The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post is an <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English language</a> Israeli <a href="/facts/Broadsheet/mdYfB6zl">broadsheet</a> newspaper based in <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a>, <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, founded in 1932 during the <a href="/facts/Mandatory_Palestine/mv0NGUBy">British Mandate of Palestine</a> by <a href="/facts/Gershon_Agron/gkLPHU5z">Gershon Agron</a> as The Palestine Post. In 1950, it changed its name to The Jerusalem Post. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor <a href="/facts/Eli_Azur/f4l4qcxo">Eli Azur</a> (who in 2014 also acquired the newspaper <a href="/facts/Maariv_(newspaper)/7E8XYvLz">Maariv</a>). The Jerusalem Post is published in English. Previously, it also had a French edition.
The paper professes to be in the Israeli <a href="/facts/Political_center/jybYq4vR">political center</a>, yet is considered to be on the political <a href="/facts/Centre-right_politics/t05mK4rv">center-right</a>; its editorial line is critical of political corruption, and supportive of the separation of religion and state in Israel. It is also a strong proponent of greater investment by the State of Israel in World Jewry and educational programs for the <a href="/facts/Jewish_diaspora/E2Tc3qxx">Jewish diaspora</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Broadsheet/mdYfB6zl">broadsheet</a> newspaper is published daily Sunday to Friday, except for <a href="/facts/Jewish_holiday/1tkNb3Eg">Jewish religious holidays</a> and <a href="/facts/Independence_Day_(Israel)/jqLaV8od">Independence Day</a>, with no edition appearing on Saturday (the <a href="/facts/Shabbat/pp5wb0JM">Jewish Sabbath</a>). Regular opinion columnists write on subjects such as religion, foreign affairs and economics.

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The Jerusalem Post