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Livni backers say Mofaz supporters threatened them - Jerusalem Post
By GIL HOFFMAN 02/06/2012 03:37 MKs, who asked not to be identified, said they were surprised by how many threats they had received since they endorsed Livni. By REUTERS Key Kadima activists who support Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee ...
'UN council awaits Russian word on Syria draft' - Jerusalem Post
"He made the threat but I don't think he'll necessarily have to follow through with it," a diplomat said on condition of anonymity. "We included some new language that Russia wanted." Morocco's UN envoy, Mohammed Loulichki, told reporters after ...
Envoys: Russia may not veto UN council draft on Syria - Jerusalem Post
"I think Moscow will be OK with it," a council diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "We're not 100 percent sure but I think they've gotten the assurances they wanted." Morocco circulated an amended draft resolution to the 15-nation council ...
Activists: Assad's forces regain Damascus suburbs - Jerusalem Post
A regional intelligence source, who also did not wish to be identified, said: “He's not going back to Syria. That's the decision he's made. There's still a Hamas presence there, but it's insignificant.” Analysts say Mashaal was embarrassed by Assad's ...
Activists: Assad's forces regain Damascus suburbs - Jerusalem Post
A regional intelligence source, who also did not wish to be identified, said: “He's not going back to Syria. That's the decision he's made. There's still a Hamas presence there, but it's insignificant.” Analysts say Mashaal was embarrassed by Assad's ...
AG will not seek criminal investigation into Eshel - Jerusalem Post
However, the names of those who had brought the allegations to Weinstein's office were not given to the Civil Service Commission, after they specifically asked to remain anonymous, the Justice Ministry said. After taking a statement from that witness, ...
US Jewish leaders meet with Pollard - Jerusalem Post
By Marc Israel Sellem Two senior American Jewish leaders met with Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard last week in what sources close to Pollard said would be the first of a series of meetings of top Jewish leaders with him. American Jewish leaders ignored ...
Analysis: Why do some Jews see Obama as so sinister? - Jerusalem Post
One New Yorker who insisted on anonymity said, “He's not a Hitler in the sense that he's anti-Semitic and wants to put every Jew into a concentration camp -- at least not as we see things right now.” He also said he believes that if Obama hangs on for ...
'He masterminded systematic rape of over 100 kids' - Jerusalem Post
A haredi mother from Batei Broyde who asked to remain anonymous said six families have left the neighborhood due to the abuse scandal. In a neighborhood where each family has seven to 14 kids, the decisions to leave have left large holes in the ...
The Egyptian army's invisible hand - Jerusalem Post
They own restaurants and tourism companies, so for the leadership today, stability and crushing the opposition to their rule is paramount to maintaining their wealth,” Ahmed, a former general who asked that his name not be used, told The Media Line. ...
Hatikvah tent encampment cleared in south Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Post
“The authorities need to check these people and see who needs help and find them assistance, but not all of the people here needed help,” said “Tamar” a middle-aged neighborhood resident who asked not to be named. “They need to help the weak ones, ...
Ethiopians protest racism in Kiryat Malachi - Jerusalem Post
One resident, who refused to give her name, said that she had no problem selling her apartment to members of the Ethiopian community. “Money is money,” she said, adding that her daughter had many Ethiopian friends in school. In light of the protest, ...
Lapid hires strategists to sustain support - Jerusalem Post
Yair Lapid has started building a team of strategists in an effort to translate the strong support he has received in polls into results in the next election, sources close to him revealed on Monday. Lapid's team will include Uri Shani, former prime ...
Report: Algerian police ambush terror group chief - Jerusalem Post
According to the police source, who declined to give his name due to the sensitivity of the subject, Oummran and his "Al Hashaash" group were responsible for a number of attacks on security forces operating in the Kabylie region.
Haredi women resent intrusion into their sphere - Jerusalem Post
They're doing it just for the provocation,” said one woman who refused to give her name. Others were less passionate about the idea of separated buses, but resented the violent intrusion of secular activists into their community. ...
Haredis protest 'incitement' and 'hatred' - Jerusalem Post
Said a haredi woman, who refused to give her name, “We didn't come to demonstrate, we came to show our power, and that our power is forever.” The sentiment expressed by several of the protesters speaking to The Jerusalem Post bore a central theme of ...
Sources: Syrian security kill three Lebanese in border area - Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS BEIRUT - Syrian security forces killed three Lebanese on Tuesday in a border area of north Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said. "They are believed to be smugglers, this area is known to be a smuggling area," one security source said. ...
'Haredim rethinking partnership with Right' - Jerusalem Post
“We are having more and more thoughts about rethinking our cooperation with the Right, because when there are attacks on the haredim, the Right joins the wave instead of checking the facts and defending us,” a source close to Gafni said. ...
Christmas in Saudi Arabia: Cheerful but chaste - Jerusalem Post
“We had Saudi friends with kids who had lived abroad and used to enjoy Christmas, not as a religious holiday, but as a social one,” says a 41-year-old Christian Arab-American, who lives in the port city of Jeddah and asked not to be identified because ...
PM vows to prevent massive fires in the future - Jerusalem Post
A source close to the investigation into the fire said that the draft report criticizes Yishai, Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Aharonovich and Netanyahu for ignoring problems even though they had enough time to realize that the Fire Services were not ...
Secret US, Taliban talks reach turning point - Jerusalem Post
Still, the senior officials, all of whom insisted on anonymity to share new details of the mostly secret effort, suggested it has been a much larger piece of President Barack Obama's Afghanistan policy than is publicly known. ...
Iraq sends delegation to Syria for crisis talks - Jerusalem Post
BAGHDAD - Iraq has sent a delegation to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and his opponents in an attempt to help end months of violence in its neighbor, a senior government official said on Saturday. Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has ...
Iraq sends delegation to Syria for crisis talks - Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS BAGHDAD - Iraq has sent a delegation to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and his opponents in an attempt to help end months of violence in its neighbor, a senior government official said on Saturday. ...
'No tolerance for discrimination against women' - Jerusalem Post
“The women wanted to be a part of the community council, but not through elections, with advertisements and posters,” explained a local woman involved with organizing the elections, who insisted on anonymity. “It wasn't modest. ...
Israel seeks new friends to counter Islamism - Jerusalem Post
Israel is actively looking for friends and allies further afield to counterbalance dramatic Islamic gains in the immediate neighborhood, a senior government official said this week as Islamists appeared to coast to a sweeping victory in Egypt's ...