Editing Davar (section)

==History==
===Newspaper (1925–1996)===
[[File:Davar (דבר) first page, first issue.PNG|thumb|The first page of ''Davar'''s first issue]]
[[File:דבר קוראים בקיבוץ הזורע 1937 זולטן קרוגר גנזך המדינה.jpg|thumb|Reading ''Davar'' at Kibbutz [[HaZore'a]]]]

''Davar'' was established by [[Moshe Beilinson]] and [[Berl Katznelson]], with Katznelson as its first editor, as the newspaper of the Histadrut.<ref name= JPost20161025/> The first edition was published on 1 June 1925 under the name ''Davar – Iton Poalei Eretz Yisrael (lit. ''Davar – Newspaper of [[Eretz Yisrael]] Workers'').<ref name= JPost20161025/>

The paper was successful, and published several supplements, including ''Davar HaPoelet'' (''[Female] Worker's Davar'', a women's paper), ''HaMeshek HaShitufi'' (''Co-operative Economy''), ''Davar HaShvua'' (''Davar This Week'') and ''Davar LeYeldim'' (''Davar for Children''), as well as the union newsletter ''Va'adken'' (''Update''). By 1950 it had around 400 employees and had an extensive distribution system.

Upon Katznelson's death in 1944 [[Zalman Shazar]], later [[President of Israel]], took over as editor. [[Hana Zemer]] edited the paper between 1970 and 1990.<ref name= JPost20161025/>

After the formation of the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]] by the merger of [[Mapai]], [[Ahdut HaAvoda]] and [[Rafi (political party)|Rafi]] in 1968, ''[[LaMerhav]]'', the Ahdut HaAvoda-affiliated newspaper, merged into ''Davar''. Its last edition published on 31 May 1971 with ''Davar'' officially renamed "''Davar – Meuhad Im LaMerhav''" (lit. ''Davar – United with LaMerhav'').

By the 1980s the paper was in severe financial difficulties. After Zemer retired in 1990, the paper had joint editors [[Yoram Peri]] and [[Daniel Bloch]]. The paper was renamed ''Davar Rishon'' and [[Ron Ben-Yishai]] took over as editor. However, the Histadrut closed the newspaper in 1996. Its building on the corner of [[Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett |Melchett]] and [[Menachem Shenkin |Shenkin]] streets in [[Tel Aviv]] was demolished and replaced by an apartment block.

===Online publication (2016–)===
In 2016, ''Davar Rishon'' was relaunched as a web-only news publication.<ref name="JPost20161025">{{cite news|title=Histadrut revives 'Davar' socialist newspaper online|last1=Cashman|first1=Greer Fay|date=June 8, 2016|access-date=October 25, 2016|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Histadrut-revives-Davar-socialist-newspaper-online-456210|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref> In April, 2019 the website was closed for several weeks in a labor dispute.<ref name=globes/> It reopened with a new editorial desk.<ref name=globes>{{Cite news|url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001283012
|title=ארגון העיתונאים ועובדי "דבר ראשון" עותרים נגד ההסתדרות וטוענים להתנכלות
|date=2019-04-21|newspaper=Globes|lang=he|access-date=2019-07-22
|last1=ביין-לובוביץ'
|first1=ענת
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davar1.co.il/182964/
|title=במתכונת חדשה: 'דבר העובדים בארץ ישראל' יוצא לדרך|website=דבר העובדים בארץ ישראל|lang=he-IL|date=2019-05-01|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> In October 2019 it started to publish also an English edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.davar1.co.il/
|title=English edition.
|website=Davar|lang=en}}</ref> In January 2020 it started to publish an Arabic edition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ar.davar1.co.il/
|title=Arabic edition.
|website=Davar (دڤر)|lang=ar}}</ref>