''Israel Post'' (), originally ''Metro Israel'', was an Israeli Hebrew-language

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that existed between 2007 and 2016. It was based on the concept of the '' Metro'' newspapers. Co-owned by Eli Azur (who owns controlling interest in ''

The Jerusalem Post ''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English language, English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''Th ...

'') and David Weisman, it was first published on August 5, 2007. It was Israel's only afternoon newspaper and distributed mainly in establishments owned by Weisman, such as Blue Square

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s, the AM-PM

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s and Dor-Alon gas stations. Part of the material is translated from the

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''Jerusalem Post'' and ''The Business Post'' newspapers. Most of the advertisements during the preliminary period were of Weisman's businesses. In July 2010, a TGI survey of the media reported that ''Israel Post'' had overtaken ''

Haaretz ''Haaretz'' (; originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , , ) is an List of newspapers in Israel, Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel. The paper is published in Hebrew lan ...

'' as the fourth largest newspaper in terms of exposure with a rate of 7.6% versus Haaretz's rate of only 6.5%. ''Israel Post'' was distributed for free around Israel. The publishing company was Metro Israel Ltd., located in

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. The chief editor was Golan Bar Yosef.

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{{Newspapers in Israel Free daily newspapers Hebrew-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Israel Newspapers established in 2007 Mass media in Tel Aviv 2007 establishments in Israel

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