The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post
TypeNewspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)The Jerusalem Post Group
EditorYaakov Katz
Founded1 December 1932; 92 years ago (1932-12-01)
(as The Palestine Post)
Political alignmentCentrist to conservative[1][2]
LanguageEnglish
French
HeadquartersJerusalem
CountryIsrael
Circulation50,000
(Weekends: 80,000) (International: 40,000)[3]
Sister newspapersJerusalem Post Lite
ISSN0021-597X
Websitejpost.com

The Jerusalem Post is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem. It was 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.[4] The newspaper is published in English and also printed a French edition.

References

  1. ↑ "On the issue of defense, the paper moved editorially in the post-1990 years between a centrist position under David Macovsky (1999–2000) and David Horowitz (2004– ) as editors, and a right-wing position under David *Bar-Illan (1990–96) and Brett 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.
  2. ↑ "The Jerusalem Post (Israeli newspaper)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
  3. ↑ "The Israeli Press". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  4. ↑ ‘Maariv’ Newspaper to Be Sold to Businessman Eli Azur Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine News flash at israelnationalnews.com