Fifth Herzliya Conference

The Fifth Herzliya Conference took place on 13-16 December 2004.

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. Franחois Heisbourg, Directeur, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratיgique, 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, GermanyF

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, Universitי 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 Planning Institute

"Strategies to Augment the Soft Power of the Jewish People" Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Founding President, Jewish People Policy Planning 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"

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

"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 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

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 ז"ל, 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 Rרd 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

Thursday, December 16, 2004

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.