The Jerusalem Post - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Type | Newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | The Jerusalem Post Group |
Editor | Yaakov Katz |
Founded | 1 December 1932 (as The Palestine Post) |
Political alignment | Centrist to conservative[1][2] |
Language | English French |
Headquarters | Jerusalem |
Country | Israel |
Circulation | 50,000 (Weekends: 80,000) (International: 40,000)[3] |
Sister newspapers | Jerusalem Post Lite |
ISSN | 0021-597X |
Website | jpost |
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
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "The Jerusalem Post (Israeli newspaper)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "The Israeli Press". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
- ↑ ‘Maariv’ Newspaper to Be Sold to Businessman Eli Azur Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine News flash at israelnationalnews.com