Haaretz

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Haaretz
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description Israeli daily newspaper
language Hebrew and English
publishing company Haaretz Group ( Israel )
Headquarters Tel Aviv-Jaffa
First edition June 18, 1919
Frequency of publication Every day
Sold edition approx. 72,000 copies
( As of 2007 )
Editor-in-chief Aluf Benn
editor Amos shock
Web link www.haaretz.com
ZDB 2503101-6

Audio file / audio sample Haaretz ? / i (Hebrew הָאָרֶץ; also haAretz and Ha'Aretz , literally: “Das Land”, meaning Israel ) is an Israeli daily newspaper . It was first published in Hebrew on June 18, 1919 ; since 1997 it has also had a printed edition in English and is available online in both languages. The newspaper belongs to the Haaretz group , which is 60% owned by the Israeli publishing house Schocken. The German media company DuMont Mediengruppe and the Russian businessman Leonid Newslin are each part owner with 20%. Amos Schocken has been the editor of Haaretz since 1990 ; the current editor-in-chief is Aluf Benn .

Haaretz is considered a critical authority in Israeli society. It describes itself as "completely liberal ", which is reflected in a secular understanding of the state, the advocacy of the establishment of a Palestinian state and extensive economic liberalism . The newspaper also has a national reputation for its sophisticated commentary on Israeli cultural life.

history

The newspaper emerged from the newspaper The Palestine News , published by the British military from 1918 onwards, to which a Hebrew supplement with the name Chadaschot me-ha-Aretz ha-kedoscha ("News from the Holy Land") was added from June 1918 . This was officially addressed to the British Jewish soldiers in Egypt and Palestine , but was also read by the members of the yishuv , the Jewish population of Palestine. In 1919 the British government stopped publishing the paper and offered the publication rights for sale. Supported by the World Zionist Organization , Isaac Leib Goldberg , a leading member of the early Zionist Chibbat Zion from Vilna , took over the publication of the newspaper, which now appeared daily in Jerusalem , for the first time on June 18, 1919. A few months later, it was taken over by Khadjot ha-Aretz Renamed to Haaretz .

The publication of the newspaper was stopped in 1922, but after a short time it was continued by a cooperative founded by the employees with Zionist support and sponsored by a Berlin family and moved to Tel Aviv. In 1933 the cooperative was converted into a share company. Salman Schocken bought the company in 1937 , and his son Gershom Schocken was editor-in-chief from 1939 to 1990. In November 2006 the Cologne publishing house M. DuMont Schauberg bought 25% of the share capital of the Haaretz Group . The capital increase was primarily invested in expanding local weekly newspapers and expanding the Internet business. In 2011 it became known that the Russian-Israeli businessman Leonid Newslin had acquired 20% of the Haaretz Group, 15% of the Schocken family and 5% of M. DuMont Schauberg.

In 2005 the Hebrew edition had a circulation of 70,000, on weekends of about 90,000  copies . The English edition had a circulation of 12,000 and 20,000 on weekends. According to the newspaper, the online editions read 700,000 in Hebrew in 2005 and one million in English per month. With a market share of ten percent in 2012, Haaretz ranked fourth among the Hebrew-language Israeli newspapers behind Jedi'ot Acharonot , Ma'ariw and Israel Hajom . The share of readers fell from 7.9% in 2005 to 3.9% in 2016.

Frequency of publication

Haaretz is published daily in Hebrew, except Saturdays , and since 1997 also in English. The English edition is enclosed with the International New York Times and is published in cooperation with the New York Times . The newspaper has an online edition in both languages. Since 2013, much of the content has only been made available for a fee, but with one registration you can read six articles per month for free. The number of readers decreased by 15% with the introduction of the paywall .

In contrast to other Israeli daily newspapers such as Maariv and Jedi'ot Acharonot , which in terms of design are closer to tabloid journalism , the editors of Haaretz attach great importance to a serious appearance of their paper. This is how Haaretz prints longer articles, uses smaller fonts and presents fewer images.

Political orientation

Haaretz: Hebrew and English print editions, 2006

Haaretz is perceived as a left-wing newspaper in Israel. Haaretz supported the Oslo accords with the PLO . On issues relating to the conflict with the Palestinians , Haaretz takes a position critical of the government, opposes the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and shows understanding for Palestinian concerns. This becomes particularly clear in articles by Amira Hass and contributions by Gideon Levy . On October 23, 2012, an article by Gideon Levy entitled "Most Israelis Support the Apartheid Regime in Israel" was published on the front page of the newspaper. A fact check revealed that neither Levy's headline nor analysis was supported by actual survey data. After public criticism, Haaretz had to publish a correction. Amira Hass caused great excitement with her claim that stone throwing was the "right of inheritance and inheritance obligation of someone under a foreign power" a few days after an Israeli girl was seriously injured as a result of being thrown from a stone.

The Palestinian-friendly attitude is increasingly becoming a problem for Haaretz, as the failure of the Camp David negotiations in 2000 and the subsequent second intifada caused lasting damage to the Israeli peace camp . An opinion piece published by the newspaper in April 2017 calling the religious right "worse than Hezbollah " was condemned by politicians from across the spectrum. Liberal American columnist Jeffrey Goldberg said in August 2016 that he had finished reading the Haaretz because it contained "below average" articles and "hateful abuse" against Israel that anti-Semites had exploited for the evils of Jews and Jews State.

In addition, Haaretz often publishes articles on a large scale by authors from a very broad political spectrum. The spectrum of guest authors ranges from the Likud hardliner Mosche Arens to left-wing exponents of the peace movement.

Haaretz takes a decidedly secular position on internal Israeli social debates . "Haaretz" advocates a complete separation of state and religion , fights the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox and advocates the creation of a civil marriage .

In economic terms, Haaretz mainly advocates classical liberal principles, similar to the British The Economist .

See also

literature

  • Oren Soffer: Haaretz. In: Dan Diner (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture (EJGK). Volume 2: Co-Ha. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02502-9 , pp. 488-490.
  • Ulrich W. Sahm : Anniversary: ​​100 years of “Ha'aretz” . In: Christian media initiative pro e. V. (Ed.): Israelnetz . No. 4 , 2019, p. 10 ( PDF [accessed August 19, 2019]).

Web links

Commons : Haaretz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Haaretz announces: Leonid Nevzlin acquires 20 percent of Haaretz shares. In: Haaretz. June 12, 2011, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Jacques Schuster : Amos Schocken makes newspapers that do not only know one truth. In: Welt Online. October 26, 2002, accessed December 23, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Aluf Benn. In: Haaretz. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Oren Soffer: Haaretz . In: Dan Diner (ed.): Encyclopedia of Jewish history and culture . tape 2 . JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02502-9 , p. 488-490 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Christoph Schult: Haaretz. In: media database. Institute for Media and Communication Policy, May 4, 2012, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b Yoel Cohen: Haaretz . In: Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.): Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. tape 8 . Macmillan Reference USA, Detroit 2007, pp. 168 ( online: Gale Virtual Reference Library ).
  7. ↑ Joachim Frank: DuMont invests in Israel. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . August 13, 2006, accessed February 8, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Lilac Sigan: I'm Going to Take a Break, Sorry. In: Huffpost. August 5, 2016, accessed November 2, 2019 .
  9. ^ Roy Goldenberg: "Haaretz" paywall reduces website traffic 15%. In: Globes. April 17, 2013, accessed November 2, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Alexandra Föderl-Schmid: "Many read Haaretz because they have no alternative". In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. June 19, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  11. ^ A b Erez Tadmor: Downfall of a Great Newspaper. In: The Tower Magazine. May 2013, accessed on November 2, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ran Boker: Haaretz slammed for article calling national religious 'worse than Hezbollah'. In: Ynet News. April 13, 2017, accessed November 2, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ruthie Blum: Atlantic Columnist Jeffrey Goldberg Sparks Twitter Frenzy With Harsh Criticism of 'Hateful' Haaretz Invective Against Israel. In: the general. August 2, 2016, accessed November 2, 2019 .