The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post
Front page of The Jerusalem Post; September 1, 2020
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Jerusalem Post Group
EditorZvika Klein
Founded1 December 1932; 91 years ago (1932-12-01)
(as The Palestine Post)
Political alignment
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersJerusalem
CountryIsrael
Circulation90,000
(Weekends: 120,000) (International: 50,000)[citation needed]
Sister newspapersJerusalem Post Lite
Maariv
Walla!
ISSN0792-822X
OCLC number15700704
Websitejpost.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Jerusalem Post is an English language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. In 1950, it changed its name to The Jerusalem Post. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor Eli Azur (who in 2014 also acquired the newspaper Maariv).[4] The Jerusalem Post is published in English. Previously, it also had a French edition.

Originally a left-wing newspaper, it underwent a noticeable shift to the political right in the late 1980s.[5][6] From 2004 onward, editor David Horovitz moved the paper to the center, and his successor in 2011, Steve Linde, pledged to provide balanced coverage of the news along with views from across the political spectrum.[7][8] In April 2016, Linde stepped down as editor-in-chief and was replaced by Yaakov Katz,[9] a former military reporter for the paper who previously served as an adviser to former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.[10]

In March 2023, Katz stepped down as editor-in-chief and was replaced by Avi Mayer.[11] Nine months later, Mayer was replaced by Zvika Klein.[12]

The paper professes to be in the Israeli political center,[13] yet is considered to be on the political right;[14] its editorial line is critical of political corruption,[15] and supportive of the separation of religion and state in Israel.[16] It is also a strong proponent of greater investment by the State of Israel in World Jewry and educational programs for the Jewish diaspora.[17]

  1. ^ "The Jerusalem Post". Encyclopedia Britannica. 15 November 2023. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "On the issue of defense, the paper moved editorially in the post-1990 years between a centrist position under David Makovsky (1999–2000) and David Horowitz (2004– ) as editors, and a right-wing position under David *Bar-Illan (1990–96) and Brett [sic] Stephens (2002–4). A neo-liberal capitalist outlook on economic and financial affairs replaced the socialist outlook of earlier years.""Jerusalem Post". Encyclopedia Judaica. 2007. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ "The Jerusalem Post (Israeli newspaper)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ 'Maariv' Newspaper to Be Sold to Businessman Eli Azur Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine News flash at israelnationalnews.com
  5. ^ "The press in Israel" Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine BBC News, 8 May 2006
  6. ^ Dridi, Tarak (9 July 2020). "Reporting Strategies of Israeli Print Media: Jerusalem Post and Haaretz as a Case Study". SAGE Open. 10 (3). doi:10.1177/2158244020936986.
  7. ^ "Editor's Notes: The time has come... – Opinion – Jerusalem Post". Jpost.com. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Horovitz steps down, Linde taking over as JPost editor". The Jerusalem Post. 12 June 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Katz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Dolsten, Josefin (13 April 2016). "Jerusalem Post Names Ex-Naftali Bennett Aide as New Editor-in-Chief". The Forward. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Avi Mayer named new editor-in-chief of 'The Jerusalem Post'". 21 March 2023. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Zvika Klein tapped as new chief editor of Jerusalem Post". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Jerusalem – a City with Many Names". Friend of Zion Museum. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  14. ^ "The Jerusalem Post". Britannica.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  15. ^ Katz, Yaakov (23 July 2020). "Israel needs a government, not a circus – analysis". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Recant, Chief Rabbi". The Jerusalem Post. 7 January 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Can the coronavirus help repair ties between Israel's Jews and Arabs?". The Jerusalem Post. 22 April 2020. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.