List of newspapers in Israel

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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.

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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

NameTranslationLanguage(s)FrequencyReadership share (%)CirculationFoundedOwnerNotes
All Israel News All Israel NewsEnglishDaily2020All Israel NewsAimed at Evangelical Christians
B'Sheva At SevenHebrewWeekly2002 Arutz Sheva Aimed at Religious Zionists
Calcalist EconomistHebrewDaily2008 Yedioth Ahronoth Group Business news
Courier RussianDaily1991Israel Libo Feigin
Globes HebrewDaily1983Fishman Group Business news
Haaretz The LandHebrew, EnglishDaily4.7% [2] 72,000 [3] 1919 Haaretz Group
Hamodia The InformerHebrew, English, FrenchDaily1950 World Agudath Israel Aimed at Haredi Jews
Israel HaYom Israel TodayHebrew (website also in English)Daily31% [2] 275,000 [4] 2007 Sheldon Adelson Free newspaper
Al-Ittihad The UnionArabicDaily1944 Maki
The Jerusalem Post English, FrenchDaily50,000 [5] 1932 Eli Azur Formerly the Palestine Post
Kul al-Arab All ArabsArabicWeekly1987Al-Arab Group
Maariv EveningHebrewDaily3.5% [2] 1948Eli Azur
Al-Madina The CityArabicWeekly2004Rana Asali
Makor Rishon Primary SourceHebrewWeekly1997 Sheldon Adelson Aimed at Religious Zionists
Novosti Nedeli Weekly NewsRussianWeekly1989 Eli Azur
TheMarker HebrewDaily2008 Haaretz Group Business news
Yated Ne'eman Reliable BasisHebrewDaily1985 Degel HaTorah Aimed at Haredi Jews
Yedioth Ahronoth Latest NewsHebrew (websites also in English and Spanish)Daily23.9% [2] 1939 Yedioth Ahronoth Group

Readership

The following are the Israeli newspapers exposure rates according to the Target Group Index (TGI), with surveys from 2016, 2019 and 2020. [6] [7] [8]

NameWeekday %

(as of 2021) [2]

Israel Hayom 31%
Yedioth Ahronoth 23.9%
Haaretz 4.7%
Maariv 3.5%

Local newspapers

Jerusalem
Tel Aviv

Defunct newspapers

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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).

Independent

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