Newspapers, Television, Magazines in English

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Washington Post, not readily available, but ask around

Editor's note: Tel Aviv like many international cities has lots of news sources, specially in English. BUT, it's also a Hebrew speaking city. There are many places to find news in Eglish. Keep your eyes open, this is just an introduction!

Almost all hotels in the city (Tel Aviv) have cable TV or satellite dishes, verify with your hotel what news channels are available. Readily available on cable (HOT) or satellite (YES) are: CNN, SKY news, BBC, Aljazeera (English), France 24 (English) and FOX. There are some hotels and bars that also have Internet feeds and can get just about anything. Specially the US and the European channels: ABC, NBC, CBS, CNBC, MSNBC, etc. On the Israeli systems basic service also includes channels from Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Russia and extended service includes many Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, India and China. Your hotel or local bar can give you the list.

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Jerusalem Post, right wing, in English

Newspapers, magazines and books in English are readily available in many stores in Tel Aviv. Hebrew papers and magazines are available for free to read in most hotels and restaurants. Israel is a country of leisure reading during meals, something that is unique and interesting. Just like in the US and England, the Israeli media runs the spectrum of serious to the ridiculous. From hard news and analysis to real trashy stories about celebrities, politics and just crazy life here.
There are also a few Israeli papers in English. The Jerusalem Post and the Tribune/Haaretz combination are locally written English papers. The Tribune is a collection of news from the New York Times, Washington Post and the Hebrew daily Ha'Haretz translated into English.

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A few NYT copies in large hotels and book stores

Ha'aretz also runs a full fledged English version of their paper on the Internet: http://www.haaretz.com/. The Hebrew version is http://www.haaretz.co.il/. Since the French has arrived the last two years or so, there are also French language papers and a few local papers in Russian. In the better book stores and newspaper stands you may be able to pick up a German and a Spanish paper as well. So ask around.
If you are looking for a foreign language paper in Tel Aviv, go to Steimatzky book store on Dizengoff near Gordon (http://www.steimatzky.co.il/NS_BranchEng.asp?GlobMenuID=20 branch listing). This is only a short walk from most of the hotels or a cheap taxi ride, call ahead and see what they have.
A holiday or an extended stay in Tel Aviv doesn't mean you are separated from the world news, unless of course, you want it that way... ... ...