered a newspaper for intellectuals, Haaretz also considers itself to be a secular oriented newspaper in contrast with the Jerusalem Post, which took on a decidedly right-of center and religious oriented journalistic policy in the late 1980's.
In order to attract readership from the English speaking population, the paper became a partner with the Paris based International Herald Tribune, a local version of which is now published in Israel. Haaretz began printing an English version of the paper in the late 1990's to compete with the right of center Jerusalem Post. Haaretz also has on-line internet editions in both Hebrew and English Both Landau and another staff member, Hirsch Goodman, were formerly associated with the Jerusalem Post. In edition to its own internet editions, Haaretz also has an interest in Walla! a popular local internet site.
Current Haaretz editors include David Landau, Editor, and Tami Litani as Assistant Editor. Editor of the English version is Adar Primor. The paper is partly owned by the German publisher Dumont Schauberg who owns 25% of the company stock.
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