Hebrew news, in English.
The newsrooms most Israelis actually read publish only in Hebrew. baba News translates every story to English as it is filed, groups it across the outlets that ran it, and links you to the original.
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How Can I Read Hebrew News in English?
Most of the Israeli press publishes only in Hebrew: Ynet, N12, Kan, Channel 13, Maariv, Israel Hayom, Walla and the Haredi and religious press. A few have an English edition, and each of those is a selection, not the paper.
baba News reads those newsrooms as they publish, writes a short English summary of each story, labelled as its own, groups every outlet that covered the same event, and links to the original Hebrew article. It is free to read on the web at news.itsbaba.com and in the app on iPhone and Android.
The Hebrew-Language Newsrooms
What each one is, and how much of it exists in English.
| Newsroom | What it is | In English? |
|---|---|---|
| Ynet | Israel's largest news site, from the Yedioth Ahronoth group. | Ynetnews carries a selection in English; most Ynet coverage is Hebrew only. |
| N12 (Mako) | The news site of Channel 12, the most-watched TV news in Israel. | Hebrew only. |
| Kan | The public broadcaster's news site. | Hebrew only, with an Arabic service (Makan). |
| Channel 13 | The second commercial TV news channel. | Hebrew only. |
| Maariv | A long-running Hebrew daily. | Hebrew only; The Jerusalem Post is its English-language stablemate, with different coverage. |
| Israel Hayom | A free right-leaning daily, the most-read print paper. | A small English site; the Hebrew edition is the full one. |
| Walla | A large Hebrew news portal. | Hebrew only. |
| Haaretz | A left-leaning daily with the strongest English edition of any Hebrew paper. | Haaretz English is a subset of the Hebrew paper, mostly behind a paywall. |
| Kikar HaShabbat, Behadrei Haredim | The Haredi press. | Hebrew only. Stories here often appear nowhere else. |
| Srugim, Arutz 7 | The religious-Zionist press. | Arutz 7 has an English site (Israel National News); Srugim is Hebrew only. |
Why the Hebrew Press Matters More Than Its English Editions
The English-language outlets write for readers abroad. The Hebrew press writes for Israelis, and it sets the agenda: what leads N12 at eight in the evening is what the country argues about the next morning, whether or not it ever appears in English. The Haredi press (Kikar HaShabbat, Behadrei Haredim), the religious-Zionist press (Srugim), the Arabic press (Arab48, Panet) and the Russian-language press (Vesty, NEWSru) each carry stories the others leave out.
A translated wire across all of them shows the shape of a story, not just its text: which outlets ran it, which side of the press skipped it, and how each newsroom worded the same event. baba News calls the one-sided stories Not Everywhere, and names the side that stayed quiet.
How the Translation Works
A summary written by baba and labelled as such, a link to every original, and the newsroom’s own headline rendered in English. The full policy is at news.itsbaba.com/ai-translation-policy.
Translated, and labelled
Each Hebrew story gets a short English summary and key points written by baba and marked as ours, never presented as the newsroom’s own words.
Grouped across the press
The same event from Ynet, N12, Israel Hayom and the Haredi press sits in one story, with each outlet’s own Hebrew headline rendered in English.
Alerts in English
Breaking and developing stories from the Hebrew press reach your phone in English, with quiet hours on Jerusalem time.
As a feed or an API
The same translated wire is a free RSS feed, and a REST API for teams that need the Hebrew press in English inside their own tools.
For Teams and Developers
The same translated wire is available as a free RSS feed at news.itsbaba.com/rss.xml, one item per clustered story, and as the Israeli news API: clustered stories, the outlets that filed, the lean split, search and history, in English or Hebrew, as JSON.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I read Hebrew news in English?
Most Hebrew-language Israeli newsrooms, including Ynet, N12, Kan, Channel 13, Maariv, Israel Hayom, Walla and the Haredi press, publish only in Hebrew. baba News reads them as they publish, writes an English summary for each story, groups every outlet covering the same event, and links to the original Hebrew article. It is free on the web at news.itsbaba.com and as an app on iPhone and Android.
Is Ynet available in English?
Partly. Ynetnews is the English-language site of Ynet, but it carries a selection of the coverage, not the full Hebrew site. To follow the Hebrew Ynet in English alongside the rest of the press, use an aggregator that translates it, such as baba News.
Is the translation done by a person or by software?
By software, with the summary labelled as baba’s own. baba does not reproduce the article text; it writes a short English summary and key points and links to the newsroom’s original. The translation policy is published at news.itsbaba.com/ai-translation-policy.
What do English-only readers miss in Israeli news?
The agenda. The biggest Israeli audiences read Hebrew, and the stories that lead N12, Ynet and Israel Hayom are often not the stories that lead the English-language outlets. The Haredi, religious-Zionist, Arabic and Russian-language press each carry stories the others leave out. Reading only in English, you would not know a story ran, or that half the country read a different version of it.
Can I get Hebrew news translated to English as a feed?
Yes. The public RSS feed at news.itsbaba.com/rss.xml carries one item per clustered story, with the English headline and summary, free and without a key. Developers can use the Israeli news API for the full cluster, the outlets that ran it, the lean split, search and history.
Can I read it in Hebrew too?
Yes. baba News has a Hebrew edition at news.itsbaba.com/he and in the app, with the same stories and the same grouping across the press.
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