This site is the online home of the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. News stories are primarily regarding Israel, the Middle East and the “Jewish World’. The home page displays the current date in both the Standard English format and the Jewish calendar format. The current time in Israel is also displayed. The main link categories include ‘Jewish World’, ‘Haaretz Toolbar’, ‘Diplomacy’, ‘Defense’, ‘Opinion’, ‘National’, ‘Focus U.S.A’, ‘Strenger [sic] than Fiction’, ‘Business’, ‘Travel’, ‘Magazine’, ‘Week’s End’ and ‘Anglo File’.
A Jerusalem Online News video is available via the ‘TV’ link. Brief book reviews of Israeli and Hebrew books are found via the ‘Books’ link. Other links displayed at the top of site pages include ‘Car Rental’, which leads to eldan.co.il for care rentals in Israel and the ‘Haaretz Store’, which leads to israzon.com for a variety of merchandise.
The home page displays several news headlines with a brief abstract, the time of submission and tags. More headlines are shown with only the submission time and tags. Other featured blocks include ‘Haaretz Hot Topics’, ‘Candle Lighting Times’, ‘Currency Rates’ and ‘Weather’. Users may also access archives, the print edition of the paper and the English version of the paper published in partner with the International Herald Tribune.