Sixth Herzliya Conference

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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]

In his keynote speech, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert elaborated on the disengagement strategy announced by Ariel Sharon two years earlier:

In order to ensure the existence of a Jewish national homeland, we will not be able to continue ruling over the territories in which the majority of the Palestinian population lives. We must create a clear boundary as soon as possible, one which will reflect the demographic reality on the ground. Israel will maintain control over the security zones, the Jewish settlement blocs, and those places which have supreme national importance to the Jewish people, first and foremost a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. There can be no Jewish state without the capital of Jerusalem at its center.[2]

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

Sunday, January 22, 2006

08:00 Morning Sessions

National Security Policy as Risk Management

Discussion

Strategic Trends on the Global Landscape

Discussion Discussants:

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

Discussion

Break

Investment to Spur Economic Growth and Reduce Poverty

Discussion

Lunch

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Patriotism and National Security in Israel

Discussion Discussants:

Judaism as Culture in the Age of Globalization

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:

External resources

Notes

  1. Program, The 6th Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 6 June 2012.
  2. Address by Acting PM Ehud Olmert to the 6th Herzliya Conference, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 24 January 2006.
  3. Program, The 6th Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 6 June 2012.