Haaretz Is an Independent Daily Newspaper With a Broadly Liberal Outlook Both on Domestic Issues and on International Affairs. It Has a Journalistic Staff of So
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Haaretz is an independent daily newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs. It has a journalistic staff of some 330 reporters, writers and editors. The paper is perhaps best known for its Op-ed page, where its senior columnists - among them some of Israel s leading commentators and analysts - reflect on current events.
Haaretz plays an important role in the shaping of public opinion and is read with care in government and decision-making circles.
Haaretz was founded in Jerusalem in 1919 by a group of Zionist immigrants, mainly from Russia. Among its staffers was the Revisionist leader, Ze ev Jabotinsky. The writer Ahad Ha am was a frequent contributor during those early years.