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July Voice of Israel Shows

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July 12, 2015

July Shows

1) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: Countdown, Condemnation, Commemoration and Conversion
Panel: Judy Lash Balint, Josh Hasten, Mottle Wolfe (July 6)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/countdown-condemnation-commemoration-and-conversion/

2) Inside Israel Today w/Gil Hoffman: Why There’s Still Hope Israel Can Woo Democrats (July 6)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/why-theres-still-hope-israel-can-woo-democrats/

3) Josh Hasten Show: Lapid Is Way Off on Bibi (July 7)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/lapid-is-way-off-on-bibi/

4) Yishai Fleisher Show: ISIS Teachers in Israel and Other Current Events (July 7)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/isis-teachers-in-israel-and-other-current-events/

5) Jerusalem Diaries w/Judy Lash Balint: Knesset 101 (Full Show) (July 7)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/knesset-101/

Highlight 1: What Makes Israel’s Knesset Tick: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/what-makes-israels-knesset-tick/

Highlight 2: Inside the Knesset: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/inside-the-knesset/

6) Mottle Wolfe Show: Religious Services Minister: ‘Reform Jews Are Not Jews’ (July 8)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/religious-services-minister-reform-jews-are-not-jews/

7) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: New Heights of Outrageousness
Panel: Judy Lash Balint, Danny Seaman, Mottle Wolfe (July 8)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/new-heights-of-outrageousness/

8) Yishai Fleisher Show: (July 7) Naftali Bennett: ‘There Are Many Holes in This Deal’(15:04)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/naftali-bennett-there-are-many-holes-in-this-deal/

9) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: ‘A Radioactive Deal’
Panel: Danny Seaman, Mottle Wolfe and Ari Abramowitz (July 14)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/a-radioactive-deal/

10) Live @5 Panel w/Josh Hasten: Raw Deals (July 20)
Panel: Mordechai Twersky, Mottle Wolfe, Daniel Seaman

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/raw-deals/

11) Josh Hasten Show: Sparring over Netanyahu (July 21)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/sparring-over-netanyahu/

12) Gil Hoffman Show: Youth Elections (July 29)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/from-chicago-to-the-knesset/

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Recent Interview Links:

If you want to listen to my 17 June interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/07/12/june-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 10 May interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/07/12/may-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 7 April interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/07/12/april-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 24 March interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/04/01/march-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 February interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/03/03/february-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 January interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/02/05/january-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/10/01/latest-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

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June Voice of Israel Shows

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June Shows

1) Josh Hasten Show: Netanyahu’s Warning and Promise — 40 Seats in the Next Election (June 2)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/netanyahus-warning-and-promise-40-seats-in-the-next-elections/

2) LIVE@5 PANEL WITH GLEN LADAU: Special – US President Obama on Israel’s Channel 2: Facts or Fiction?
Panel: Daniel Seaman, Mottle Wolfe, Raoul Wootliff (June 3):

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/us-president-obama-on-israels-channel-2-facts-or-fiction/?auto=1

3) LIVE@5 PANEL WITH GLEN LADAU:  French Telecom Giant Orange To Withdraw From Israel: Is BDS Working?

Panel: Daniel Seaman, Mottle Wolfe, Daniela Traub (June 4)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/french-telecom-giant-orange-to-withdraw-from-israel-is-bds-working/?auto=1

Highlight: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/on-the-temple-mount-who-is-the-oppressed-and-who-is-the-oppressor/

4)  JERUSALEM DIARIES WITH JUDY LASH BALINT: What’s On the Agenda for Opinion-Makers and Artists? (June 8)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/whats-on-the-agenda-for-opinion-makers-and-artists/?auto=1

5) Josh Hasten Show: Who’s Making News at the Herzliya Conference? (June 9)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/whos-making-news-at-the-herzliya-conference/?auto=1

6) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau. Panel: Danny Seaman, Mottle Wolfe, Molly Livingstone

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/how-long-must-we-live-for-there-to-be-peace-in-our-lifetime/?auto=1

Highlight: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/what-more-can-or-should-israel-do-to-restart-negotiations/?auto=1

7) Live @5 Panel w/Josh Hasten. Panel: Judy Lash Balint, Dan Diker, Daniel Seaman (June 15)

Is Israel Prepared for an International Onslaught Over Operation Protective Edge?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/is-israel-prepared-for-an-international-onslaught-over-operation-protective-edge/?auto=18)

8) Josh Hasten Show: The Meaning of Netanyahu’s Latest Victory — Inside His Party (June 16)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/the-meaning-of-netanyahus-latest-victory-inside-his-party/

9) Yishai Fleisher Show: Deligitimization: New Ammunition In an Old War? (June16)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/deligitimization-new-ammunition-in-an-old-war/

10) Live @5 Panel w/Josh Hasten. Panel: Eve Harow, Molly Livingstone, Daniel Seaman (June 16)

Has Obama ‘Abandoned Israel’ — as Michael Oren Asserts?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/has-obama-abandoned-israel-as-michael-oren-asserts/?auto=1

11) Yishai Fleisher Show: Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s offensive against boycotts (June 17)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/saving-the-druze-understanding-bds/

12) Live @5 Panel w/Josh Hasten. Panel: Daniela Traub, Yishai Fleisher, Daniel Seaman (June 17)
Should the IDF Be Easing Security Restrictions for Ramadan?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/should-the-idf-be-easing-security-restrictions-for-ramadan/

13) Josh Hasten Show:  Coming Together Against the UNHRC Report (June 23)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/coming-together-against-the-unhrc-report/

14) Yishai Fleisher Show:  Gaza Redux and Deligitimization (June 23)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/gaza-redux-and-deligitimization/

15) Live @5 Panel w/Josh Hasten. Panel: Daniela Traub, Judy Lash Balint, Danny Seaman (June 24)
Is Israel Right to Lobby Against the UNHRC Report?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/is-israel-right-to-lobby-against-the-unhrc-report/?auto=1

16) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: Panel: Judy Lash Balint, Daniel Seaman, Mottle Wolfe (June 29)

Are Israel’s Gas Fields a Matter of National Security?(50:41)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/are-israels-gas-fields-a-matter-of-national-security/

17) Josh Hasten Show: Bennett & Hamas (June 30)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/naftali-bennett-supports-dealing-with-hamas/

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If you want to listen to my 10 May interviews:

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http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/07/12/april-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 24 March interviews:

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If you want to listen to my 13 February interviews:

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If you want to listen to my 13 January interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/02/05/january-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:

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May Voice of Israel Shows

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May Shows

1) Josh Hasten Show: Will PM Netanyahu Meet His Coalition Deadline? (May 5)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/will-pm-netanyahu-meet-his-coalition-deadline/

2) Inside Israel Today w/Gil Hoffman: ‘Where’s Naftali?’ (May 5)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/wheres-naftali/?auto=1

3) Live @5 Panel w/Josh Hasten: Panel Ari Abramowitz, Mottle Wolfe, Jeremy Gimpel (May 11)

Ayelet Shaked with a Target on Her Head?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/ayelet-shaked-with-a-target-on-her-head/?auto=1

4) Josh Hasten Show: The Likud Is Looking to Expand Ministries in the New Government (May 12)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/the-likud-is-looking-to-expand-ministries-in-the-new-government/?auto=1

5) Inside Israel Today w/Gil Hoffman: Ayelet Shaked: Extremist or Mainstream? (May 12)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/ayelet-shaked-extremist-or-mainstream/

6) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: Panel Mottle Wolfe, Danny Seaman, Molly Livingstone (May 12)

Is Boycotting Israel a Hate Crime? It is in Canada

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/is-boycotting-israel-a-hate-crime-it-is-in-canada/?auto=1

7) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: Panel: Daniel Seaman, Mottle Wolfe, Yishai Fleisher. Jerusalem Day, Pope (May 19)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/celebrating-an-undivided-jerusalem-forever/?auto=1

8) Josh Hasten Show: Opposition isn’t wasting any time (May 19)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/the-opposition-isnt-wasting-any-time/

9) Josh Hasten Show: Who’s in Charge of Israel’s Public Diplomacy? (May 26)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/whos-in-charge-of-israels-public-diplomacy/?auto=1

10) Live @5 Panel w/Glen Ladau: Panel Daniel Seaman, Yishai Fleisher, Mottle Wolfe.

Hamas Admits to Being a ‘Tribal Society:’ Is Anybody Listening? (May 28)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/hamas-admits-to-being-a-tribal-society-is-anybody-listening/?auto=1

Highlight: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/will-stiffer-penalties-for-rock-throwers-serve-as-a-deterrence/

Links:
If you want to listen to my 7 April interviews:
http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/07/12/april-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 24 March interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/04/01/march-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 February interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/03/03/february-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 January interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/02/05/january-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/10/01/latest-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

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April Voice of Israel Shows

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April Shows

1) Josh Hasten Show: Did ‘Bibi’and ‘Buji’ Have a Clandestine Meeting? And If So, Why? (April 14)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/did-bibiand-buji-have-a-clandestine-meeting-and-if-so-why/?utm_source=ZohoCampaigns&utm_campaign=Apr+14%2C+2015_2015-04-14&utm_medium=email

2) Yishai Fleisher Show: The Four Israeli Holidays of the Omer (April 15)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/from-rescue-by-kindertransport-to-fighting-nazis-and-the-jewish-israeli-holiday-relationship/?auto=1

3) Live @ 5 w/Glen Ladau Panel: Panelists – Daniel Seaman, Mottle Wolfe and Ari Abramowitz. Coalition Talks and Women of the Wall (April 20)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/whose-western-wall-is-it-anyway/?auto=1Highlight: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/what-are-the-women-of-the-wall-fighting-for/?auto=1

4) Josh Hasten Show: Coalition roundup and Anglo issues in Knesset: (April 21)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/why-is-netanyahu-now-personally-engaging-in-coalition-negotiations/

5) Inside Israel Today w/Gil Hoffman: Behind the Scenes in the Likud and Jewish Home Parties: (April 27)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/behind-the-scenes-in-the-likud-and-jewish-home-parties/?auto=1

6) Josh Hasten Show: Likud Let-Down – It’s Hard for Victors to Be Stuck with the Left-Overs (April 28)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/likud-let-down-its-hard-for-victors-to-to-be-stuck-with-the-left-overs/?auto=1

7) Live @5 w/Glen Ladau: Panel – Gil Hoffman, Mottle Wolfe, Daniel Seaman – Coalition Politics (April 30)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/coalition-politics-loser-takes-all/?auto=1

Links:

If you want to listen to my 24 March interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/04/01/march-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 February interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/03/03/february-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 January interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/02/05/january-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/10/01/latest-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

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Netanyahu’s House of Cards

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May 10, 2015

Netanyahu’s House of Cards

Spoiler Alert: Plot points from the three seasons of the UK version of House of Cards disclosed in this article.

In the British version of the now popular American television series House of Cards, Prime Minister Francis Urquhart serves as the leader of the United Kingdom for 11 years and 210 days, passing Margaret Thatcher by a single day to become the UK’s longest-serving Prime Minister.

65-year-old Benjamin Netanyahu has been Prime Minister for a collective 9 plus years. According to a study by the Israel Democracy Institute, Prime Minister Netanyahu would pass David Ben-Gurion to become Israel’s longest-serving leader on September 23, 2018. Israel will most likely hold an early election before the next scheduled election on November 5, 2019. Expect Netanyahu to focus on the earlier date.

1,233 days to go.

Prime Minister Netanyahu signed agreements with four coalition partners to reach a narrow coalition of 61 MKs to the opposition’s 59. Although navigating a narrow coalition has been done before, it is extremely difficult.

What happens when an MK is in the hospital with his wife who is going into labor? What if an MK is in the hospital for a more tragic reason such as a serious injury? What happens when an MK decides that his best friend’s daughter’s wedding is more important than waiting all night in the Knesset to vote against his ideology because of a previous coalition deal agreement?

There is no doubt that this will be a difficult coalition to manage, and it still is not clear who will be named as the coalition chairman (chief whip) who will have to answer the above questions and keep coalition MKs from flying overseas. The next coalition chairman will play an important role in the success of the next coalition. Similar to the House of Cards series, with such a narrow coalition if the person who is in charge of keeping the backbenchers in line has their own agenda it could result in an eventual leadership change.

Even with a loyal coalition chairman, the anticipated legislative deadlock between parties with polarized views on certain issues will make maintaining the coalition extremely difficult for the new appointee.  However, just like the fictional Prime Minister Francis Urquhart, Netanyahu’s undoing might come from within.

The coalition parties do not have a good reason to vote against the government for at least the next two years. They all were given the authority, responsibility, and budgets they requested.

The ultra-orthodox parties of Shas and UTJ are back from the exile of the opposition. They suffered great losses in the last Knesset and would not do anything to jeopardize the collapse of the fourth Netanyahu government, nor do they harbor the ambition to one day replace him. They both signed coalition deals that they know are once-in-a-lifetime. Opposition Leader Herzog will not offer them nearly as much as Netanyahu did.

Bayit Yehudi will be motivated to follow coalition discipline after the package they received that included the Justice and Education portfolios. Even in a scenario of new elections and additional seats, Bayit Yehudi would not be expected to receive a better deal.

Kahlon’s new centrist Kulanu Party cannot afford to topple a government before his planned reforms on housing and the banks are completed. Although Kahlon might pick a fight or two he will be bluffing, since he risks losing his constituency to Lapid in the next elections if he doesn’t deliver on his reforms, his reason for agreeing to the highly unpopular steep payday for the ultra-orthodox community.

The situation in Likud is different. While the coalition parties negotiated attractive deals they are unlikely to give up, Netanyahu will have difficulty satisfying the demands of Likud’s MKs. Interior Minister Gilad Erdan is frustrated that, as the number 2 of the party that received 30 seats, he likely will not receive a top portfolio or a promotion. Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom is done playing Mr. Nice Guy with Netanyahu and expects a top post. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon cannot be happy that, although Netanyahu backtracked, the Prime Minister did offer Yaalon’s position to Bayit Yehudi’s Naftali Bennett before the election. Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz was reportedly furious when Netanyahu tried to give his portfolio to Shas’s Aryeh Deri a few weeks ago. Netanyahu’s top cabinet loyalist, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz, wants a promotion, and it will be difficult to find one for him. These five Likud ministers all view themselves as candidates to replace Netanyahu one day, and the Prime Minister is aware of that. If Netanyahu does not find a way to keep them happy in their next cabinet posts, it could lead to his eventual undoing.

Netanyahu plans to re-appoint Benny Begin and Tzachi Hanegbi to the cabinet, two of his previous ministers who were members of his first cabinet back in the 1990s and veteran MKs of the famous 1988 class in which the Prime Minister himself was first elected. The Prime Minister also plans to appoint five new Likud ministers from ten potential candidates. There will be disappointed Likud MKs, and some, such as Ayoub Kara, might threaten to vote against the establishment of the government. Finding appropriate jobs for the five disappointed minister candidates will be essential for Netanyahu’s survival. Many of the minister candidates might have little experience and lack the qualifications that would make them suitable for a ministry, but they insist that they are loyal and should be rewarded.

In House of Cards Francis Urquhart is always victorious against his external foes whether it be the opposition Labor Party or going head-to-head with the King. However, in the final season Urquhart chooses to bully weak cabinet members, fire his Parliamentary Private Secretary and later disrespect his Foreign Secretary Tom Makepeace by asking him to take a demotion to Education, which leads to Makepeace’s resignation. It is not external elements that becomes Urquhart’s undoing; rather, it is the cabinet reshuffle in which he promotes loyalist backbenchers with little experience who get into trouble. The disgraced Foreign Secretary who chooses to run against the sitting Prime Minister after finding skeletons in the Prime Minister’s closet eventually leads to his downfall. The crafty Francis Urquhart who had never thought Makepeace was capable of replacing him was left blind-sided.

Netanyahu seems focused on external potential Prime Minister candidates such as Isaac Herzog, Naftali Bennett, Moshe Kahlon, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman at the expense of ignoring the threats from within his own party. The end of Netanyahu’s tenure as Prime Minister might begin by not promoting his current Likud ministers and leaving other Likud MKs without a spot around the cabinet table.

Although Netanyahu will not end his political career this week, the seeds will be planted with the formation of his government this week. Netanyahu is a skilled politician and will most likely find a way to form and maintain the next government for the short term. He knows how to ensure his government can survive even with one or two renegade MKs. The Israeli electorate will not vote for a Likud Party that cannibalized itself so quickly after an election and Netanyahu’s potential successors are aware of that. The question is what happens when one of those potential successors from within, or perhaps from the outside such as Gideon Saar, find a way to force an internal Likud leadership election and find support with a large number of disgruntled Likud MKs. This week Netanyahu will disappoint some of his MKs, both those looking for a ministerial promotion and those looking for a seat in the cabinet. Those who are considering running for Likud leadership will look to befriend every disgruntled Likud MK they can. Don’t expect them to wait until September 23, 2018.

When Prime Minister Netanyahu realizes that it is the Likud that will be his undoing, he might identify with Prime Minister Francis Urquhart’s quote after receiving the headcount ahead of the next leadership race.

“175 of my honorable colleagues firmly intend to vote for me, 123 are almost certainly against me. How dare they! They owe me everything. Half of them wouldn’t even have jobs let alone seats in Parliament. As if I hadn’t won three elections in a row and kept their noses in the gravy and these stuffed suits, these lumps of lobby fodder dare to raise themselves against me?”

Prime Ministers do not live forever, even if Netanyahu might think that he can.

However, a warning is in order for Netanyahu’s potential Likud challengers: In the novel version of House of Cards, despite ousting Urquhart, Makepeace fails in his attempt for Prime Minister.

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Profiles of Likud Minister Candidates

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Profiles of Likud Minister Candidates – A method to the madness of my wild guess scenario.

The 5 current Likud Ministers:

Gilad Erdan

Entered Knesset in: 2003

Knesset Terms: 5th

Spot on Likud List: 2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2013, 3rd in 2009

Current Title: Interior Minister

Former Titles: Communications Minister, Environment Minister, Homefront Defense Minister

Predicted Title: Internal (Homeland) Security Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu knows that it will be difficult to give the new #2 Likud the promotion he seeks in the current political atmosphere. Netanyahu is worried he might disrespect Erdan similar to the mistake he made with the previous Likud #2 (Saar). The Homeland Security Minister position allows Erdan to maintain his position in the Security Cabinet and is among the best positions available to Likud members. Erdan, who wants Foreign and is upset that he lost out on Education, might decide to fight the position. If Erdan does take the job he will be able to grab headlines as the man who brought back law and order to both the police and certain sectors and geographical locations of Israeli society.

Yisrael Katz

Entered Knesset in: 1998

Knesset Terms: 7th

Spot on Likud List: 4th in 2015, 5th in 2013, 11th in 2009

Current Title: Transportation Minister (since 2009)

Former Titles: Agriculture Minister

Predicted Title: Transportation Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu wants to stay on the good side of the internally popular minister who is also the head of the Likud Mazkirut (Secretariat). Allowing Katz to remain in the same position for a third straight term will allow him to oversee some of the finishing touches to some of his major transportation projects.

Silvan Shalom

Entered Knesset in: 1992

Knesset Terms: 8th

Spot on Likud List: 6th in 2015, 4th in 2013, 7th in 2009

Current Title: Energy & Water Minister, Negev & Galil Minister, Regional Cooperation Minister

Former Titles: Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Science & Technology Minister, Deputy Defense Minister

Predicted Title: Interior Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu knows that after fulfilling an impressive resume that Shalom is eyeing the post of Prime Minister and because of that reason Netanyahu has been cautious of him. Interior is one of the best positions available and is one of the only top ministries that Shalom has not yet experienced. Shalom, who feels slighted, is ready to go for Foreign or bust, but Shalom might be in a pickle with the Prime Minister not giving out the portfolio. Increasing the relationship with Likud city mayors in the field is something that any potential Likud leadership challenger will find difficult to resist. Shalom would be the only Minister to serve in all four Netanyahu governments.

Moshe Yaalon

Entered Knesset in: 2009

Knesset Terms: 3rd

Spot on Likud List: 7th in 2015, 8th in 2013, 8th in 2009

Current Title: Defense Minister

Former Titles: Deputy Prime Minister, Strategic Affairs Minister

Predicted Title: Defense Minister

Analysis: Despite promising the position to Bennett before the elections, it looks like Netanyahu will offer Yaalon the job of Defense. Despite the fact that the former IDF COS has never reached the Likud’s top 5, Yaalon will most likely stay in the key top position, as no one has dared compete against him for it.

Yuval Steinitz

Entered Knesset in: 1999

Knesset Terms: 6th

Spot on Likud List: 13th in 2015, 16th in 2013, 9th in 2009

Current Title: International Relations Minister, Strategic Affairs Minister, Intelligence Affairs Minister

Former Titles: Finance Minister, Defense & Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman

Predicted Title: Communications Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu has always offered Steinitz a better job than his position has called for and this time will be no different. The coalition agreements clearly call for new powers to go to a loyalist Communications Minister who will enjoy an expanded ministry. Steinitz might ask for a second portfolio from Netanyahu that is of lesser value and he might get it.

The 6 Veteran MKs:

Benny Begin

Entered Knesset in: 1988

Knesset Terms: 5th (Did not serve in 15th, 16th, 17th and 19th Knesset terms)

Spot on Likud List: Netanyahu reserved spot #11 for him in 2015

Current Title: Returning from his second retirement

Former Titles: Minister without Portfolio that serves in Security Cabinet, Science & Technology Minister

Predicted Title: International Relations Minister, Strategic Affairs Minister, Intelligence Affairs Minister, Regional Cooperation Minister, Jerusalem Affairs Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu asked Begin back from retirement and now he must reward him with a good ministry. The idea of merging perhaps as much as five ministries into one could be the answer. Netanyahu could add Begin, using the excuse of Strategic and/or Intelligence, to the Security Cabinet to gain an extra vote. It is hard to believe that Begin is the same guy who ran against Netanyahu under the National Union flag in 1999.

Tzachi Hanegbi

Entered Knesset in: 1988

Knesset Terms: 9th (2 terms in Kadima)

Spot on Likud List: 12th in 2015, 17th in 2013, in Kadima during 2009 elections

Current Title: Deputy Foreign Minister (technically left post following Liberman resignation), Deputy Health Minister

Former Titles: Justice Minister, Health Minister, Internal (Homeland) Security Minister, Transportation Minister, Environment Minister, Minister in Prime Minister’s Office

Predicted Title: Energy & Water Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu knows that the veteran Hanegbi has been loyal and the time has come to pay him with a good ministry. Energy & Water is a large budget ministry that has traditionally went to top ministers. Hanegbi, who a few weeks earlier was calling for Foreign, would probably take it if offered.

Gila Gamliel

Entered Knesset in: 2003

Knesset Terms: 4th (did not serve during 17th Knesset)

Spot on Likud List: 14th in 2015, 20th in 2013, 19th in 2009

Current Title: Likud Backbencher

Former Titles: Deputy Youth Minister, Deputy Agriculture Minister

Predicted Title: Senior Citizens Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu promised Gamliel that she would be the next Minister appointed to the previous government and it never happened. Netanyahu knows that considering this will be her first minister job that he can give her a less glamorous ministry and she will probably take it.

Chaim Katz

Entered Knesset in: 1999

Knesset Terms: 6th

Spot on Likud List: 17th in 2015, 13th in 2013, 14th in 2009

Current Title: Labor, Welfare & Health Committee Chairman

Former Titles: Likud Backbencher

Predicted Title: Welfare Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu gave away Katz’s Committee Chairmanship to Kulanu. Katz had served three of his previous five terms as the Labor, Welfare & Health Committee Chairman. Katz has in the past declined Deputy Minister positions and is a great position to receive a portfolio considering there are not many Committee Chair positions that would be considered a promotion that are left open. Welfare seems like the most natural fit.

Ayoub Kara

Entered Knesset in: 1999

Knesset Terms: 4th (Did not serve in 17th and 19th Knesset terms)

Spot on Likud List: 24th in 2015, Did not enter Knesset in 2013, 23rd in 2009

Current Title: Returning from forced retirement

Former Titles: Deputy Negev & Galil Minister

Predicted Title: Deputy Defense Minister #2 and Deputy Minorities’ Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu knows it makes sense to appoint Kara as the only non-Jewish Minister to his government but he doesn’t plan to do so. He isn’t going to appoint the only Ethiopian MK as the Immigration & Absorption Minister either. It would be hard for Kara to refuse a Deputy Defense Minister position and control of a large budget as the Deputy of Minorities without a Minister above him. Kara, might not be satisfied and throw a fit.

Avi Dichter

Entered Knesset in: 2006

Knesset Terms: 3rd  (Did not serve in 19th Knesset, elected to both previous terms as a Kadima MK)

Spot on Likud List: #26 in 2015, Was not elected in 2013, Was elected as Kadima MK in 2009

Current Title: Returning from forced retirement

Former Titles: Internal (Homeland) Security Minister, Homefront Defense Minister

Predicted Title: Defense & Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman

Analysis: Netanyahu wants to appoint the ex-Kadima MK to a top position and it is difficult to do so with his low showing in the Likud primaries. Defense & Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman is a great offer for the former head of the Shabak (Shin Bet).

The 6 Members of the 2009 Likud Class:

Zeev Elkin

Entered Knesset in: 2006

Knesset Terms: 4th (1st term was as a Kadima MK)

Spot on Likud List: 8th in 2015, 9th in 2013, 20th in 2009

Current Title: Coalition Chairman

Former Titles: Deputy Foreign Minister, Defense & Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, House Committee Chairman

Predicted Title: Culture & Sport Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu knows that the veteran of this class has helped him move mountains over the last six years and that it is time for him to reward Elkin. Elkin would probably like the Immigration & Absorption Ministry but Netanyahu might hold on to it for now. Culture & Sport is a good fit considering the large budget ministry and the fact that Elkin has excellent relations with Shas who will Chair the Education, Culture & Sport Committee.

Yariv Levin

Entered Knesset in: 2009

Knesset Terms: 3rd

Spot on Likud List: 10th in 2015, 11th in 2013, 21st in 2009

Current Title: Defense & Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman

Former Titles: Coalition Chairman, House Committee Chairman

Predicted Title: Science & Technology Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu knows that he also owes a great deal of debt to Levin. Out of the lower class ministry positions that you would give a rookie minister the Science & Technology is a Ministry that makes sense for Levin.

Miri Regev

Entered Knesset in: 2009

Knesset Terms: 3rd

Spot on Likud List: 5th in 2015, 14th in 2013, 27th in 2009

Current Title: Interior Committee Chairwoman

Former Titles: Likud Backbencher

Predicted Title: Tourism Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu doesn’t want to make Regev a Minister but by appointing her she will be more careful with her conduct and it will add an additional Likud female minister to the cabinet table. Regev probably will not like Tourism but there are limited options as to what Netanyahu will want to give Regev.

Ofir Akunis

Entered Knesset in: 2009

Knesset Terms: 3rd

Spot on Likud List: 15th in 2015, 19th in 2013, 26th in 2009

Current Title: Deputy Environment Minister, Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Office

Former Titles: Finance (Kalkala) Committee Chairman

Predicted Title: Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Office

Analysis: Netanyahu might decide to make Akunis a minister but he knows that Akunis will probably agree to stay where he was in the previous term. It is possible he gets an additional Deputy Minister position in another ministry.

Danny Danon

Entered Knesset in: 2009

Knesset Terms: 3rd

Spot on Likud List: 9th in 2015, 6th in 2013, 4th in 2009

Current Title: House Committee Member, Likud Backbencher

Former Titles: Deputy Defense Minister, Immigration, Absorption & Diaspora Affairs Committee Chairman, Child Rights Committee Chairman

Predicted Title: Offered a Deputy Minister that he will turn down

Analysis: Netanyahu doesn’t like the Central Committee leader who challenged him for the leadership. Danon was the only Likud member of government to be fired in the previous government. Most likely Danon is offered a Deputy Minister again and declines. It is probable that Danon will keep on being one of Netanyahu’s biggest critics from within Likud.

Tzipi Hotovelly

Entered Knesset in: 2009

Knesset Terms: 3rd

Spot on Likud List: 20th in 2015, 10th in 2013, 18th in 2009

Current Title: Deputy Transportation Minister, Deputy Science & Technology Minsiter

Former Titles: Status of Women Committee Chairwoman

Predicted Title: Deputy Minister

Analysis: Netanyahu will probably not see a reason to appoint her after she failed in her attempts to get national religious figures to pressure the Bayit Yehudi during the coalition negotiations. She feels that despite finishing in the 20th position in the Likud list that she deserves a Minister position. She probably doesn’t get it but does get a nice position as Deputy Minister somewhere.

Dark Horse Candidate: Orly Levy splits with part of Yisrael Beitenu and takes the Welfare Ministry.

Additional Note: Netanyahu will announce 10 of the 12 Likud Ministers for Wed vote in order to ensure the 61 MKs needed to approve his government. He can survive with a safety net of disgruntled MKs down the road but he needs them for that first vote that approves the government. My guess is that Elkin & Levin are the two he saves for later so that they have the extra motivation.

Important Disclaimer: This is an analysis piece and is not based on anything the Prime Minister has promised, said or done. It should be expected that many of the appointments that were predicted above are wrong. The decision to make a wild guess prediction was made because I didn’t find anyone else that was bold enough to predict it.

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Netanyahu’s Fourth Cabinet

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April 12, 2015

Netanyahu’s Fourth Cabinet

Prime Minister Netanyahu will work to sign coalition agreements with Kulanu, Bayit Yehudi, Shas, UTJ and Yisrael Beitenu over the next few weeks. Judging by his previous three governments Netanyahu will save the Likud ministry appointments for last. It will be a tough race since everyone is looking for a promotion following Likud’s jump from 18 Knesset seats to 30. The Prime Minister was re-elected with 15 MKs from the previous Likud list, and 3 MKs are returning vets who are all looking for top jobs. The race for the Likud ministerial slots will be intense if after signing coalition deals with five other parties the next government indeed is limited to 18 ministers as the current law mandates. Netanyahu has in the past ignored the Likud primary results and created his own formula for appointing Likud members to his cabinet.

The Likud minister candidates can be divided into four groups: The current ministers, the veterans returning from hiatus, the veterans who were not on hiatus, and the class of 2009.

Prime Minister Netanyahu was able to reduce the large number of Likud veterans seeking a portfolio by one with the reconfirmation of Speaker Edelstein on the first day of the Knesset session. The five current Likud Ministers view themselves as candidates for a promotion to top portfolios. Defense Minister Yaalon expects to keep his position despite Bayit Yehudi’s Naftali Bennett and Yisrael Beitenu’s Avigdor Liberman’s demands. Likud’s new #2, Interior Minister Gilad Erdan, who was Likud’s #3 in the previous two Netanyahu governments, is looking for a promotion, and there are only a handful of portfolios that would accomplish that such as Foreign Affairs or Justice. The other three Likud Ministers – Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz and Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom are also looking for promotions. Shalom will most likely become the only cabinet member to serve in all four Netanyahu governments.

Three veteran MKs who are now back in Knesset after a hiatus are expecting to be added to the cabinet table before other Likud MKs are considered for promotion. Although they have had their share of disagreements, Former Minister Benny Begin, who was first elected to Knesset in 1988, was brought out of retirement twice by Netanyahu and served as a Minister in Netanyahu’s first and second governments. Former Kadima Minister and security figure Avi Dichter is also expecting a ministry despite placing 26th on the Likud’s list. Another back bencher #24, former Deputy Minister and Druze MK Ayoub Kara, who was first elected to Knesset in 1999, is expecting a ministry because he is the only non-Jewish candidate vying for a cabinet position.

The next three ministerial candidates include three veteran MKs who have not taken a hiatus and played active roles in Netanyahu’s previous governments. They expect Netanyahu to follow his previous behavior of favoring seniority over the Likud primary results. Former Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, also a member of the 1988 class that included Netanyahu and Begin, is one of just four current Likud MKs to have served in Netanyahu’s first cabinet (the others are Begin, Shalom and Edelstein, then of the Yisrael B’Aliyah party). Former Deputy Minister Gila Gamliel, the only current Likud member of the 2003 class that is not a minister, expects to be appointed as the senior female Likud member. Committee Chairman Chaim Katz who has been passed up many times for a portfolio since he was first elected to Knesset in 1999 is expecting to finally join the cabinet.

That leaves six right-wing members of the Likud 2009 class: Zeev Elkin, Yariv Levin, Ofir Akunis, Danny Danon, Tzipi Hotovelly and Miri Regev. All of them expect to be ministers. Some of them have scored very high in the last two Likud primaries and others expect to be rewarded for performing the more difficult tasks of Netanyahu’s second and third governments. Judging by Netanyahu’s previous preferences his next government might not include these six right-wing Likud members.

It is not just the 2009 class who might be disappointed. Others such as Kara and Chaim Katz could also see themselves disappointed as well. With so much focus on his coalition partners and 17 of the 30 Likud MKs expecting a ministry, Prime Minister Netanyahu might have bigger headaches during his fourth government from his own party members who are not happy with their appointments.

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March Voice of Israel Shows

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April 1, 2015

March Shows

1) Gil Hoffman’s Inside Israel Today: Polls wrapup (March 1)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/us-students-holding-mock-israeli-elections/?auto=1

2) Josh Hasten Show: Are elex campaign laws outdated? (March 3)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/israels-election-commercials-outdated/

3) Yishai Fleisher Show: Election Debate Wrap & BB Speech Preview (March 3)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/pro-israel-arabs-aipac-speeches-israeli-debates/?auto=14)

4) PM Netanyahu Post-Address Analysis — Live Coverage Hour 2 (March 3)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/pm-netanyahu-post-address-analysis-live-coverage-hour-2/?auto=1

5) Yishai Fleisher Show: Game of Thrones: The Politics Behind the Purim Story (March 5)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/game-thrones-politics-behind-purim-story/

6) Gil Hoffman’s Purim Show ‘Outside Israel Tomorrow’: Kalkala Party forms next government & I’m elected (March 5)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/outside-israel-yesterday/?auto=1

7) Gil Hoffman’s Inside Israel Today: Polls wrapup (March 8)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/strategist-keep-pm-netanyahu-power/?auto=1

8) Josh Hasten Show: Will an Anti-Zionist Determine Israel’s Election Results? (March 10)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/will-anti-zionist-determine-israels-election-results/

9) Yishai Fleisher Show: Why the Polls Are Leaning Left, and Why It Doesn’t Matter (March 12)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/why-the-polls-are-leaning-left-and-why-it-doesnt-matter/

10) Gil Hoffman’s Inside Israel Today: Internal Polls (March 16)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/why-the-ban-on-publishing-party-polls-prior-to-the-election/?auto=1

11) Josh Hasten Show: Election Day – Mid-day recap (March 17)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/pounding-the-pavement-and-polling-stations/?auto=1

12-14) Elections Special Coverage: 9:40 PM spot before polls close, 1:30 AM slot after election results, 11 AM-1 PM recap after election results are in.

Highlight: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/the-morning-after-what-does-the-final-vote-tally-mean-for-pm-netanyahu/?auto=1

15) Live @ 5 w/Glen Ladau Panel: Daniel Seaman, Raoul Wootliff, Mottle Wolfe – Election Recap (March 18)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/a-victory-of-panic-strategy-or-ideology/?auto=1

16) Yishai Fleisher Show: How Netanyahu Beat Obama and Other Outside Forces (March 18)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/how-netanyahu-beat-obama-and-other-outside-forces/?auto=1

17) Yishai Fleisher Show: Three kidnapped youths and potential foreign “punishment” (March 23)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/is-retaliation-legitimate-or-has-it-become-a-dirty-word/?utm_source=ZohoCampaigns&utm_campaign=Mar+23%2C+2015_2015-03-23_3&utm_medium=email

18) Gil Hoffman’s Inside Israel Today: Current coalition negotiations and Top 20 Model (March 23)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/kulanus-incoming-knesset-captain/?auto=1

19) Live @ 5 w/Josh Hasten Panel: Daniel Seaman, Eve Harow, Mottle Wolfe – Has J-Street gone too far (March 23)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/should-jewish-organizations-keep-their-donations-inside-the-green-line/?auto=1

20) Josh Hasten Show: AP – Israel is not a democratic state. (March 24)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/j-street-and-other-travesties/?auto=1

21) Yishai Fleisher Show: Getting ready for Passover and girl’s moltov cocktail story w/Eli Pieptz (March 27)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/how-men-prepare-for-pesach-molotov-cocktail-terror-and-the-big-shabbat/?auto=1

22) Live @ 5 w/Josh Hasten Panel: Daniel Seaman, Mottle Wolfe, Raoul Wootliff: Yemen, Rivlin, Coalition (March 27)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/saudi-arabia-mobilizes-its-armed-forces-is-a-ground-attack-on-yemen-in-the-works/?auto=1

23) Live @ 5 w/Glen Ladau Panel: Gil Hoffman, Mottle Wolfe, Judy Lash Balint: Olmert, Iran, Coalition Building (March 30)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/former-pm-olmerts-guilty-verdict-source-of-shame-or-pride/?auto=1

24) Josh Hasten Show: 20th Knesset’s first day and Feiglin’s new party – Zehut.

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/americans-for-peace-now-passover-analogy-settlements-are-plagues/?auto=1

Links:

If you want to listen to my 13 February interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/03/03/february-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to my 13 January interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/02/05/january-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/10/01/latest-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

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February Voice of Israel Shows

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March 3, 2015

February Voice of Israel Shows

1) Inside Israel Today with Gil Hoffman: Poll Analysis (Feb 1)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/election-gets-nasty/?auto=1

2) Josh Hasten Show: Foreign entities influencing Israeli election politics (Feb 3)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/zionism-create-palestinian-nation/?auto=1

3) Mottle Wolfe Show: Dressing down” of Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer (Feb 5)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/dressing-israeli-ambassador-ron-dermer/?auto=1

4) Live @ 5 Panel: Host: Glen Ladau: Jordan, Roger Cohen & internal politics (Feb 5)
Panel: Mottle Wolfe, Gil Hoffman, Josh Hasten, Jeremy Saltan

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/cant-israeli-leaders-talk-like-king-jordan/?auto=1

5) Inside Israel Today with Gil Hoffman: Poll Analysis (Feb 8)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/whats-behind-us-iran-meetings-munich/?auto=1

6) Josh Hasten Show: Explaining the 3-phase process that leads to the PM chair (Feb 11)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/no-israelis-allowed-kuwait-airways-bans-passenger-citizenship/?auto=1

7) Live @ 5 Panel: Host: Glen Ladau: Perhaps ‘the Rush’ Is Because Israel’s Survival Is at Stake (Feb 11)

Panel: Danny Seaman, Molly Livingstone, Mottle Wolfe, Jeremy Saltan

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/panel-obama-perhaps-rush-israels-survival-stake/?auto=1

8) Inside Israel Today with Gil Hoffman – A Look at This Week’s Polls

Highlight: http://www.voiceofisrael.com/look-weeks-polls/?auto=1

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/right-left-tale-two-knesset-candidates/?auto=1

9) Live @ 5 Panel: Host: Glen Ladau: (Feb 16): RIP Uri Orbach, Copenhagen Attack, Netanyahu Speech

Panel: Danny Seaman, Mottle Wolfe, Daniella Traub, Jeremy Saltan

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/copenhagen-attack-wake-call-predecessors/?auto=1

10) Josh Hasten Show: Orbach & Does Size Matter?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/size-matter/

11) Inside Israel Today with Gil Hoffman – A Look at This Week’s Polls

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/meet-ksenia-svetlova-zionist-unions-russian-speakers-draw/?auto=1

12) Live @ 5 Host: Mottle Wolfe – Panel: Ari Abramowitz, Molly Livingstone, Daniel Seaman (Feb 23)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/can-israeli-politicians-trusted/?auto=1

13) Josh Hasten Show: Rabbi Shlomo Cohen (Feb 24)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/shas-party-spiritual-leader-calls-israels-national-anthem-stupid/

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If you want to listen to my 13 January interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2015/02/05/january-voice-of-israel-shows/

If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:
http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:
http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/10/01/latest-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

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January Voice of Israel Shows

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February 5, 2015

January Voice of Israel Shows:

1) Glen Ladau’s Live @ 5 w/Gil Hoffman, Eve Harow, Daniel Seaman Likud moves center (Jan 1)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/pm-netanyahus-party-move-center/?auto=1
2) Gil Hoffman Show: Poll of Polls Average & Analysis (Jan 4)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/democracy-institute-poll-israelis-think-politicians-media/?auto=1
3) Josh Hasten Show (Jan 8): Political roundup following Feiglin leaving & Rachel Azaria joining Koolanu

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/corruption-probes-prove-nobody-israel-law/?auto=1
4) Josh Hasten Show (Jan 13): Preview of Labor primary & update on Yisrael Beitenu

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/french-jewish-victims-laid-rest-jerusalem/?auto=1
5) Gil Hoffman Show: Poll of Polls Average & Analysis (Jan 18)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/meretz-rabbi-ehud-bandel-separate-religion-state-israel/?auto=1
6) Midday Newscast: Primary recap(Jan 20)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/midday-newscast-january-20-2015/?auto=1
7) Yishai Fleisher Show: Shas Origins (Jan 20)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/israeli-black-panthers-predecessors-sefardi-shas-party/?auto=1
8) Josh Hasten Show: Liberman Massacre  (Jan 20)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/avigdor-libermans-yisrael-beytenu-party-committing-political-suicide/
9) Live @ 5 Panel: Host: Glen Ladau Panel: Mottle Wolfe, Daniel Seaman, Daniela Traub: BB gets congress invite (Jan 21)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/tel-aviv-terror-attack-product-palestinian-incitement-israeli-policy/
10) INSIDE ISRAEL TODAY WITH GIL HOFFMAN: Weekly poll average analysis (Jan 25)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/behind-scenes-netanyahu-obama-tiff/?auto=1
11) THE JOSH HASTEN SHOW: Eli Ochana joins Bayit Yehudi (Jan 27)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/staffers-speaker-boehners-office-unaware-israel-elections/?auto=1
12) Live at 5 Panel: Host Josh Hasten. Panel: Danny Seaman, Eve Harrow and Mottle Wolfe.(Jan 28)

Two IDF Soldiers Killed in the North: How Should Israel Respond?

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/two-idf-soldiers-killed-north-israel-respond/?auto=1
13) Yishai Fleisher Show: The Murder of Alberto Nisman – Argentina History (Jan 29)

http://www.voiceofisrael.com/murder-alberto-nisman-splitting-sea/?auto=1
If you want to listen to 17 of my December interviews:
http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/12/07/december-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 21 of my November interviews:

http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/11/04/november-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

If you want to listen to 13 of my October interviews:
http://jeremysaltan.com/2014/10/01/latest-voice-of-israel-radio-links/

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