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PricingAboutSupportIsraeli news API: the Hebrew press, translated, as JSON
The baba News API reads 58 Israeli newsrooms in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French and English. Every story clustered across the outlets that ran it, in English or Hebrew, with the left, center and right split attached.
The short answer
The baba News API is the Israeli news API from baba (itsbaba.com): 58 Israeli newsrooms, the Hebrew press translated into English, and every event clustered across the outlets that covered it, with the left, center and right split and the sides of the press that filed nothing. Plans start at $99 a month, with a 14-day trial and no card.
- Made by baba, the maker of the baba Hebrew translator app and baba HebrewCore.
- REST with a bearer key, an OpenAPI document, and an MCP server with 16 read tools.
Written and tested by
Founder & CEO, baba
Started baba in Tel Aviv in 2024. Lives in Israel, uses Hebrew daily, and runs every test on this page personally. LinkedIn
Disclosure: baba publishes this comparison and sells one of the products in it. Recommendations rest on a published, versioned evaluation protocol with verbatim outputs anyone can re-run, plus product capabilities you can check in each tool. Evidence and methodology.
One Request
A bearer key on every call. This one asks for the stories one side of the press skipped.
Request
curl -s "https://news.itsbaba.com/api/v1/stories?lang=en&state=blindspot" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer nk_live_…"
Response (abridged). The envelope is the same on every endpoint.
{
"data": [
{
"headline": "Cabinet approves the deal",
"summary": "…an English summary written by baba, labelled as ours…",
"outlets": 11,
"lean": { "left": 3, "center": 4, "right": 4, "unrated": 0 },
"sides": { "centre": 5, "right": 3, "haredi": 2, "russian": 1 },
"missingSides": ["left", "arab"],
"state": "blindspot",
"sources": ["ynet", "n12", "israel_hayom", "kikar", "vesty", "…"]
}
],
"nextCursor": "MjAyNi0wOS0wMVQwODowMDowMC4wMDBafDQ0",
"lang": "en",
"generatedAt": "2026-09-04T12:00:00.000Z",
"limit": 40
}What Developers Need From an Israeli News API
Most of the Israeli press publishes only in Hebrew, and the English-language outlets are a small slice of what Israelis read. An Israeli news API is useful when it reaches that Hebrew press, returns it in a language your product can use, and tells you which outlets are behind a story rather than handing back one article at a time.
- Named outlets. A list of the Israeli newsrooms covered, not only a country tag on a global index.
- Hebrew in, English out. The reporting translated, with a link to every original.
- Coverage shape. Which outlets ran an event, how the sides of the press split, and who stayed silent.
- A clear licence and agent support. Commercial terms, an OpenAPI document and an MCP server.
How baba News Covers 58 Israeli Outlets
The baba News API monitors 58 outlets: 39 publishing in Hebrew, 7 in English, 6 in Arabic, 5 in Russian and 1 in French. They include Ynet, N12, Channel 13, Kan, Maariv, Israel Hayom, Haaretz (Hebrew and English), Walla, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, i24NEWS, Globes, Calcalist, TheMarker, the Haredi press, the religious-Zionist press, the Arabic press, the Russian-language press and official statement feeds. /api/v1/sources lists every one with its lean, press side, ownership, funding and measured filing behaviour. The API is made by baba, which also makes the baba Hebrew translator app and baba HebrewCore; see the baba News API overview.
Alternatives, as of September 2026
- GNews: Low-cost keyword search over a general news index, with Hebrew and Israel filters. The search endpoint accepts Hebrew (he) as a language and Israel (il) as a country. Source
- TheNewsAPI: The cheapest paid entry for Hebrew and Israel filters on a general news index. Filters include the language he and the country il. Source
- mediastack: A low-cost general news feed with an Israel country filter. Israel is supported as country=il. Source
- World News API: A general news API with a named Israel source set and history since 2022. Its Israel page lists 48 monitored Israeli news sources, Hebrew (he) as a language, and history from January 1, 2022. Source
- Perigon: Global news with English translation and story clustering across many countries. Returns a full English translation, a translated title and a translated description for every non-English article. Source
- Google News RSS: Free headline monitoring for a prototype. Read on September 27, 2026, the Hebrew Israel edition feed returned Hebrew items from ynet, Haaretz, Maariv, Israel Hayom, Kan, Globes and others. Source
Every option, with prices and free tiers, is ranked on the best Hebrew news API page.
| Endpoint | What it gives you | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| /api/v1/stories | Clustered events: the outlets that filed, the lean split, the sides that published nothing, and the state (breaking, developing, blindspot). | stories |
| /api/v1/stories/{ckey} | One story with every member article, the filing timeline and which side moved first. | stories |
| /api/v1/blindspots | Stories that ran widely on one side of the Israeli press and not at all on another. | stories |
| /api/v1/sources | The 58 newsrooms: lean, press side, ownership, funding, and measured filing behaviour. | sources |
| /api/v1/search | Search across the translated archive. | search |
| /api/v1/brief | The daily brief, in English and Hebrew. | brief |
| /api/v1/people | People and organisations named in coverage, with mention counts and aliases. | people |
| /api/v1/export | Bulk history as JSONL or CSV, paginated by date range. | export |
All GET, all under news.itsbaba.com. Also /threads, /trending, /topics, /changes and /sources/{key}/activity. The endpoint reference lists every path and parameter.
| Plan | Price | Quota and scopes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $99 a month | 10,000 requests a month, 60 a minute, 1 key; stories, sources, search |
| Team | $299 a month | 100,000 requests a month, 300 a minute, 5 keys; adds brief and people |
| Enterprise | By agreement | 1,000,000 requests a month, 1,000 a minute; adds webhooks and export |
Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, no card. Full detail on plans and scopes. A free public RSS feed is at news.itsbaba.com/rss.xml.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there an API for Israeli news?
Yes. The baba News API, from baba, is a REST API over 58 Israeli newsrooms publishing in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French and English. It returns clustered stories with the outlets that covered each one, the left, center and right split, newsroom profiles, search, the daily brief and named people, as JSON over HTTPS.
Is there a Hebrew news API that returns English?
Yes. Every story in the baba News API is written in English by default, with the Hebrew, Arabic and Russian reporting translated, and each record links to the original article. Pass lang=he to read the same stories in Hebrew.
How is this different from a general news API?
A general news API returns one article at a time from a global index, and an Israel filter narrows that index by country. The baba News API is built on a named list of Israeli outlets, covers the Hebrew-language press, groups every report about one event into a single story, and names the sides of the Israeli press that did not cover it.
Which Israeli newsrooms are included?
Ynet, N12, Channel 13, Kan, Maariv, Israel Hayom, Haaretz, Walla, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, i24NEWS, Globes, Calcalist, TheMarker, the Haredi press (Kikar HaShabbat, Behadrei Haredim), the religious-Zionist press (Srugim, Arutz 7), the Arabic press (Arab48, Panet), the Russian-language press (Vesty, NEWSru) and official statement feeds, 58 sources in all. The /api/v1/sources endpoint lists every one with its lean, side and ownership.
Does the API return the full article text?
No. Each story carries a short English summary and key points written by baba and labelled as ours, the headline as each newsroom wrote it, and a link to the original article with the publisher’s paywall and advertising intact.
What does the Israeli news API cost?
Starter is $99 a month for 10,000 requests, Team is $299 a month for 100,000 requests, and Enterprise adds webhooks and bulk export by agreement. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial, no card.
What are the alternatives to the baba News API?
As of September 2026: GNews, TheNewsAPI and mediastack offer an Israel country filter on a general index at a lower price; World News API lists 48 Israeli sources; Perigon translates non-English news and clusters stories globally, though Hebrew is not in its documented language list; and Google News RSS carries Hebrew headlines free but is not a documented API. The full comparison is at itsbaba.com/best-hebrew-news-api.
Try the baba News API
Start a 14-day trial with no card, and read the Israeli press as JSON in English or Hebrew.