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{{short description|Israeli daily newspaper based in Tel Aviv}}

{{Distinguish|Land of Israel}}
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|name = Haaretz
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|image = Haaretz front page.jpg
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|type = Daily Newspaper
|format = [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]]
|foundation =  {{start date and age|1919}}
|ceased publication =
|price =
|owners = [[Salman Schocken|Schocken Family]] (60%)<br />[[M.&nbsp;DuMont Schauberg]] (20%)<br />[[Leonid Nevzlin]] (20%)
|publisher =[[Amos Schocken]], [[M. DuMont Schauberg]]
|editor = [[Aluf Benn]]<ref name="benn-named">{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/aluf-benn-named-new-editor-in-chief-of-haaretz-1.376311 |title=Aluf Benn named new editor-in-chief of Haaretz |work=Haaretz |date=1 August 2011 |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref>
|chiefeditor =
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|political = [[Liberalism in Israel|liberal]], [[political left]]
|language = [[Hebrew]] and English editions
|circulation = 72,000<br />(Weekends: 100,000)<ref name=alfon>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/dov-alfon-named-as-new-haaretz-editor-in-chief-1.239137 |title=Dov Alfon named as new Haaretz editor-in-chief |work=Haaretz |date=12 February 2008 |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref>
|headquarters = [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
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* {{url|https://haaretz.com}} 
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|publishing_country = Israel
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[[File:HADASHOT HAARETZ (NATIONAL NEWS) DAILY OF THE EARLY 20S.jpg|thumb|250px|Front page of ''Ḥadashot Ha'aretz'', August 1919]]
'''''Haaretz''''' ({{Lang-he-n|הָאָרֶץ‎}}) (lit. "The Land [of Israel]", originally ''Ḥadashot Ha'aretz'' – {{Lang-he-n|חַדְשׁוֹת הָאָרֶץ‎}}, {{IPA-he|χadaˈʃot haˈʔaʁets|IPA}} – "News of the Land [of Israel]" in English ''The Palestine News''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressreference.com/Gu-Ku/Israel.html |title=Israel |publisher=Press Reference |accessdate=5 March 2010}}</ref>) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel, and is now published in both [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[English language|English]] in the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] format. The English edition is published and sold together with the ''[[International New York Times]]''. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet. In North America, it is published as a [[weekly newspaper]], combining articles from the Friday edition with a roundup from the rest of the week.

It is known for its [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] and [[Liberalism in Israel|liberal]] stances on domestic and foreign issues. As of 2016, the newspaper had a weekday exposure rate of 3.9% in Israel.<ref name="huff">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lilac-sigan/im-going-to-take-a-break-_b_11317042.html |title=I'm Going to Take a Break, Sorry |last=Sigan |first=Lilac |date=5 August 2016 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="tgi">{{cite news |date=26 July 2016 |title=Once again, media survey puts ''Israel Hayom'' at No. 1 in Israel |url=http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=35237 |newspaper=[[Israel Hayom]] |access-date=13 December 2016}}</ref> According to the [[Center for Research Libraries]], among Israel's daily newspapers, "''Haaretz'' is considered the most influential and respected for both its news coverage and its commentary."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crl.edu/focus/article/7331|title=CRL Obtains Haaretz|last=The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)|first=|date=|website=www.crl.edu|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-05}}</ref>

==History and ownership==
''Haaretz'' was first published in 1918 as a newspaper sponsored by the British military government in Palestine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/bronfman/kesher29.heb.html#haaretz |title=TAU – Institute of Jewish Press and Communications – The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Center |publisher=[[Tel Aviv University]] |accessdate=10 February 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925002822/http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/bronfman/kesher29.heb.html |archivedate=25 September 2012 }}</ref> In 1919, it was taken over by a group of [[Labor Zionism|socialist-oriented Zionists]], mainly from Russia.<ref name=fas>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/irp/dni/osc/israelmedia.pdf |title=Israel — Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide |publisher=[[Open Source Center]] |date=16 September 2008 |format=PDF |accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="A fine and fragile balance">{{cite news |last=Marmari |first=Hanoch |url=http://www.haaretz.com/a-fine-and-fragile-balance-1.119759 |title=A fine and fragile balance |work=Haaretz |date=16 April 2004 |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref> The newspaper was established on 18 June 1919 by a group of businessmen including the philanthropist [[Isaac Leib Goldberg]], and initially, it was called ''Hadashot Ha'aretz'' ("News of the Land"). Later, the name was shortened to ''Haaretz''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0008_0_08065.html |title=Israel Society and Culture: Haaretz |last1=Cohen |first1=Yoel |encyclopedia=[[Jewish Virtual Library]] |accessdate=12 January 2015}}
<br>{{cite web |url=http://polishjews.yivoarchives.org/archive/?p=collections/controlcard&id=17441 |title=Goldberg, Isaac Leib (1860-1935) Papers |publisher=Yivo Institute for Jewish Research |accessdate=10 January 2015}}</ref> The literary section of the paper attracted leading Hebrew writers of the time.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Judaica |title=Newspapers, Hebrew |volume=12 |publisher=Keter Books |location=Jerusalem |year=1978}}</ref>

The newspaper was initially published in [[Jerusalem]]. From 1919 to 1922, the paper was headed by a succession of editors, among them [[Leib Yaffe]]. It was closed briefly due to a budgetary shortfall and reopened in Tel Aviv at the beginning of 1923 under the editorship of Moshe Glickson, who held the post for 15 years.<ref name="A fine and fragile balance"/> The Tel Aviv municipality granted the paper financial support by paying in advance for future advertisements.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-history-1.265016 |title=Haaretz history |author=Tom Segev |author-link=Tom Segev |newspaper=Haaretz |date=18 March 2010 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Salman Schocken]], a Jewish businessman who left Germany in 1934 after the Nazis had come to power, bought the paper in December 1935. Schocken was active in [[Brit Shalom (political organization)|Brit Shalom]], also known as the Jewish–Palestinian Peace Alliance, a body supporting co-existence between Jews and Arabs which was sympathetic to a homeland for both peoples. His son, [[Gershom Schocken]], became the chief editor in 1939 and held that position until his death in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/a-newspaper-s-mission-1.314618 |title=A newspaper's mission |author=Amos Schocken |newspaper=Haaretz |date=18 September 2002 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

The Schocken family were the sole owners of the Haaretz Group until August 2006, when they sold a 25% stake to German publisher [[M. DuMont Schauberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dumont.eu/dumont/dir/?101798 |title=M. DuMont Schauberg. Press-release |publisher=Dumont.eu |accessdate=10 February 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226155151/http://www.dumont.eu/dumont/dir/?101798 |archivedate=26 February 2012 }}</ref> The deal was negotiated with the help of the former Israeli ambassador to Germany, [[Avi Primor]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Koren |first=Ronny |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/germany-s-dumont-invests-25m-euros-in-haaretz-group-1.195055 |title=Germany's DuMont invests 25m euros in Haaretz |work=Haaretz |date=13 August 2006 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref> This deal was seen as controversial in Israel as DuMont Schauberg's father, Kurt Neven DuMont, was member of the [[Nazi party]] and his publishing house promoted Nazi ideology.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3292189,00.html |title=Haaretz's 'Nazi problem' |publisher=[[Ynetnews]] |date=20 June 1995 |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref>

On 12 June 2011, it was announced that Russian-Israeli businessman [[Leonid Nevzlin]] had purchased a 20% stake in the Haaretz Group, buying 15% from the family and 5% from M.&nbsp;DuMont Schauberg.<ref>{{cite news |author=Li-or Averbach |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000653184 |title=Russian immigrant billionaire buys 20% of "Haaretz" |newspaper=[[Globes]] |date=12 June 2011 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

In October 2012, a union strike mobilized to protest planned layoffs by the ''Haaretz'' management, causing a one-day interruption of ''Haaretz'' and its ''TheMarker'' business supplement. According to [[Israel Radio]], it was the first time since 1965 that a newspaper did not go to press on account of a strike.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koopmans |first=Ofira |title=Journalists at Israel's Haaretz newspaper strike over job cuts |url=http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/journalists-at-israels-haaretz-newspaper-strike-over-job-cuts_241385.html |publisher=Europe Online |date=4 October 2012 |accessdate=12 October 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527082723/http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/journalists-at-israels-haaretz-newspaper-strike-over-job-cuts_241385.html |archivedate=27 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Haaretz' daily not printed today |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000787939 |newspaper=[[Globes]] |date=4 October 2012 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

==Management==
The newspaper's editorial policy was defined by [[Gershom Schocken]], who was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. Schocken was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Hanoch Marmari. In 2004 [[David Landau (journalist)|David Landau]] replaced Marmari and was succeeded by [[Dov Alfon]] in 2008.<ref name=remnick/> The current editor-in-chief of the newspaper is [[Aluf Benn]], who replaced Alfon in August 2011.<ref name="benn-named" /> Charlotte Halle became editor of the English print edition in February 2008.

==Editorial policy and viewpoints==
''Haaretz'' describes itself as having "a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs".<ref>{{cite news |work=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/about-haaretz-1.63277 |title=About Haaretz |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref> Others describe it alternatively as liberal,<ref>
* {{cite book |last=Kaspî |first=Dān |title=Media Decentralization: The Case of Israel's Local Newspapers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTgj0YnxRkIC&pg=PA16 |date=January 1986 |publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-4128-2833-8|pages=16–}}
* {{cite book |first=Ira |last= Sharkansky |authorlink=Ira Sharkansky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOfJoCpiMf4C&pg=PA101&dq=haaretz+liberal+newspaper&ei=ybuISIGnJYf8jgGbtIGCBg&sig=ACfU3U2XZmhD8b1ZCb0rNwUpgPCffqdveQ |title=The Politics of Religion and the Religion of Politics: Looking at Israel |publisher=[[Lexington Books]] |year=2000}}
* {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/middle_east/2583675.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Israeli media vents fury at Likud |date=17 December 2002 |accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> centre-left,<ref>{{cite news |author=Mya Guarnieri |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/02/201126123643463123.html |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |edition=English |title=The death of Israeli democracy |date=6 February 2011 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref> or left-wing.<ref>
* {{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3451497.stm |title=Sharon orders Gaza pullout plan |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 February 2004 |accessdate=5 March 2010}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/09/24/idUSL24528048 |title=Israeli authors urge ceasefire talks with Hamas |work=[[Reuters]] |date=24 September 2007 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21612240-both-sides-consume-fantasy-news-propaganda-war |title=Propaganda war |work=[[The Economist]] |date=16 August 2014 |accessdate=5 March 2010}}</ref> The newspaper opposes retaining control of the territories and consistently supports peace initiatives.<ref>''Israel — Hebrew- and English-Language Media Guide'', p. 14</ref> The ''Haaretz'' editorial line is supportive of weaker elements in Israeli society, such as sex workers, foreign laborers, [[Arab citizens of Israel|Israeli Arabs]], [[Ethiopian Jews|Ethiopian immigrants]], and [[1990s Post-Soviet aliyah|Russian immigrants]].<ref name=fas/>

In 2006, the [[BBC]] said that ''Haaretz'' takes a moderate stance on foreign policy and security.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4969714.stm |title=The press in Israel |work=[[BBC News]] |date=8 May 2006 |accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref> [[David Remnick]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described ''Haaretz'' as "easily the most liberal newspaper in Israel", its ideology as left-wing and its temper as "insistently oppositional".<ref name=remnick>{{cite news |last=Remnick |first=David |title=The Dissenters |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/28/110228fa_fact_remnick |accessdate=12 October 2012 |work=[[The New Yorker]] |date= 28 February 2011 |authorlink=David Remnick}}</ref> According to [[Ira Sharkansky]], ''Haaretz''{{'}}s [[op-ed]] pages are open to a variety of opinions.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sharkansky |first=Ira |authorlink=Ira Sharkansky |url=https://books.google.com/?id=dlhmWNcqlrAC&pg=PA43 |title=Governing Israel: Chosen People, Promised Land, & Prophetic Tradition |publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]] |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |year=2005|page=43 |isbn=978-0-7658-0277-4}}</ref> [[J. J. Goldberg]], the editor of the American ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]'', describes ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's most vehemently anti-[[Israeli settlement|settlement]] daily paper".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://forward.com/articles/104263/are-religious-soldiers-to-blame-for-alleged-abuse/? |title=Are Religious Soldiers To Blame for Alleged Abuse? |first=J. J. |last=Goldberg |authorlink=J.J. Goldberg |newspaper=[[The Forward]] |date=3 April 2009 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref> Stephen Glain of ''[[The Nation]]'' described ''Haaretz'' as "Israel's liberal beacon", citing its editorials voicing opposition to the occupation, the discriminatory treatment of Arab citizens, and the mindset that led to the [[Second Lebanon War]].<ref name=glazin/> A 2003 study in ''[[The International Journal of Press/Politics]]'' concluded that ''Haaretz''{{'}}s reporting of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] was more favorable to Israelis than to Palestinians, but less so than that of ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="viser">{{cite journal |title=Attempted Objectivity: An Analysis of the New York Times and Ha'aretz and their Portrayals of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict |journal=The International Journal of Press/Politics |date=September 2003 |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=114–120 |doi=10.1177/1081180X03256999 |author=Matt Viser |quote=This study explores the biases, pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian, by looking at quantitative indicators of news coverage in the New York Times and Ha'aretz. Several time periods were examined (1987-88, 2000-01, and post-September 11, 2001), using multiple indicators. By these measures, ''The New York Times'' is more favorable toward the Israelis than the Palestinians, and the partiality has become more pronounced with time.''Haaretz'' is also more favorable toward the Israelis, but less so than the ''Times''.}}</ref> In 2016, [[Jeffrey Goldberg]], the editor-in-chief of ''[[The Atlantic]]'', wrote "I like a lot of the people at Haaretz, and many of its positions, but the cartoonish anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism can be grating".<ref>[https://www.jta.org/2016/08/02/news-opinion/united-states/journalist-jeffrey-goldberg-under-fire-after-tweeting-he-will-stop-reading-haaretz Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg stirs storm after tweeting he might stop reading Haaretz], JTA, 2 August 2016</ref><ref name="FT201610">[https://www.ft.com/content/252f849c-75a5-11e6-bf48-b372cdb1043a Amos Schocken, third-generation proprietor of Ha’aretz], Financial Times, John Reed, 3 October 2016</ref>

== Formatting, circulation and reputation ==
[[File:Newspapers.jpg|250px|thumb|Front page of the Hebrew and English editions]]
=== Circulation ===
In 2016, the newspaper's [[Audience measurement|readership]] fell to an all-time low of 3.9% on weekdays,<ref name="huff"/><ref name="tgi"/> far behind other national [[List of newspapers in Israel|newspapers in Israel]]: ''[[Israel Hayom]]'' had an exposure rate of 39.7%, ''[[Yedioth Ahronoth]]'' 34.9%, ''[[Israel Post]]'' 7.2%, and ''[[Globes]]'' 4.6%.<ref>{{cite news |last=פרייס |first=נועה |date=25 July 2016 |title=סקר TGI מחצית 2016: "ישראל היום" מגדיל את הפער; "הארץ" קורס |trans-title=TGI survey for half of 2016: ''Israel Hayom'' increases the gap; ''Haaretz'' collapsing |url=http://b.walla.co.il/item/2982163 |language=He |publisher=Walla! |access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

=== Formatting and image ===
''Haaretz'' uses smaller headlines and print than other mass circulation [[List of newspapers in Israel|papers in Israel]]. Less space is devoted to pictures, and more to political analysis. Opinion columns are generally written by regular commentators rather than guest writers.<ref name=fas/> Its editorial pages are considered influential among government leaders.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Beckerman |first=Gal |date=September–October 2005 |title=Disengaged |journal=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |url=http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2005/5/beckerman.asp |accessdate=21 June 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007125902/http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2005/5/beckerman.asp |archivedate=7 October 2007<!-- as of October 2014, cjr.org archive http://www.cjr.org/issues/ goes back to 2007 and it says "2006: We are converting older issues to the new site as quickly as possible." So expect this article to return to cjr.org site soon.-->}}</ref> Apart from the news, ''Haaretz'' publishes feature articles on social and environmental issues, as well as book reviews, investigative reporting, and political commentary. In 2008, the newspaper itself reported a paid subscribership of 65,000, daily sales of 72,000 copies, and 100,000 on weekends.<ref name=alfon/> The English edition has a subscriber base of 15,000.<ref name=glazin>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/haaretz-israels-liberal-beacon|title=Ha'aretz, Israel's Liberal Beacon |author=Stephen Glain |work=[[The Nation]] |date=24 September 2007 |accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref> As of June 2011, readership was 5.8% of the public, down from 6.4% the prior year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=429 |title=Israel Hayom Surpasses Yedioth Ahronoth to Become Country's Most-Read Newspaper |date=20 July 2011 |work=[[Israel Hayom]] Newsletter |accessdate=21 July 2011}}</ref> In 2012, amid falling circulation, ''Haaretz'' was undergoing severe cuts (reportedly firing around 20% of its total workforce, and lowering salaries by between 15 and 35%), and cuts continued through 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-1000899344 |title='Haaretz' to lay off 5% of workforce |newspaper=[[Globes]] |date=5 December 2013 |first=Li-or |last=Averbach |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

Despite its historically relatively low circulation in Israel, ''Haaretz'' has for many years been described as Israel's most influential daily newspaper.<ref>
* {{cite book |last=Karpin |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Karpin |title=The Bomb in the Basement |year=2006 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |location=New York |isbn=0-7432-6595-5 |page=ix |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYoOCkNB6JwC&pg=PR9}}
* {{cite book |last=Manji |first=Irshad |authorlink=Irshad Manji |title=The Trouble with Islam Today|year=2003 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |location=New York |isbn=0-312-32700-5 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odvcBMbgpe0C&pg=PA75}}
* {{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1993-03-23/news/wr-14090_1_israel-s-likud-party |title=Next Step: 4 Israelis Jostle to Lead Likud Out of Wilderness |last=Parks |first=Michael |date=23 March 1993 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |accessdate=7 April 2012}}
* {{cite journal |last=Rabinovich-Einy |first=Orna |title=Beyond IDR: Resolving Hospital Disputes and Healing Ailing Organizations Through ITR |journal=St. John's Law Review |date=Winter 2007 |volume=81 |number=1/2 |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/216778117 |page=173}}{{subscription required}}
* {{cite book |last=Yakira |first=Elhanan |title=Post-Zionism, Post-Holocaust: Three Essays on Denial, Forgetting, and the Delegitimation of Israel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=of9JuUYLOZoC&pg=PA210 |year=2010 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-11110-2 |page=210}}</ref> Its readership includes members of Israel's intelligentsia and members of its political and economic elites.<ref>
* {{cite book |first1=Idith |last1=Zertal |first2=Chaya|last2=Galai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQEAmjk4Wh0C&pg=PA218 |title=Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2005 |page=218}}
* {{cite book |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Poole |first2=John E. |last2=Richardson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zcIlDfHfn0C&pg=PA143 |title=Muslims and the News Media |publisher=[[I.B. Tauris]] |year=2006 |page=143}}</ref> In 1999, surveys show that ''Haaretz'' readership has a higher-than-average education, income, and wealth and that most are [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazim]].<ref name=glazin/><ref>{{cite book |first1=Dan |last1=Caspi |authorlink=Dan Caspi |first2=Yehiel |last2=Limor |title=The IN/Outsiders: Mass Media in Israel |publisher=[[Hampton Press]] |year=1999 |page=79}}</ref> Some have said that it functions for Israel much as ''The New York Times'' does for the United States, as a newspaper of record,<ref>{{cite journal |jstor=30133876 |title=Muting the Alarm over the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: "The New York Times" versus "Haaretz", 2000-06 |last=Slater |first=Jerome |journal=International Security |volume=32 |number=2 |date=Fall 2007 | doi = 10.1162/isec.2007.32.2.84 |quote=There is a widespread consensus in Israel and elsewhere that ''Haaretz'' is Israel's best and most prestigious newspaper—in effect, the Israeli equivalent of the ''New York Times''.}}{{subscription required}}</ref>.  In 2007, [[Shmuel Rosner]], the newspaper's former U.S. correspondent, told ''[[The Nation]]'' that "people who read it are better educated and more sophisticated than most, but the rest of the country doesn't know it exists."<ref name=glazin/> According to former editor of the paper, Hanoch Marmari, the newspaper has lost its political influence in Israel, because it became "detached" from the country's political life.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/427/479.html |script-title=he:עורך 'הארץ' לשעבר: 'הארץ' איבד את מעמדו הציבורי |language=he |trans-title=Former ''Haaretz editor'': ''Haaretz'' has lost its public standing |publisher=[[nrg Maariv]] |date=8 January 2013 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

==Criticism==
[[Andrea Levin]], executive director of the American pro-Israel [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting]] (CAMERA), said the newspaper was doing "damage to the truth" and sometimes making serious factual errors but not often correcting them.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross |first=Oakland |title=News and views that inspire love or kindle hatred |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2008/10/05/news_and_views_that_inspire_love_or_kindle_hatred.html |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=5 October 2008 |accessdate=13 February 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130204064540/http://www.thestar.com/article/512004--news-and-views-that-inspire-love-or-kindle-hatred |archivedate=4 February 2013 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref>

According to ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'', ''Haaretz'' editor-in-chief [[David Landau (journalist)|David Landau]] said at the 2007 [[Limmud]] conference in Moscow that he had told his staff not to report about criminal investigations against Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] in order to promote Sharon's 2004–2005 [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|Gaza disengagement plan]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Haviv Rettig Gur |authorlink=Haviv Rettig |url=http://www.jpost.com/Features/Limmud-diary-Creme-de-la-Kremlin |title=Limmud diary: Creme de la Kremlin? |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=25 October 2007 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>

In April 2017, ''Haaretz'' published an op-ed by a staff writer that said the [[Religious Zionism|religious right]] is worse than [[Hezbollah]].<ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/paper-draws-fire-for-op-ed-calling-national-religious-worse-than-hezbollah/ "Paper draws fire for op-ed calling national religious worse than Hezbollah"], ''Times of Israel'', 13 April 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4948707,00.html "Haaretz slammed for article calling national religious 'worse than Hezbollah{{'"}}], [[Ynetnews]], 13 April 2017.</ref> Condemnation followed, including from Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], President [[Reuven Rivlin]], and other government ministers and [[List of members of the twentieth Knesset|MP]]s, as well as from Opposition Leader [[Isaac Herzog]].<ref>[http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=41743 "Haaretz op-ed draws condemnations across the political spectrum"], ''Israel Hayom'', 13 April 2017.</ref>

== Internet editions ==
''Haaretz'' operates both Hebrew<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.co.il |script-title=he:הארץ |language=he |trans-title=''Haaretz''}}</ref> and English<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com |title=Haaretz Daily Newspaper Israel |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref> language websites. The two sites offer up-to-the-minute breaking news, live Q&A sessions with newsmakers from Israel, the Palestinian territories and elsewhere, and blogs covering a range of political standpoints and opinions. {{As of|2014|10|5}}, the English online edition has an [[Alexa rank]] of 2,683 worldwide and 2,861 in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/haaretz.com |title=Haaretz.com Site Info |publisher=[[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref> The two sites fall under the supervision of Lior Kodner, the head of digital media for the Haaretz Group. Individually, Simon Spungin is the editor of Haaretz.com (English) and Avi Scharf is the editor of Haaretz.co.il (Hebrew).

==Offices==
The Haaretz building is located on Schocken Street in south [[Tel Aviv]].<ref name=remnick/>

==Journalists and writers==

===Present===
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* [[Ruth Almog]] – literature, publicist
* [[Moshe Arens]] – columnist
* [[Noam Ben Ze'ev]] – music critic
* [[Aluf Benn]] – editor-in-chief
* [[Meron Benvenisti]] – political columnist
* [[Bradley Burston]] – political columnist<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/haaretz-com-s-bradley-burston-wins-award-for-mideast-writing-1.197350 |title=Haaretz.com's Bradley Burston wins award for Mideast writing |newspaper=Haaretz |date=15 September 2006 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Lily Galili]]<ref>{{cite news |date=4 January 2013 |last=Zur Glozman |first=Masha |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/the-million-russians-that-changed-israel-to-its-core.premium-1.491885 |title=The million Russians that Changed Israel to its core |work=Haaretz |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Doram Gaunt]] – food columnist
* [[Avirama Golan]]
* [[Michael Handelzalts]] – theater critic, columnist
* [[Amos Harel]] – military correspondent
* [[Israel Harel]] – columnist
* [[Danna Harman]] – feature writer
* [[Amira Hass]] – Ramallah-based Palestinian affairs correspondent.
* [[Avi Issacharoff]] – military correspondent
* [[Sayed Kashua]] – satiric columnist, author
* [[Uri Klein]] – film critic<ref name="autogenerated3" />
* [[Yitzhak Laor]] – publicist
* [[Alex Levac]] – photo columnist
* [[Gideon Levy]] – Palestinian affairs columnist
* [[Yoel Marcus]] – political commentator, publicist<ref>{{cite news |last=Carmel |first=Asaf |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/fellow-journalists-to-honor-haaretz-commentator-yoel-marcus-in-eilat-1.232876 |title=Fellow journalists to honor Haaretz commentator Yoel Marcus in Eilat |work=Haaretz |date=9 November 2007 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Merav Michaeli]] – cultural and political commentator
* [[Amir Oren]] – military affairs
* [[Anshel Pfeffer]] – political and military affairs
* [[Tsafrir Rinat]] – environmental issues
* [[Doron Rosenblum]] – satirist, publicist
* [[Tom Segev]] – historian, political commentator
* [[Ari Shavit]] – political columnist<ref>{{cite news |title=No Man's Land: The idea of a city disappears |author=Ari Shavit
|work=[[The New Yorker]] |date=9 December 2002 |url=http://www.indopubs.com/is4.html |accessdate=5 October 2014}}{{failed verification|date=October 2014}}
</ref>
* [[Yair Sheleg]] – Jewish religious affairs<ref>{{cite web |author=Elan Ezrachi, Ph.D. |title=Jewish Renaissance and Renewal in Israel |url=http://www.nathancummings.org/jewish/special2.htm |publisher=Dorot and Nathan Cummings Foundations |date=c. 2000 <!-- has to be between 2000 (newest citation in text) and 26 April 2004 (oldest archive date at archive.org)--> |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040426023832/http://www.nathancummings.org/jewish/special2.htm |archivedate=26 April 2004 }}</ref>
* [[Nehemia Shtrasler]] – economic affairs, publicist
* [[Simon Spungin]] – Managing Editor, English Edition
* [[Ze'ev Sternhell]] – political commentary
* [[Yossi Verter]] – political reporter
* [[Esther Zandberg]] – architecture
* [[Benny Ziffer]] – literature, publicist
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===Past===
[[File:PASSENGERS SEATED IN ONE OF THE PALESTINE AIRWAYS "SCION" PLANES DURING FLIGHT. נוסעים במהלך טיסה של חברת "נתיבי אויר ארץ ישראל".D2-055.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Passengers on board a [[Palestine Airways]] [[Short Scion]], 1939. The second passenger on the left is reading ''Haaretz''.]]
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* [[Natan Alterman]]
* [[Ehud Asheri]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Carmel |first=Asaf |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/haaretz-journalist-ehud-asheri-dies-of-cancer-at-57-1.240574 |title=Haaretz journalist Ehud Asheri dies of cancer at 57 |work=Haaretz |date=3 March 2008 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Yoram Bronowski]] – literary critic, TV critic
* [[Arie Caspi]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Orna Coussin |url=http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/a-compelling-lesson-1.229741 |title=A compelling lesson |date=21 September 2007 |newspaper=Haaretz |accessdate=5 October 2014}} Review of {{cite book |title=''Hazakim al halashim'' (''Strong Over the Weak'') |author=Arie Caspi |publisher=Xargol/Am Oved}}</ref>
* [[Daniel Dagan]]
* [[Amos Elon]] – correspondent, editor, writer
* [[Boaz Evron]]
* [[Jerrold Kessel]]
* [[Tami Litani]]
* [[Yossi Melman]] – former intelligence correspondent
* [[Ran Reznick]] – health issues<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite news |author=Asaf Carmel |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/917773.html |title=Haaretz reporters Klein, Reznick win Sokolov Award for Journalism |newspaper=Haaretz |date=28 October 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070802091348/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/917773.html |archivedate=2 August 2007}}</ref>
* [[Natasha Mozgovaya]] – former U.S. correspondent
* [[Danny Rubinstein]] – former Arab affairs analyst
* [[Gideon Samet]] – political commentator<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/the-long-goodbye-1.248989 |title=The long goodbye |author=Aviva Lori |newspaper=Haaretz |date=3 July 2008 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Yossi Sarid]] – politician, publicist
* [[Ze'ev Schiff]] – military and defense analyst
* [[Daniel Ben Simon]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Ben Simon |first=Daniel |authorlink=Daniel Ben-Simon |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/daniel-ben-simon-why-i-m-leaving-journalism-for-politics-1.247790 |title=Daniel Ben-Simon: Why I'm leaving journalism for politics |work=Haaretz |date=13 June 2008 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Sinai]] – social welfare and humanitarian issues
* [[Gidi Avivi]] – popular music critic<ref>{{cite news |last=Avivi |first=Gidi |authorlink=Gidi Avivi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/irresistible-look-at-a-master-1.64340 |title=Irresistible look at a master |work=Haaretz |date=18 July 2001 |accessdate=10 February 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ze'ev Segal]] – law
* [[Nadav Shragai]]
* [[Daniel Rogov]] – food and wine critic
* [[Akiva Eldar]] – diplomatic affairs analyst<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/news-in-brief-1.230512 |title=News in Brief |newspaper=Haaretz |date=5 October 2007 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Aviva Lori]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Ofer Aderet |url=http://www.haaretz.com/culture/.premium-1.551536 |title=Aviva Lori, veteran writer for Haaretz Magazine, passes away |newspaper=Haaretz |date=9 October 2013 |accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Pavel Wolberg]] – photographer
{{colend}}

==See also==
{{portal|Journalism|Israel}}
* [[Culture of Israel]]
* [[Economy of Israel]]
* [[List of newspapers in Israel]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Merrill|first=John C.|authorlink=John C. Merrill|first2=Harold A.|last2=Fisher|title=The world's great dailies: profiles of fifty newspapers|date=1980|ref=pp 151–55}}
* {{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/28/110228fa_fact_remnick |title=The Dissenters – Haaretz prides itself on being the conscience of Israel. Does it have a future? |first=David |last=Remnick |authorlink=David Remnick |work=[[The New Yorker]] |date=28 February 2011}}
*{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/opinion/the-people-vs-haaretz.html |title=The People vs. Haaretz |first=Shmuel |last=Rosner |authorlink=Shmuel Rosner |date=11 May 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] }}
* {{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/problems-at-israel-s-haaretz-newspaper-without-a-country-a-599005.html |title=Problems at Israel's Haaretz: Newspaper Without a Country |first=Christoph |last=Schult|work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=31 December 2008}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.haaretz.com/}} 
* {{Official website|https://www.haaretz.co.il/}} {{he icon}}
* {{cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/about-haaretz-1.63277 |title=About Haaretz |work=Haaretz |date=12 July 2001}}

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