Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress
The Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP) is "an independent pro-market public policy think tank" which was set up in 1983. [1]
The late Arthur Seldon was a member of ICSEP, which is run by Daniel Doron, a former Israeli intelligence officer and Special Consultant to the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. The US ICSEP board includes Irving Kristol, while the UK ICSEP has Sir Stanley Kalms (ex-Treasurer of Conservative Party), Ralph Harris (Institute of Economic Affairs), Lord Young (British Telecom, Cable & Wireless, and British Aerospace) and Sir David Alliance (who paid the Labour Party more than £5,000 for dinner tickets in 1998) and Gerald Ronson the convicted fraudster.[2] Richard Fox is part of Fitch's Sovereign group which rates Israel's economy. David Lewis (one of its UK 'friends') is also a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel.
Contents
People
Board of Advisors
ICSEP has an Israeli Board of Advisors comprised of 'over forty of the country's most distinguished economists, jurists and social scientists'. ICSEP states that it is 'completely non-partisan, its board members representing all Israel's universities and a broad spectrum of opinions'. All Board members agree, however, that Israel's economy 'needs basic structural reform'. In 2012 they were listed as:[3]
- Public Board: David Alexander | Eli Ayalon | David Boas | Isaac Dvash | Yossi Hollander
- Bar-Ilan University: Dr. Sarit Cohen-Goltner | Prof. Arieh Hillman | Prof. Yehoshua Lieberman | Prof. Yaffa Machnes | Prof. Shoshana Noiman | Prof. Yaacov Parush | Prof. Yaacov Rosenberg |
- Ben-Gurion University: Prof. Oded Hochman
- Haifa University: Prof. Nahum Biger | Prof. Moshe Kim | Prof. Arieh Melnick | Prof. Steven Plaut
- Hebrew University: Prof. Avi Ben-Bassat | Prof. Menachem Brenner | Prof. Avraham Friedman | Prof. Dan Galai | Prof. Israel Gilad | Prof. Yoram Lanskroner | Prof. Yehushua Porat | Prof. [Uriel Procaccia]] | Prof. Eytan Sheshinsky
- Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center: Prof. Moshe Bar-Niv | Prof. Uriel Reichman
- The Technion: Prof. Benny Eden | Prof. Uri Ben-Zion | Prof. Moshe Bental
- Tel Aviv University: Prof. Gideon Doron | Prof. Zvi Eckstein | Prof. Dan Givoli | Prof. Avner Kalay | Prof. Shlomo Kalish | Prof. Emmanuel Marx | Prof. Assaf Razin | Prof. Ephraim Sadka | Prof. Itzhak Swari | Prof. Joseph Gross | Prof. Meir Tamari former Chief Economist, Bank of Israel | Prof. Nava Haruvy, Netanya Academic College
Former Board Members
Prof. Tikva Darvis | Prof. Yohanan Schamurov | Prof. Jacques Silver | Prof. Arie Avishur | Prof. Avri Ravid | Prof. Allan Kirshenbaum | Prof. Marhall Sarnat
Staff
Director: Daniel Doron,
ICSEP's Director of Research is Hebrew University Professor of Economics David Levhari, former President of the Falk Economic Research Institute and an economist of international renown.
ICSEP has a small core administrative staff and hires outside expert help for each of its projects, thereby cutting costs and achieving operational flexibility and quality.
Friends
US Board of Governors
ICSEP's US Board includes Irving Kristol and prominent Jewish leaders, including two former National Chairmen of the United Jewish Appeal. In 2012 they were listed as:
Richard Fox - Chairman | Prof. Irving Kristol, Chairman Emeritus | Kenneth Abramowitz - Vice Chairman | Edward Minor - Vice Chairman | Milton J. Schubin - Secretary | Daniel Doron - Director [4]
Registered address: c/o Fox Enterprises, 955 Chesterbrook Road, Suite 125, Wayne, PA 19087-5615, +1 (610) 640-1400
American Friends
ICSEP's Friends organization in the US is chaired by Richard Fox, Chairman of the Board of Temple University, a leading developer and a major figure in American-Jewish politics. In 2012 they were listed as:
Howard Berkowitz | Midge Decter | Eugene M. Grant | Roger Hertog | Robert Israeloff | Morris M. Kaplan | Curtis Katz | Leslie Lenkowsky | Prof. Henry G. Manne | Prof. David Meiselman | Prof. David Sidorsky | Prof. S. Fred Singer | Judge Abraham Sofaer
UK Board of Governors
David Lewis - CBE, FCA, President | Lord Stanley Kalms - Vice-President | Lord Young of Graffham - Patron | The late Sir Emmanuel Kaye - founder | Sir Ronald Cohen - President Emeritus
Registered address: c/o David Lewis, Chelsea House, Westgate, Hanger Lane, London, W51DR, +44 (208) 998-8822
British Friends
- Sir David Alliance | Stephen Barclay | Stanley Cohen | Ivor Connick | Walter Goldsmith | Maurice Hatter | Sir Anthony Jacobs | Sir Geoffrey Leigh | Conrad Morris | Gerald Ronson | Arthur Seldon | Sir Sigmund Sternberg | Monty Sumray | Barry Townsley | Fred Worms [5]
Former
Bernard Groveman - former Vice Chairman, US Board of Governors | Alexander Grass - former American Friend | Arthur Powell - former American Friend | Stephen Shalom - former American Friend | James S. Tisch - former American Friend | David Wachs - former American Friend | Alan Wurtzel - former American Friend | Lord Harris of High Cross - former patron, UK Board of Governors | Arthur Seldon - former British friend | Sir Leslie Porter - former British friend
Contact
Address:
- 59 Hadror St.
- PO Box 84124
- Mevasseret Zion 90805
Phone:
- +972 (2) 534-6463
- +972 (2) 533-0122 fax
Email:
- mail@icsep.org.il
Website:
Notes
- ↑ 'About us', ICSEP website
- ↑ COMMISSION REFERS CONVICTION OF ERNEST SAUNDERS, GERALD RONSON AND ANTHONY PARNES TO COURT OF APPEAL, press release, 5 March 2001, Criminal Cases Review Commission, CCRC website, accessed 6 April 2009
- ↑ Organisation - Advisors & Friends, ICSEP, accessed 8 August 2012
- ↑ 'Organization', ICSEP website
- ↑ 'Organization', ICSEP website
