Kadima officials are not �targeting� chareidim in the hope of getting them to support the party, but in the negative sense, addressing the �extortionist ways� of the chareidi community to meet its needs.
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While outwardly Kadima continues to express confidence regarding the Feb. 10th general elections, party leaders are aware that a Likud victory is all but certain, prompting Tzipi Livni to concentrate on gaining as many votes as possible in the hope of playing a role in the next coalition government. Party leader Livni has decided to focus her efforts on an anti-chareidi platform, moving with the slogan �Stop Chareidi Extortion�.
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According to journalist Ben Caspi, Kadima is also entertaining another slogan; �A Government Without Shas� with a guarantee a Kadima government would not include the chareidi Sephardic Shas Party.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)�