Eretz () is Hebrew for "land", "country" (with the definite article, HaAretz (, "the land") In particular, it may refer to: HaAretz HaMuvtahat, the "Promised Land" Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel Haaretz, originally Hadashot Ha'Aretz "News of the Land", Israeli newspaper See also Am ha'aretz, "people of the land", i.e. "natives" or "pagans"