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Second haredi woman gets threats over political candidacy, Israel

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Second haredi woman gets threats over political candidacy, Israel

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A haredi woman running for the new Ometz Lev party in Jerusalem’s municipal elections has received anonymous threats demanding that she withdraw her candidacy.

Masada Porat, founder of a Web portal for women called Womenet, has been given the party’s sixth slot on its electoral list in the October 22 elections for the Jerusalem City Council.

In the past two days she and her husband have received numerous threatening phone threats with the anonymous callers demanding she step away from the political campaign.

We invite our users to read the full article published September 9 2013

A haredi woman running for the new Ometz Lev party in Jerusalem’s municipal elections has received anonymous threats demanding that she withdraw her candidacy.

Masada Porat, founder of a Web portal for women called Womenet, has been given the party’s sixth slot on its electoral list in the October 22 elections for the Jerusalem City Council.

In the past two days she and her husband have received numerous threatening phone threats with the anonymous callers demanding she step away from the political campaign.

We invite our users to read the full article published September 9 2013