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08:00 Morning Sessions | 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 | |
| − | Chair: Prof. Amir Barnea, Founding Dean, Arison School of Business, IDC Herzliya | + | *[[Diana Furchtgott-Roth]], Director, Center for Employment Policy, [[Hudson Institute]] |
| − | + | *[[Daniel Doron]], Director, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress | |
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| − | Dr. Karnit Flug, Director of Research, Bank of Israel | ||
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| − | Prof. Arie Arnon, Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | ||
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| − | Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director, Center for Employment Policy, Hudson Institute | ||
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| − | Daniel Doron, Director, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress | ||
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Discussion | Discussion | ||
| − | + | *Prof. [[Yehezkel Dror]], Founding President, [[Jewish People Policy Planning Institute]] | |
| − | Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Founding President, Jewish People Policy Planning Institute | ||
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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. | |
| − | Chair: Yossi Rosen, President and CEO, Israel Corp. | + | *Dr. Aziz Haidar, Truman Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| − | + | *Sir [[Ronald Cohen]], Chairman, The Portland Trust | |
| − | Itsik Danziger, Chairman, Education Initiative in the Galilee, IVN | ||
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| − | Prof. Ezra Sadan, Managing Partner, Sadan-Lowenthal, Ltd. | ||
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| − | Dr. Aziz Haidar, Truman Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | ||
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| − | Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman, The Portland Trust | ||
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Discussion | Discussion | ||
Break | 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 | |
| − | Chair: Yossi Hollander, Chairman, Jacada | + | *Prof. [[Sean Barrett]], Trinity College, Dublin |
| − | + | Discussion | |
| − | Prof. Stanley Fischer, Governor, Bank of Israel | + | *Discussant: [[Shraga Brosh]], President, Manufacturers Association of Israel |
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| − | Dr. Yacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models | ||
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| − | Prof. Sean Barrett, Trinity College, Dublin | ||
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| − | Discussion | ||
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| − | Discussant: Shraga Brosh, President, Manufacturers Association of Israel | ||
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Lunch | Lunch | ||
| − | Lord George Weidenfeld of Chelsea, Weidenfeld & Nicholson | + | *Lord [[George Weidenfeld]] of Chelsea, Weidenfeld & Nicholson |
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14:00 Afternoon Sessions | 14:00 Afternoon Sessions | ||
| − | + | '''Patriotism and National Security in Israel''' | |
| − | + | *Chair: Prof. [[Uzi Arad]] | |
| − | Chair: Prof. Uzi Arad | + | *Prof. [[Herbert London]], President, [[Hudson Institute]] |
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| − | Prof. Herbert London, President, Hudson Institute | ||
Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head, Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University | Prof. Ephraim Yaar, Head, Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Tel Aviv University | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 6 June 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]
Contents
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 Planning 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 Planning 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 Planning 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 [2]
