Walla! Communications Ltd
Walla! Communications Ltd. (Hebrew: וואלה! תקשורת בע"מ) is an Israeli internet company headquartered in Tel Aviv and is fully owned by The Jerusalem Post. Until 2020, it was fully owned by Bezeq. Walla!'s web portal provides news, search (powered by Google Search) and e-mail, among other things. As of January 2022, Alexa rankings put it in the top 9 sites by traffic originating in Israel. Its online news outlet Walla! News is one of the major Israeli news websites.
Walla! portal's main page screenshot as on October 2016 | |
| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | web portal |
| Available in | Hebrew |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Owner | The Jerusalem Post (100%) |
| Key people | Avraham Gabai (chairman) Gadi Hadar (founder) Erez Pilosof (founder) Gadi Hadar (founder) Ido Eshed (CEO) |
| Net income | ₪132 Million (FY 2009) |
| URL | www |
| Registration | optional |
| Users | 2.5 million active users |
| Current status | active |
The outlet has been accused of biased media reporting in favour of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Employees of the company have been summoned as witnesses in Case 4000, one of the corruption trials involving Netanyahu.
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