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*[[Daniel Doron]], Director, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress  
 
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*Dr. [[Colin Rubenstein]], Executive Director, The [[Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council]]  
 
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Summary: '''Policy Challenges - Invigorating the Jewish; Democratic; State'''   
 
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Revision as of 11:35, 10 August 2012

The Sixth Herzliya Conference on "The Balance of Israel’s National Security" was held on January 21-24, 2006 at the Daniel Hotel, Herzliya, Israel.[1]

Program

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Greetings:

'Opening Remarks: National Resilience in the Face of Risks and Opportunities

Assessing Israel's National Security and the “Herzliya Indices 2006”

Discussion

20:00 Dinner

Opening Ceremony

  • Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman, President, IDC Herzliya
  • Prof. Israel (Robert) J. Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics; Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Prof. Haim Harari, Chairman of the Board, Davidson Institute for Science Education, Weizmann Institute

Sunday, January 22, 2006

08:00 Morning Sessions

National Security Policy as Risk Management

Discussion

Strategic Trends on the Global Landscape

Discussion Discussants:

  • Dr. Dan Schueftan, Deputy Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa
  • Dr. Shmuel Bar, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
  • Lt. Gen. Dan Haloutz, Chief of General Staff, IDF

Break

The Nuclearization of Iran – Strategic Implications

Discussion Discussants:

  • MK Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Chairman, Subcommittee for Defense Doctrine, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
  • MK Prof. Arieh Eldad, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
  • MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Chairman, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Lunch

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

  • Amb. Ron Prosor, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • MK Silvan Shalom, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Israel’s Standing in Europe and Future Relations with the EU and NATO

Discussion

  • Discussant: Col. (res.) Uri Naaman, Coordinator for NATO and European Defense Organizations, Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense

Break

Israel’s Standing in the United States and Future Israeli-American Relations

Discussion Discussant: Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Director, Israel and Middle East Office, American Jewish Committee


20:00 Dinner

Monday, January 23, 2006

08:00 Morning Sessions

An Atlas of Road Maps and Options for the Israeli-Arab Process

  • Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Ilan Biran
  • Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead, Director, Political-Military Bureau, Ministry of Defense
  • Bentzi Lieberman, Chairman of the Board, Yesha Council and Head of the Samaria Regional Council
  • Jacob Keidar, Director, Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination Department and Water Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Discussion Discussants:

Break

Defensible Borders for Israel

Discussion Discussant: Brig. Gen. (res.) Oded Tyrah, President, Phoenicia America-Israel


Defensible Borders for Israel (sic)

Discussion Discussants:

Lunch

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Jerusalem - The Capital of Israel and the Jewish People

Discussion Discussants:

The Galilee - A National Priority and Challenge

Discussion Discussant: Prof. Alean Al-Krenawi, Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University Break

The Viability of Democracy: The Rule of Law and the Rulers’ Law

Discussion

Law Enforcement: Putting Democracy to the Test

Discussion

  • Amb. John R. Bolton, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations (via video conference)

20:00 Dinner

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

08:00 Morning Sessions Social Policy and Economic Growth

Discussion

Discussion

The Socio-Economic Interface: Sectors, Initiatives and Policy

  • Chair: Yossi Rosen, President and CEO, Israel Corp.
  • Itsik Danziger, Chairman, Education Initiative in the Galilee, IVN
  • Prof. Ezra Sadan, Managing Partner, Sadan-Lowenthal, Ltd.
  • Dr. Aziz Haidar, Truman Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, The Portland Trust

Discussion

Break

Investment to Spur Economic Growth and Reduce Poverty

Discussion

  • Discussant: Shraga Brosh, President, Manufacturers Association of Israel

Lunch

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Patriotism and National Security in Israel

Discussion Discussants:

Judaism as Culture in the Age of Globalization

  • Chair: Prof. Moshe Kaveh, President, Bar-Ilan University
  • Prof. Menachem Brinker, Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Prof. James Young, Chair, Department of Judaic and Near East Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Discussion Discussant: Prof. Benjamin Ish-Shalom, Rector, Beit Morasha of Jerusalem: The Academic Center for Jewish Studies and Leadership

Discussion

The Jewish World in 2025

Discussion

The Diaspora Communities and Israel

Discussion Discussant: Avinoam Bar-Yosef, Director General, Jewish People Policy Institute

Summary: Policy Challenges - Invigorating the Jewish; Democratic; State

19:30 Dinner

The “Herzliya Address”

  • Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman
  • Ehud Olmert, Acting Prime Minister; Minister of Finance; Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment

Closing:

Notes

  1. Program, The 6th Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 6 June 2012.
  2. Program, The 6th Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 6 June 2012.