Sixth Herzliya Conference

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.

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.

Program

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Greetings:

• Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya

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

• Prof. Uzi Arad, Chair, Herzliya Conference; Head, Institute for Policy and Strategy

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

• Chair: Israel Trau, Assistant General Manager, First International Bank of Israel
• Prof. Rafi Melnick, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
• Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, Head of the National Security Council
• Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa

Discussion

• Lt. Gen. (res.) Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense

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

• Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu, CEO, Sentry Technology Group
• Prof. Paul R. Kleindorfer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Prof. Paul Bracken, School of Management and Department of Political Science, Yale University

Discussion

Strategic Trends on the Global Landscape

• Chair: Prof. Jerry (Yoram) Wind, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Stanley Roth, Vice President for Asia, International Relations, Boeing Company
• Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Dr. Robert Trice, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Prof. Jacob Frenkel, Vice Chairman, AIG and Former Governor of the Bank of Israel

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

• Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) David Ivry, Chairman, Board of Directors, Fisher Brothers Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies
• Philippe Errera, Directeur adjoint, Centre d’Analyse et de Prיvision, Ministטre des Affaires Etrangטres, France
• Sir Michael Quinlan, Consulting Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Maj. Gen. (res.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Head, Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University

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

• Chair: Amb. Dr. Oded Eran, Ambassador, Head of Mission of Israel to the EU
• Dr. Josef Joffe, Herausgeber/Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit, Germany
• Ana Palacio, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain and Chair of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, Parliament of Spain
• General the Lord Charles Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE
• Dr. Kenneth R. Weinstein, CEO, Hudson Institute

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

• Chair: Amb. Zalman Shoval, Chairman, Board of Directors, Export Investment Corp., Ltd.
• Mortimer Zuckerman, Chairman and Editor in Chief, U.S. News and World Report
• Dr. Frank Luntz, Consultant, The Israel Project
• Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President, The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (HaKeren L’yedidut Israel)
• Dr. Boaz Mourad, Brand Israel Group
• Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
• Dr. Robert Danin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, US State Department

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

20:00 Dinner

• MK Benjamin Netanyahu, Chairman of the Likud Party
• Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School
• Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister of Sweden

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

• Chair: Prof. Uriel Reichman, President, IDC Herzliya
• Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States
• Dr. Robert Satloff, Executive Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Discussion Discussants:

• Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, Visiting Military Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Amb. Dr. Daniel C. Kurtzer, Visiting Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Eyal Megged, Author

Break

Defensible Borders for Israel

• Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, Head of the Defensible Borders Project and the Institute for Contemporary Affairs, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
• Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya’alon, Former Chief of General Staff, IDF
• Amb. Dr. Dore Gold, President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

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

Defensible Borders for Israel (sic)

• Gideon Grinstein, Founder and President, The Re’ut Institute
• Prof. Gideon Biger, Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University
• Prof. David Newman, Department of Politics and Government, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi, Knesset Economics Committee

Discussion Discussants:

• Bennett Zimmerman, Project Leader, “Arab Population in the West Bank and Gaza: The Million Person Gap”
• Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt

Lunch

• Chair: Poju Zabludowicz, Chairman and CEO, Tamares Group
• Tzipi Livni, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice and Minister of Immigrant Absorption

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Jerusalem - The Capital of Israel and the Jewish People

• Chair: Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
• Prof. Ruth Lapidoth, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
• Israel Kimchi, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
• Nir Barkat, Council Member, Municipality of Jerusalem
• Eitan Meir, Director General, Municipality of Jerusalem

Discussion Discussants:

• Dan Halperin, CEO, IFTIC
• Dr. Moshe Amirav, Head of Public Policy Studies, Beit Berl College

The Galilee - A National Priority and Challenge

• Chair: Yehiel Leket, World Chairman, Hakeren Kayemet L’Yisrael, Jewish National Fund
• Amb. Prof. Aliza Shenhar, President, Emek Yezreel College
• Brig. Gen. (res.) Eival Gilady, Chairman, Western Galilee College
• Efrat Duvdevani, Director, Ministry for the Development of the Negev and Galilee
• Dr. Faisal Azaiza, Head, Jewish-Arab Center, Haifa University; Head, The Gustav Heinemann Institute for Middle Eastern Studies
• Shlomo Bohbot, Mayor, Maalot-Tarshicha
• Ehud Prawer, National Security Council

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

• Chair: Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, Provost, IDC Herzliya
• Adv. Elie Goldschmidt, Israel Corp.
• Shelly Yechimovitch
• MK Gideon Sa’ar, Likud Parliamentary Group Chairman
• MK Yossi Sarid, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Discussion

Law Enforcement: Putting Democracy to the Test

• Chair: Prof. Moshe Barniv, Radzyner School of Law, IDC Herzliya
• Dan Margalit, Ma’ariv
• Justice Micha Lindenstrauss, State Comptroller and Ombudsman
• Commissioner Moshe Karadi, Inspector General, Israel Police
• MK Michael Eitan, Chairman, Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee

Discussion

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

20:00 Dinner

• Chair: Alan B. Slifka, Founder and Chairman, The Abraham Fund
• MK Amir Peretz, Chairman of the Labor Party
• Chair: Hermann Bünz, Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Israel Office
• Laurent Fabius, Former Prime Minister of France

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

08:00 Morning Sessions Social Policy and Economic Growth

• Chair: Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya
• Dr. Karnit Flug, Director of Research, Bank of Israel
• Prof. Arie Arnon, Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Employment Policy, Hudson Institute
• Daniel Doron, Director, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress

Discussion

• Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Founding President, Jewish People Policy Institute

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

• Chair: Yossi Hollander, Chairman, Jacada
• Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel
• Dr. Yacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models
• Prof. Sean Barrett, Trinity College, Dublin

Discussion

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

Lunch

• Lord George Weidenfeld of Chelsea, Weidenfeld & Nicholson

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Patriotism and National Security in Israel

• Chair: Prof. Uzi Arad
• Prof. Herbert London, President, Hudson Institute
• Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head, Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University
• MK Prof. Yael (Yuli) Tamir, Department of Philosophy and School of Education, Tel Aviv University
• Dr. Eilat Mazar, Institute of Archeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Discussion Discussants:

• Col. (res). Ahuva Yanai, Executive Director, Matan
• Ari Shavit, Ha’aretz

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

• Chair: Felix Posen, Founder and President, Posen Foundation
• Prof. A. B. Yehoshua, Author
• Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Yad Vashem

Discussion

The Jewish World in 2025

• Chair: Zeev Bielski, Chairman of the Executive, The Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization
• Prof. Alan Dershowitz
• Amb. Dr. Dennis Ross, Chairman, Jewish People Policy Institute

Discussion

The Diaspora Communities and Israel

• Chair: Shula Bahat, Associate Executive Director, American Jewish Committee
• Arcadi Gaydamak, President, Congress of Jewish Communities of Russia
• Prof. Yedidya Stern, World Jewish Forum
• Dr. Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director, The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council

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

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

• Prof. Uzi Arad

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:

• Prof. Uzi Arad

External resources

• Jonathan Cook, Herzliya Conference reveals Israeli plans after disengagement, Electronic Intifada, 27 January 2006.