Gil Hoffman interviews former MK Dov Lipman, the founder of Our Time is Now, an organization that aims to get immigrants to Israel from English speaking countries to be more politically active in parties that have primaries. Lipman says the initiative is getting a very impressive response. Volunteers across the country will respond to those who express interest at ILourtimeisnow@gmail.com.

Gil then speaks about the latest gaffes by Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, who last week forgot the name of murdered soldier Dvir Sorek on live TV and has retracted statements about seeking a government with Benjamin Netanyahu twice over the past two weeks.

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Behind the scenes in Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard’s new efforts to ease his parole conditions so he can take care of his cancer-stricken wife Esther. She fought for his life for so many years, and now he is fighting for hers.
Gil Hoffman also talks about whether politicians should all hide behind a rock between now and the September 17 election.

Gil Hoffman takes listeners through the story line of the hit movie The Lion King and explains why it has much in common with the story of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel. Earlier in the show, he takes listeners behind the scenes through the last-minute rebranding efforts of our new political parties in Israel and talks about their chances of success.

Who put a picture of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a bikini on highway billboards and why? Which politicians are harming their own cause by exposing their naked ego? Gil Hoffman answers these questions and more with the help of Israel Victory Project Israel director Daniel Seaman.

Political analysts Gil Hoffman and Jeremy Saltan engage in extreme speculation about which parties will end up running together in the September 17 election. They examine what could be best for all the parties that are currently making final decisions on both the Left and Right. Hoffman and Saltan also discuss the impact those decisions will have on the government that will be formed after the election. Meanwhile, find out what Gil calls “the ultimate message of truth” that hovers in the background through much of the show.

Gil Hoffman explains the impact of new Israeli Democratic Party leader Ehud Barak on the September election. Barak is unpopular and not doing well in the polls but he is constantly attacking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and harming his image. Gil speaks to Knesset candidate Yair Fink, who left Labor to run with Barak. Fink says Netanyahu’s indictments and efforts to use the Knesset to avoid prosecution harm Israeli democracy. “You have to fight nasty with nasty,” Fink says.

As the members of the party that founded Israel go off to vote in Tuesday’s leadership primary, Gil Hoffman asks if Labor has finished its historic role or is on the way to new life.

He speaks to former Labor secretary-general and former MK Hilik Bar from a polling station where people are lining up to vote. Bar says the eulogies for Labor are premature and better days are on the way.

Does Benny Gantz have what it takes to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? Recent gaffes are starting indicate that he may not, Gil Hoffman reports. He also takes listeners behind the scenes in the races for leader of Labor and Meretz on the Left and speculates about whether there could be no female leaders of parties running in the September election.

Gil Hoffman interviews Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman from behind the scenes at the Jerusalem Post conference in New York about what happened at the exclusive event and how the Jerusalem Post is thriving on-line. He also speaks about new potential political vulnerabilities for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and delivers some punchy comebacks to the statement of new transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich saying that he works not for Netanyahu but God Himself.