JPost editor-in-chief to leave?

Allison is reporting rumors that Jerusalem Post editor Bret Stephens is returning to the Wall Street Journal and that he'll be replaced by Jerusalem Report editor David Horovitz. I'm looking into it, although:

• There have been rumors like this before, which have proven unfounded
• The timing would be strange; after 2 difficult years at the Post under David Radler and Tom Rose, you would have thought Bret would stick around to see whether he gets new, benevolent publishers
• David Horovitz would be a superb replacement -- although he has hated the JPost ever since he left it to help found the Jerusalem Report in the beginning of the 1990s. Although they were partially owned by the same people and housed in the same building, relations between the two publications have been so bad in recent years that the door to the Jerusalem Report was kept locked and Jerusalem Post staff were, let's just say, unwelcome.

UPDATE: I don't think the rumors are unfounded. One friend at the JPost writes to me cryptically, 'all will be revealed shortly.' Another says, "It seems there is a whiff of a rumour about Bret going around at the paper but having said that the Post employees are the last people to find out anything." I hope they're only referring to internal events at the paper. More to follow.

UPDATE II: It is definitely true and will be formally announced to the staff today at a special meeting, 5 pm Israel time. Apparently, Bret received an offer he couldn't refuse from the WSJ. Stay tuned.

UPDATE III: It's official: The Post tells its readers. Bret's going to join the WSJ editorial board in NY. Horovitz says: "I hope to build on the achievements of Bret's tenure, and the strengths of the staff he has assembled, in order to bolster the paper's position as the prime source of information, analysis and debate for Israel and its supporters. I also wish it to be a forum for tolerant and constructive discussion of how best to guarantee the well-being of Israel and the Jewish people." Is that a hint its editorial line is about to change?