The Times of Israel
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Online newspaper |
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| Available in | English, Arabic, French, Chinese, Persian |
| Owners | Seth Klarman, David Horovitz |
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David Horovitz (English) Suha Halifa (Arabic) Stephanie Bitan (French) Li Jingjing 李晶晶 (Chinese) Avi Davidi (Persian) |
| Website | www |
| Launched | February 2012 |
The Times of Israel is an online newspaper published in English, Arabic, French, Chinese, and Persian which covers "developments in Israel, the Middle East and around the Jewish world", according to the site's nameplate.
In addition to publishing news reports and analysis, The Times of Israel hosts a multi-author blog platform. Its headquarters are in Jerusalem.
The Times of Israel was launched in February 2012. Its founder and editor is David Horovitz, formerly of The Jerusalem Post and The Jerusalem Report, a veteran journalist who had covered the Middle East and the Arab–Israeli peace process for thirty years.
It receives financial support from Boston-based Seth Klarman, founder of Baupost Group and chairman of The David Project, who has said he is opposed to Israel's settlement movement.
Several Times editors had previously worked for Haaretz. Haaretz English edition editors Joshua Davidovich, Raphael Ahren, and Yoel Goldman joined The Times as news editors, and Haaretz Arab affairs correspondent Avi Isaacharoff joined as Middle East analyst.
The Times of Israel launched its Arabic edition, edited by Suha Halifa, on 4 February 2014, its French edition, edited by Stephanie Bitan, on 25 February 2014, its Chinese edition, edited by Jingjing Li, on 28 May 2014, and its Persian edition, edited by Avi Davidi, on 7 October 2015.
Both the Arabic and French editions combine translations of English content with original material in their respective languages, and also host a blog platform. In announcing the Arabic edition, Horowitz suggested, The Times may have created the first Arabic blog platform that "draw[s] articles from across the spectrum of opinion. We're inviting those of our Arabic readers with something of value that they want to say to blog on our pages, respecting the parameters of legitimate debate, joining our marketplace of ideas." In order "to avoid the kind of anonymous comments that can reduce discussion to toxic lows", comments on news articles and features in all of the site's editions can only be posted by readers identified through their Facebook profiles or equivalent.
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