Fifth Herzliya Conference

The Fifth Herzliya Conference took place on 13-16 December 2004, organised by the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya.

Agenda

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004

Strategic Shifts and the Balance of National Security

07:00 Registration 08:00 Morning Sessions Opening of the Fifth Herzliya Conference "Defining the National Agenda"

• Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair and Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"From State to Community Council"

• Avraham Bigger, Deputy Chairman, Caesarea Foundation Edmund Benjamin de Rothschild

"The Record of the Herzliya Conferences"

• Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilboa

The “Herzliya Indices”and the Balance of National Security "Assessing Israel's National Security"

• Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, Head of the National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office

"The Herzliya Indices" – A Task Force Report

• Prof. Rafi Melnick, Dean, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"The Social Component of National Security" – A Task Force Report

• Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa

Discussion

Society, Media, and Governance

• Ehud Olmert, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industry, Trade, Employment and Communications

A Media Roundtable Discussion "Media and State, Media and Wealth: Reciprocal Relations"

• Chair: Dan Shilon, Television and Radio Newscaster; Editor-in-Charge, Koteret
• Yaacov Achimeir, Foreign Reports Magazine, IBA Channel 1
• Col. Avi Benayahu, Commander, IDF Radio
• Ben Caspit, Ma'ariv Daily Newspaper
• Dr. Ilana Dayan, Anchor, Uvda Current Affairs Program, Channel 2
• Jacob Eilon, Nightly News Anchor, Channel 10 Network News
• Yoel Esteron, Ha'aretz Daily Newspaper
• Sever Plotzker, Chief Economic Editor, Yedioth Ahronoth Daily Newspaper
• Mordechai Sklar, Director-General, The Second Authority for Television and Radio
• Chaim Yavin, Anchor, Israel Television Channel 1

Discussion

Coffee break

National Intelligence and Decision-Making at the Top

• Chair: Adv. Dalia Rabin-Pelossof, Chair of the Executive Committee, The Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies

"National Intelligence - Lessons Learned and Future Challenges"

• Prof. Phillip Zelikow, Executive Director, 9/11 Commission, Director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia

"National Security Councils – A Comparative Perspective"

• Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair and Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"Legislative Proposals for the National Security Council Law"

• Dr. Yehuda Ben-Meir, Law Offices of Lipa, Meir and Partners
• Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Member of Knesset, Chairman, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

Discussion Lunch

"Future Directions in American Foreign Policy"

• Amb. Dr. Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations

14:30 Afternoon Sessions

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

Nuclear Proliferation

• Chair: Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair and Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"The Second Nuclear Age – A New Look at Arms Control and Counterproliferation"

• Prof. Paul Bracken, School of Management, Department of Political Science, Yale University

"Iran's Nuclear Posture"

• Prof. Shahram Chubin, Director of Research, Geneva Center for Security Policy

"India's Strategic Role in the Global Arena"

• General (Retd.) Ved Prakash Malik, President, Observer Research Foundation Institute of Security Studies, India

• Dr. Ariel (Eli) Levite, Principle Deputy Director General (Policy), Israel Atomic Energy Commission

Discussion

Global Trends and Strategic Changes

"Global Trends – An American Perspective"

• Ambassador Dr. Robert D. Blackwill, President, Barbour Griffith and Rogers International; Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Planning and Presidential Envoy to Iraq
• Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council
• Max Boot, Olin Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

"The Rise of Asia"

• Stanley O. Roth, Vice President, Asia International Relations, Boeing Company

"Global Trends – A European Perspective"

• Prof. Francois Heisbourg, Directeur, Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, France

Discussion

• Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon, Chief of General Staff, IDF

Dinner

20:00 Opening Ceremony

Lighting of the 7th Hanukah Candle

• Prof. Uriel Reichman, President, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
• Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya
• H.E. Moshe Katzav, President of the State of Israel

• Awarding of The Friendship Prizes by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President, The International Fellowship of Christian and Jews (Hakeren L’yedidut, Israel)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2004

Harnessing Social and Economic Resources – National Strategies 08:00 Morning Session

Human and Social Resources – Comparative Indices

• Chair: Prof. Rafi Melnick, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"Measuring Scientific-Technological Progress in Israel"

• Prof. Baruch Raz, Director, MTN Technology Ltd.

"Women in the Labor Force Scene – Checks and Balances"

• Dr. Linda Efroni, Lawyer, Economist and Expert on the Labor Markets

"Improving Social Indices"

• Dr. Daniel Gottlieb, Senior Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Israel

"Defining and Quantifying Poverty"

• Prof. Jack Habib, Director, Myers JDC Brookdale Institute

Discussion

Government and Civic Society: Allocating Responsibilities

• Chair: Prof. Yuli Tamir, Member of Knesset

"Who is Responsible? The State and Civic Society" – A Task Force Report

"The National Friendship Foundation as a Model for Enlarging State Funding Through the Influence of NGO s"

• Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, President, International Fellowship of Christian and Jews, U.S.A.

"Philanthropy Cannot Replace the State"

• Elie Elalouf, Sacta-Rashi Foundation

"Sderot – A Case Study"

• Eli Moyal, Mayor of Sderot

"Distribution of Responsibility – An Industrialist's Point of View"

• Elisha Yanay, Chairman and General Manager, Motorola Israel

"National Partnership or Communal Paternalism – The Demise of the Welfare State?”

• Dr. Yigal Ben-Shalom, Director-General, National Insurance Institute of Israel

Discussion Coffee break

Social Security: A New Paradigm

• Chair: Dr. Yigal Ben-Shalom, Director-General, National Insurance Institute of Israel

"Social Security in Israel – A Proposal for Reform”

"Social Security in Israel – From Past to Future"

• Yael Andorn, Deputy Director, Budget Department, Ministry of Finance

"A New Deal in Israel?"

• Dr. Neri Horowitz, Head, Programs for Senior Civil Servants; Mandel Leadership Institute; Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Discussion

Sources for Future Economic Growth

• Chair: Yossi Hollander, Chairman of the Board, Jacada

"The Economic Model"

• Dr. Yacov Sheinin, President, Economic Models

"The High-Tech Industries"

• Elisha Yanay, Chairman and General Manager, Motorola Israel

"Biotechnology"

• Mr. Eli Hurvitz, Founder, Chairman of the Board, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

"Global Services"

• Shlomi Fogel, CEO, Ampa Ltd.

Discussion

Lunch

• Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Finance

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

The Defense Industries

• Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yaron, Director General, Ministry of Defense

"Future Structuring of Israel's Defense Industries"

• Maj. Gen. (res.) Herzle Bodinger, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, RADA Electronic Industries

"Israeli Defense Industries in the Global Arena"

• Joseph Ackerman, President and Director, Elbit Systems Ltd.

"The Role of the Mid-Size Defense Company"

• Mark S. Newman, Chairman, President and CEO, DRS Technologies, Inc.

"The Development and Acquisitions Factor in the Domestic Defense Budget"

• Col. (res.) Jacob Toren, Chairman, Rafael

Discussion

Developments in the Energy Sector "The Oil and Refineries Market"

• Ohad Marani, Director-General, Oil Refineries Ltd.

"Israel as a Two-Way Strategic Bridge for Oil Movement" – A Task Force Report

• Maj. Gen. (res.) Oren Shachor, President, Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company

Discussion

Coffee break

Removing the Barriers in the Financial Markets

• Chair: Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business,The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
• Dr. Meir Sokoler, Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel
• Shaul Bronfeld, Managing Director, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
• Nir Gilad, Former Accountant General, Ministry of Finance; Deputy to Director General, Migdal
• Moshe Tery, Chairman, Israel Securities Authority
• Dr. Yaron Zelekha, Accountant General, Ministry of Finance

Discussion

National Policy Towards Israel’s Arab Community

• Chair: Ami Nahshon, President and CEO, The Abraham Fund Initiatives

"Barriers in the Implementation of the Government's Policy Towards the Arab Citizens of Israel”

• Dr. Elie Rekhess, Senior Research Fellow, Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University

"Socio-Economic Shifts Within Israeli Arab Society"

• Dr. Ramzi Halabi, Director-General, Arab Businessmen Club
• Dr. Hanna Swaid, Head, The Arab Center for Alternative Planning
• Yosef (Tommy) Lapid, Member of Knesset, Chairman of the Shinui Party

Discussion

20:00 Dinner

Lighting of the 8th Hanukah Candle

• Sir Ronald Cohen, Founding Partner and Chairman, Apax Partners Worldwide LLP

• Shimon Peres, Member of Knesset, former Prime Minister

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004

Upgrading Israel's International Status and Strengthening its Strategic Partnerships 08:00 Morning Sessions Upgrading the Strategic Partnership with the U.S. "Re-Energizing U.S.-Israeli Special Relations"

• Col. Dr. Eran Lerman, Director General, Israel and Middle East Office, American Jewish Committee

"A Defense Treaty with the United States?"

• Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, Dean, Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

Countering the Anti-Israel Campaign

• Chair: Shula Bahat, Associate Executive Director, American Jewish Committee

"Reconstructing the Myth of Zionist Racism"

• Prof. Robert Wistrich, Head, Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

"Israel and the World: Getting the Message Right"

• Dr. Frank I. Luntz, President, Luntz Research Companies

"Coping with the United Nations"

• Prof. Anne Bayefsky, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Discussion

Coffee break

"National Security Policy from a Foreign Policy Perspective"

• Ambassador Ron Prosor, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Deepening Israel-EU Relations

• Chair: Ambassador Ran Curiel, Deputy Director-General for Western Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"Israel's European Option"

• Ambassador Marc Otte, European Union Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process, Council of the European Union
• Ambassador Dr. Janusz Reiter, President, Center for International Relations, Warsaw, Poland

"A Transatlantic Perspective of EU-Israel Relations"

• Karsten D. Voigt, Coordinator for German-American Cooperation, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Discussion

Israel and the Euro-Atlantic Community - Upgrading Relations with NATO

• Chair: Ambassador Dr. Oded Eran, Israeli Ambassador to the European Union
• Dr. Ronald D. Asmus, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
• Ambassador Sir Peter Ricketts KCMG, NATO Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom
• Bruce P. Jackson, President, Project on Transitional Democracies
• Dietmar Nietan, Member of Bundestag, Germany
• Maj. Gen. (res.) Matan Vilnai, Member of Knesset

Discussion

Lunch

"A New World Order: Global Government Networks"

• Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

15:00 Afternoon Sessions Trends and Continuity in the Jewish World

• Amb. Avi Pazner, World Chairman, Keren Hayesod - UIA
• Chair: Sallai Meridor, Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization

"The Future of the Jewish People”

"Bringing Judaism Closer"

• Rabbi Chaim Druckman, Director, Conversion Administration, Prime Minister's Office

"A Turning Point in the Identity of European Jewry"

• Prof. Shmuel Trigano, Universite de Paris, France

“North American Jewry, Quo Vadis?"

• Mr. Marc Gold, Associate Member, Board of Governors, Jewish Agency for Israel; Member of Keren Hayesod/ United Israel Appeal

Discussion Soft Power Within the Jewish People "The Soft Power of the Jewish People"

• Adv. Yitzhak Molho, Jewish People Policy Institute

"Strategies to Augment the Soft Power of the Jewish People"

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

"Science As a Source of Jewish Strength"

• Prof. Moshe Kaveh, President, Bar-Ilan University

"The American Jewish Communities as a Strategic Network"

• Brig. Gen. (res.) Nachman Shai, Senior Vice President and Director General, United Jewish Communities Israel

“A Council for Dialogue – the Jews and Israel”

• Ambassador Gad Yaacobi

Discussion

Coffee break

16:45 'Solidifying Israel-Diaspora Connections

• Chair: Natan Sharansky, Minister for Diaspora and Jerusalem Affairs

"Israel-Diaspora Relations: Taglit birthright israel As a Model"

• Dr. Shimshon Shoshani, Director, Taglit birthright israel

"Ten Days to Launch a Life-long Connection to Israel: The Impact of Taglit birthright israel"

• Prof. Leonard Saxe, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
• Brig. Gen. Ilan Harari, Chief Education Officer, IDF

Discussion

Culture and Education in the Jewish World

• Chair: Tzipi Livni, Minister of Justice, Minister of Absorption and Housing, Minister of Construction

"The People of Israel or the Israeli People"

"Jewish Heritage Education"

• Prof. Aliza Shenhar, President, Emek Yezreel College

"Sea Change in the Jewish Consciousness of Secular Youth in the Last Decade"

• Ehud Prawer, Deputy Head of the National Security Council for Domestic Policy

"Jewish Education in American Universities"

• Daniel Posen, Managing Director, Posen Foundation

'"The Dovrat Report and the Future of the Jewish People"

• Dr. Zvi Zameret, Director General, Yad Ben Zvi

"A Cultural, Qualitative Dimension"

• Yitzchak Livni, Chairman, Channel 2 News Company

"The Coalition Committee on Civil Marriages"

• Ronnie Bar-On, Member of Knesset, Chairman, Knesset House Committee

"Science as a Source of Jewish Strength"

• Prof. Moshe Kaveh, President, Bar-Ilan University

"The American Jewish Communities as a Strategic Network"

• Brig. Gen. (res.) Nachman Shai, Senior Vice President and Director General, United Jewish Communities Israel

“A Council for Dialogue – the Jews and Israel”

• Ambassador Gad Yaacobi

Discussion

20:00 Dinner

"Domestic Policy and Foreign Policy in a Changing World"

• Ambassador Zalman Shoval, Chairman, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
• Silvan Shalom, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Awarding of a Scholarship Award in memory of the late Ehud Sprinzak, by Eti Livni, Member of Knesset

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004

National Challenges and Alternative Strategies for the Arab-Israeli Process 08:00 Morning Sessions The National Challenge of Developing the Negev

• Chair: Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder

" 'Blueprint Negev' – The Vision and the Reality"

"The Negev Facing a Major Breakthrough"

• Prof. Avishay Braverman, President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

"Israel Railways Moving South"

• Moshe Leon, Chairman of the Board, Israel Railways

"Developing the Negev: From Stagnation to Action"

• Shmuel Rifman, Chairman, Regional Councils of the Negev

• "Incorporating the Bedouins and Closing the Gaps: The Key to Realizing Ben Gurion's Vision"
• Talal Alkrinawi, Mayor of Rahat

"KKL - A Base for Joining Forces to Develop the Negev"

• Yehiel Leket, World Chairman, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, Jewish National Fund

"Developing the Negev: Why We Will Succeed Today"

• Haim Blumenblat, CEO, “Daroma Eidan HaNegev”

Discussion

The Road Map and the Disengagement Plan

• Chair: Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"The Road Map"

• Adv. Dov Weissglas, Special Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office

"The Disengagement Plan as a Molding Force on the National Level"

• Col. (res.) Itamar Ya’ar, Deputy Head of the National Security Council for Defense Policy

Discussion

"International Security Involvement – The Conceptual Framework"

• Pinhas Meidan-Shani, expert on negotiation and conflict resolution

"The Disengagement: A Road to Peace"

• Ambassador Terje Roed Larsen, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process

Coffee break

Jordanian Alternatives

• Chair: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
• Hani Al-Hassan

"Jordan as a Palestinian National State – A Base for a Regional Settlement"

• Binyamin Elon, Member of Knesset

"The Comeback of the Jordanian Optio – An Historical Perspective"

• Dr. Dan Shueftan, Center for National Security Studies, Haifa University
• Gideon Sa’ar, Member of Knesset, Head of the Coalition
• Frank J. Gaffney Jr., President and CEO, Center for Security Policy, Washington DC

Discussion

Lunch

• Nicolas Sarkozy, President, Union pour le Mouvement Populaire, France

14:00 Afternoon Sessions

Bilateral Final Status Plans

• Chair: Dr. Israel Elad-Altman, Director of Studies, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"Territorial and Population Swaps Between Israel and the Palestinians"

• Avigdor Liberman, Chairman, Israel Beteinu Party

"The Geneva Initiative"

• Dr. Yossi Beilin, Chairman, Yachad Party
• Yasser Abed Rabbo, Head of the Palestinian Peace Coalition, Member of the PLO Executive Committee

"The People’s Voice"

• Maj. Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon, Chairman of the Board, Netafim
• Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, President, Al-Quds University

Discussion 

• Lt.Gen. (res.) Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister

Coffee break

Final Status Plans: Multilateral Arrangements and Territorial Swaps

• Chair: Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair, Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

"Multilateral Territorial Swaps – Geographic, Demographic and Economic Perspectives"

• Prof. Gideon Biger, Department of Geography, Tel Aviv University
• Israel Harel, Columnist, Ha’aretz Daily Newspaper

Discussion

• Lord George Weidenfeld of Chelsea

"The Future of Israel – A View From Abroad"

• Dr. Mathias Dצpfner, CEO and Head of Newspapers Division, Axel Springer, Germany

Summing Up

• Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair, Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
• Prof. Jerry (Yoram) Wind, Lauder Professor and Director, SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

20:00 Dinner Festive Closing Ceremony

• Prof. Uriel Reichman, President of The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
• Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder

"The Herzliya Address"

• Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of the State of Israel
• Farewell: Dr. Uzi Arad, Conference Chair, Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.

Media coverage

• Charlotte Silver, Zionism neoliberal style, Al Jazeera, 11 February 2013.