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

free daily newspaper Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at d ...

tat existed between 2007 and 2016. It was based on the concept of the ''

Metro Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: Geography * Metro (city), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...

'' newspapers. Co-owned by Eli Azur (who owns controlling interest in ''

The Jerusalem Post ''The Jerusalem Post'' is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, 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 ...

'') 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 supermarkets, the AM-PM convenience stores and Dor-Alon gas stations. Part of the material is translated from the English-language ''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'' 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

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. 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 Publications established in 2007 Mass media in Tel Aviv 2007 establishments in Israel

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