The Jerusalem Post

Also known as Jerusalem Post, JPost.com, JP, The Palestine Post, Palestine Post

English-language Israeli newspaper

Key facts

Type: Daily newspaper
Format: Broadsheet
Owner: The Jerusalem Post Group
Editor: Zvika Klein
Founded: 1 December 1932 ; 93 years ago ( 1932-12-01 ) , (as The Palestine Post )
Political alignment: Center-right Conservative
Language: English
Headquarters: Jerusalem
Country: Israel
Circulation: 90,000, (Weekends: 120,000) (International: 50,000)
Sister newspapers: Jerusalem Post Lite , Maariv , Walla!
Issn: 0792-822X

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The Jerusalem Post is an English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, 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. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor Eli Azur (who in 2014 also acquired the newspaper Maariv). The Jerusalem Post is published in English. Previously, it also had a French edition.

The paper describes itself as being in the Israeli political center, but widely seen as center-right in Israel; 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 Jewish diaspora.