List of newspapers in Israel

Entrance of Beit Sokolov, house of the Israeli Journalists Association

This list of newspapers in Israel is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in the State of Israel. Most are published in Hebrew, but there are also newspapers catering to Arabic speakers, and newspapers catering to immigrants speaking a variety of other languages, such as Russian, English and French.

As of July 31, 2023, a TGI survey indicated that Israel Hayom , distributed for free, is Israel's most read newspaper, with a 29.4% weekday readership exposure, followed by Yedioth Ahronoth , with 22.3%, Haaretz with 4.8%, Globes with 4% and Maariv with 3.9%. ^[1]

National newspapers

Name	Translation	Language(s)	Frequency	Popularity (Jan-Dec 2023) [2] [3]	Founded	Owner	Audience	Logo
B'Sheva	At Seven	Hebrew	Weekly	5.4% (1.2%)	2002	Arutz Sheva	Religious Zionists
Calcalist	Economist	Hebrew	Daily	11.3% (0.8%)	2008	Yedioth Ahronoth Group	Business journalism
Courier		Russian	Daily		1991	Israel Libo Feigin	Russians in Israel
Globes		Hebrew, English	Daily	3.0% (0.7%)	1983	Fishman Group	Business journalism
Haaretz	The Land	Hebrew, English	Daily	4.8% (0.4%)	1919	Haaretz Group	Left-wing Israelis
Hamodia	The Informer	Hebrew, English, French	Daily		1950	World Agudath Israel	Haredi Jews
Israel Hayom	Israel Today	Hebrew (website also in English)	Daily	26.6% (1.7%)	2007	Sheldon Adelson	conservative Israelis
Al-Ittihad	The Union	Arabic	Daily		1944	Maki	Arab citizens of Israel
The Jerusalem Post		English, French	Daily		1932	Eli Azur	English speakers
All Israel News		English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Chinese	Daily		2020	Near East Media	Pro-Israel, Zionist Evangelicals, Jews
Kul al-Arab	All Arabs	Arabic	Weekly		1987	Al-Arab Group	Arab citizens of Israel
Maariv	Evening	Hebrew	Daily	11.8% (3.0%)	1948	Eli Azur	Centrist Israelis
Al-Madina	The City	Arabic	Weekly		2004	Rana Asali	Arab citizens of Israel
Makor Rishon	Primary Source	Hebrew	Weekly	4.1% (0.2%)	1997	Sheldon Adelson	Religious Zionists
Novosti Nedeli	Weekly News	Russian	Weekly		1989	Eli Azur	Russians in Israel
TheMarker		Hebrew	Daily	5.5% (0.3%)	2008	Haaretz Group	Business news
Yated Ne'eman	Reliable Basis	Hebrew	Daily		1985	Degel HaTorah	Haredi Jews
Yedioth Ahronoth	Latest News	Hebrew (websites also in English and Spanish)	Daily	26.4% (0.4%)	1939	Yedioth Ahronoth Group	Centrist Israelis
LaIsha	For the Women	Hebrew	Weekly	7.0% (0.3%)	1947	Yedioth Ahronoth Group	Women
Epoch Times Israel		Hebrew (also operating worldwide)	Monthly	1.6% (0.6%)	2005	The Epoch Times	Hebrew speaking Israelis
Magazina	Magazine for the right women	Hebrew	Monthly		2014	Rina Ben-Yehuda	Women with content on fashion, beauty, health, food, and general lifestyle trends

Readership

The following are the Israeli newspapers exposure rates according to the Target Group Index (TGI), with surveys from 2016, 2019 and 2020. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Name	Weekday % (as of 2021) [7]
Israel Hayom	31%
Yedioth Ahronoth	23.9%
Haaretz	4.7%
Maariv	3.5%

Local newspapers

Jerusalem

• Kol Ha'ir

Tel Aviv

• Ha'ir
• Zman Tel Aviv

Defunct newspapers

Israeli press, 1949

Party–affiliated

During the Mandate era and the first decades following independence, there were numerous newspapers owned and associated with political parties. They had mostly been discontinued by the 1970s, though a few remain, including Hamodia (Agudat Yisrael), al-Ittihad (Maki) and Yated Ne'eman (Degel HaTorah).

• HaZvi (1884–1914, Hebrew) published by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
• Ha'or (1908–?, Hebrew), name change of HaZvi, banned by the Ottoman government.
• Al HaMishmar (1943–1995, Hebrew), associated with Hashomer Hatzair
• Davar (1925–1996, Hebrew), associated with the Histadrut
• Die Woch (1959–?, Yiddish), associated with Mapai
• HaBoker (1934–1965, Hebrew), associated with the General Zionists
• HaMashkif (1938–1948, Hebrew), associated with Hatzohar
• HaTzofe (1937–2008, Hebrew), associated with the National Religious Party
• HaYom (1966–1969, Hebrew), associated with Gahal
• Hazit HaAm (1931–1934, Hebrew), associated with Hatzohar
• Herut (1948–1965, Hebrew), associated with Herut
• Israel Shtime (1956–1997, Yiddish), associated with Mapam
• Kol HaAm (1937–1975, Hebrew), associated with Maki
• LaMerhav (1954–1971, Hebrew), associated with Ahdut HaAvoda
• Walka (1958–1965, Polish), associated with Maki

Independent

• Hadashot (1984–1993, Hebrew)
• Derekh Hanitzotz (folded in 1988, Hebrew)
• Israel-Nachrichten (1935–2011, German)
• Israel Post (2007-2016, Hebrew)
• Israeli (2006–2008, Hebrew)
• Új Kelet (1948–2015, Hungarian)
• Vesti (1992–2018, Russian)

See also

• Israel portal
• Journalism portal

• Newspapers of Israel
• List of Jewish newspapers
• Media of Israel

References

1. "סקר TGI: דרמה בצמרת הפרינט והפתעה בעיתונות סוף השבוע". Ice (in Hebrew). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
2. "סקר TGI: מהפך בצמרת - זו תחנת הרדיו המואזנת ביותר בישראל". Ice (in Hebrew). 29 July 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
3. "סקר TGI לשנת 2023: צריכת העיתונות ירדה, "ישראל היום" נשאר העיתון הנקרא בישראל". Haaretz.
4. "סקר TGI מחצית 2016: "ישראל היום" מגדיל את הפער; "הארץ" קורס - וואלה! ברנז'ה". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 25 July 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
5. "TGI Survey asserts Israel Hayom's lead". Israel Hayom. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
6. "Israel: market share of newspapers 2019". Statista. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
7. "ישראל היום או ידיעות? זה העיתון הנקרא בישראל | סקר TGI". Ice (in Hebrew). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

External links

• The Printed Media at the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs website