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Past Conferences & Events Delete or Not Delete – That is the Question
June 15, 2010, Netanya Academic College
The center, in cooperation with the School of Communication at Netanya Academic College, held a round table session in which Dr. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Director of the Information and Innovation Policy Research Center at the LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, presented the main findings of his recent publication Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age. This publication looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget.
The round table session included a number of discussants, including Prof. Elihu Katz, Trustee Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania; Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Communication at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Click here to view the round table session program.
Iran’s Aspirations for Regional Hegemony
June 14, 2010, Netanya Academic College The center, in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Israel office, held an international conference dealing with Iran’s rise as a regional power. The conference included academics, government officials, strategic and military experts, and journalists from Israel and European countries to propose and analyze potential scenarios for developments in the Iranian arena. The conference dealt with the following issues:
The conference included, Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Chair of the Center, Meir Javedanfar, Iran Analyst, Director of the Middle East Economic and Political Analysis Company (MEEPAS), Prof. Bernd Kubbig, Project Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Research International, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, and Ambassador Uri Lubrani, Israel's former Ambassador to Iran, among others. Click here to view the conference program. The Rocket Threat and Methods for Dealing with It
May 30, 2010, Netanya Academic College
Following the recent installation of the "Iron Dome" system, the center initiated a conference that raised the relevant questions related to the rocket threat and methods for dealing with this threat. The conference dealt with a series of relevant topics, including a definition of the rocket threat, rockets and the Israeli homefront, the intitiation of the Israeli policy for dealing with this threat, and an analysis of various techonological solutions.
The conference included leading members of the defense establishment, the defense industries, researchers in the field of rocket and missile defense, and the relevant local and national political figures, including Deputy Defense Minister, Matan Vilnai, and former Minister of Defense, Amir Peretz.
Israel-Turkey Relations and Turkey’s Strategic Direction The center, in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Israel office, held an international conference dealing with various aspects of Israel-Turkey relations as well as Turkey’s strategic regional position. The conference included Israeli and Turkish academics, journalists, experts, political figures, and other opinion-shapers. The major themes of the conference included:
Click here to view the conference program.
Regional Workshop: Sutainable Development - A Challenge for Cross-Border Coopartion In partnership with the Amman Center for Peace and Development and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Israel office, the Center held a unique two-day workshop dealing with various sustainable development regional issues. The workshop focused on issues essential to the future of the region including alternative energy, water resources, agriculture technologies, and cross-border development projects. The workshop included some of the top Jordanian and Israeli experts in these fields, who provided practical solutions to cooperatively dealing with the water, energy, and other environmental challenges facing the region, including the fate of the Dead Sea. It was evident at this workshop that only cooperative approaches towards these issues will enable humanity to survive and develop in the Middle East for the coming decades.
The Mofaz Peace Outline for a New Agenda MK Shaul Mofaz, from the leadership of the "Kadima" Party, former Chief of Staff and Minister of Defense, presented his geo-political peace outline which will include his global vision for stabilizing relations between Israel and its neighbors, as well as his proposals for dialogue with the Palestinian Authority. The plan deals with the general strategic alignment of forces in the region, with an emphasis on the common interests between the sides, and a new approach towards negotiations. This event was the first time that MK Mofaz’s peace outline was presented to the diplomatic community, Members of Knesset, Mayors and Heads of Regional Councils, business leaders, and academics. The event enjoyed broad media coverage, and enabled MK Mofaz’s peace plan to take a central place in Israel’s political discourse.
On the background of deteriorating relations between Israel and Turkey, the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Israel office held a unique round table meeting involving a small number of Turkish and Israeli experts, academics, and journalists, dealing with the following question: Do the events of the past year signal a strategic change in Israeli-Turkish relations, or can these relations be repaired and previous strategic ties restored? The round table meeting, which was closed to the media and to the general public, was divided into three topics:
The discussions provided unique and new proposals for advancing Israel-Turkey relations within the context of a new strategic environment.
Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, strategic advisor to the center, who was recruited to head a makeshift humanitarian war room during Israel’s Gaza Operation, met with representatives of various European NGOs, to provide an explanation of various aspects of the Gaza Operation. On the backdrop of the United Nations Goldstone Report, Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Spiegel provided a description of how the humanitarian war room operated to alleviate the humanitarian situation in Gaza during the operation. He also described the internal mechanism that the IDF uses to check any irregularities during the operation. The event was characterized by an open and positive discussion, in which the NGO representatives received answers to several of their concerns regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
The "Two States for Two Peoples" Solution - Jews and Arabs in Israel October 11, 2009, Netanya Academic College The S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumman Foundation for Liberty, held an intimate round table meeting dealing with an essential questions never before dealt with in an academic forum: How will the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel affect the two central majority and minority national groups – Jews and Arabs – in Israel? The meeting included a range of leading academics, journalists, directors of NGOs, and Members of Knesset, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Danny Ayalon. The participant lists was as balanced as possible between Jews and Arabs, including a range of political approaches – from Israel’s right wing, to supporters of the two-state solution, to those who are against partitioning the land in favor of a bi-national state.
The topics discussed at the meeting included:
Israeli Society and National Security
September 2, 2009, Netanya Academic College
At this conference, presented in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Israel Office, participants comprehensively analyzed issues related to national security within the Israeli context. Participants attempted to trace an expanded national security conception that included civilian aspects of security. The conference, which served as a summary to a number of workshops held perviously, dealt with the following issues:
Participants in the conference included Dr. Kobi Michael, Ben-Gurion University; Gen. (ret.) Jacob Amidror, Vice President of the Lander Institute; Colonel (ret.) Shaul Arieli, the Council for Peace and Security; and Brig.-Gen. Avi Benayahu, IDF Spokesman. The Generals’ Forum: Jordan-Israel Relations within a Regional Context
July 3-5, 2009, Movenpick Hotel, Dead Sea, Jordan
This workshop, produced in partnership with the Amman Center for Peace and Development and generously supported by the Centre for New Diplomacy included leading officials from Jordan and Israel’s security establishment, representing perhaps the highest level "track II" meetings to have taken place between Israel and Jordan in years. This conference focused on Israel’s current regional strategic/diplomatic approach, the Jordanian role in promoting the Arab Initiative, bilateral security coordination, and lessons from the recent Gaza operation. Naturally, proposals to move forward both on the Palestinian and Syrian front were at the center of the talks, including manners in which the Arab Peace Initiative could serve to break the deadlock by offering a widely supported regional approach, as a Pan-Arab platform for bilateral negotiations.
The workshop was a great success in advancing Jordan-Israel bilateral dialogue, and plans were immediately made following the workshop to ensure that the "Generals’ Forum" become a continuous platform for dialogue.
Jordan-Israel Round Table Meeting: Assessment of the Regional Situation April 2-3, 2009, Netanya Academic College
A unique Jordan-Israel round table meeting including Israeli and Jordanian academics and statesment, took place through the joint cooperation of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, the Amman Center for Peace and Development, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Israel Office. This meeting marked the first time that a group of Jordanians and Israelis took part in an academic meeting in Israel, following the crisis in Israel-Jordan relations during Operation "Cast Lead".
The round table meeting involved a set of frontal presentations and open discussion dealing with the following issues:
In general, the discussions consisted of a very open and free discussion, in which both Jordanians and Israelis learned about the various positions and concerns of each side. Participants from each side expressed their desire to continue these types of fruitful meetings, emphasizing their importance in advancing the strategic dialogue between Israel and Jordan. Regional Terror - Global Terror
Sunday, February 1, 2009, Netanya Academic College
At this conference, leading experts in various aspects of international terror experts analyzed trends in regional and global terrorism, including the recent terror attack in Mumbai, Hamas’ attacks on Southern Israel, and other terror activities, within the context of various developments in global terrorism. Participants included Asaf Heffetz, Israel’s former police commander, Peri Golan, the former head of the Arab Bureau at the Shin Bet, and others.
Primaries or Nominating Committees: The Crisis of Nominations in Israeli Political Parties
November 16, 2008, Netanya Academic College This conference, presented in partnership with the Freidrich Naumann Foundation Israel Office, examined the changing role of political parties in Israeli democracy, discussed critical aspects of crisis in their functioning, and evaluated the democratic value of the primaries versus nominating committees system for determining party lists. The conference focused on the crisis of party organization, examined various nomination systems including a comparison with European and American models, and dealt with the relations between political parties and the media.
Iran, Israel, and the Arab world - the New Middle East
September 25, 2008, Netanya Academic College
At this symposium, presented in partnership with the Freidrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel Office, two prominent researchers, Dr. Uzi Rabi and Dr. Ronen A. Cohen, presented the findings of their recent research studies, administered by the Center. Dr. Rabi’s presentation focused on relations between the rising regional power of Iran and the Arab world, while Dr. Cohen’s study dealt with relations between Iran and Israel since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The symposium also included a panel of experts who presented their responses to these studies, including Meir Jevedanfar, Dr. Emily Landau, and Prof. Moshe Maoz.
Click here to download the publication in which the articles of Uzi Rabi and Ronen Cohen are published.
July 8, 2008, Netanya Academic College In partnership with Keshev, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel, and the Fair Media Center, the Center held a symposium in which Dr. Hagar Lahav of Sapir Academic College, presented her researchpaper entitled: "Women, Media and Conflict: A Gendered View of the Lebanon War Media Coverage", which explored the way the gender media coverage during the Second Lebanon War. A panel discussion followed this presentation, which will include Anat Sargosti, journalist, Channel 2 News; Prof. Dov Shinar, Director, Fair Media Center, Netanya Academic College; Dr. Reuven Pedatzur, Academic Director, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, Netanya Academic College, and Manuela Dviri, journalist. The Negotiations with Syria
July 3, 2008, Netanya Academic College
The Center held a conference dealing with the recently restarted peace negotiations between Israel and Syria, with Turkish mediation. This conference, the first of its kind by any Israeli academic institution, since the negotiations restarted, brought together some of Israel’s leading experts in various fields related to Syria-Israel relations. The speakers included Dr. Colonel (ret.) Reuven Erlich, Director of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center; Dr. Gideon Biger, Department of Georgraphy, Tel Aviv University; Prof. Moshe Maoz, Deputy Director, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, and others.
Friendship and Criticism – An Assessment of German-Israel Relations February 18th, 2008, Netanya Academic College "Friendship and Criticism – An Assessment of German-Israel Relations" was an international conference presented in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel, which studied the future of German-Israel relations. The backdrop to the conference was the "Manifesto" authored by 25 German peace researchers, which called for a re-assessment of the special relations that exist between Germany and Israel. Dov Ben-Meir, Advisor for European Affairs at the Center, published a response to this document, in which he emphasized the importance of these relations for the future of German democracy. Following an ongoing correspondence with the some of the 25 professors, Mr. Ben-Meir invited them to Israel to engage in a conference in which the topic would be debated. At this conference, one of the authors of the "Manifesto", Dr. Reiner Steinweg, presented the Manifesto, and Dov Ben-Meir presented his response. Following the presentation and response, a panel discussion debated the "Manifesto" and future of Germany-Israel relations. The panel discussion included figures such as Prof. Gert Krell, (ret.) Professor of International Relations, University of Frankfurt/Main; Prof. Georg Meggle, Professor of Philosophical Anthropology, University of Leipzig (both authors of the Manifesto); HE Amb. Shimon Stein, former Ambassador of Israel to Germany; Prof. Moshe Zimmermann, Director of the Koebner Minerva Center for German History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and others. The conference also included a workshop for German and Israeli students, in which they studied the "Manifesto" and its response, and discussed the future of German-Israeli relations. Conference Initiator: Mr. Dov Ben-Meir Iran - Not Just a Rogue State The S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue at Netanya Academic College held a conference, in partnership with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Israel, which examined several aspects of Iranian society that are beyond the standard agenda of the Western media. A central purpose of the conference was to present a comprehensive discussion of Iran, including the structure and demography of Iranian society, the influence of the Muslim revolution, and Iran’s relationship with the Arab world. Naturally, the workshop also dealt with the Iranian nuclear project and its implications on the Middle East and on the future of the global nuclear proliferation process. Speakers at the conference included Mr. Silvan Shalom, Member of Knesset, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Premier; HE Amb. O. Faruk Loğoğlu, PhD., former Ambassador of Turkey to the United States and President of the Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM); Dr. Ronen Bergman, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge and Senior Staff Investigative Journalist at Yedioth Ahronoth; HE Amb. Uri Lubrani, former head of Israel’s mission to Iran; HE Amb. Reuven Merchav, former Director-General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, and several others. Academic Director: Dr. Reuven Pedatzur Jordan & Israel - Cooperation for Peace March 22-23, 2007, Netanya Academic College, Daniel Hotel, Herzelia The second leg of the February 2-3 workshop in Jordan was held at Netanya Academic College and at the Daniel Hotel in Herzelia on March 22-23. At this conference, a number of bilateral issues were discussed between workshop participants. Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) were presented at length by the appropriate representative from Israel’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, by Jordanian businessmen involved in the project, and by a representative of the European Commission delegation, dedicated to this project. In addition, the ’Red-Dead’ project was discussed by the appropriate governmental and academic experts on this topic. Jordanian and Israeli former generals discussed bolstering security cooperation and advancing joint efforts in the war on terror. Another panel discussed cooperation in the field of education, in which panelists presented the various levels of prejudice and acceptance in Jordanian and Israeli education systems. In addition, Jordanian and Israeli leading journalists and media researchers discussed the influence of the media on Jordan-Israel relations, during the panel that dealt with media. The workshop was generously sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Israel Office. Workshop participants included Minister Ze’ev Boim, Minister of Immigrant Absorption; Mr. Hezi Kugler; Director of Ministry of National Infrastructures; HE Ambassador Jacob Rosen; Israel’s Ambassador to Jordan; Dr. Zvi Bar’el; Middle Eastern Affairs Analyst, Haaretz Daily Newspaper; Mr. Emanuele Giaufret; Head of the Political and Economic Section of the Delegation of the European Commission; Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Gilad; Director of the Political Department, Ministry of Defense. Workshop Director: Ms. Aviva Palter At this workshop, Israeli and Jordanian politicians, former generals, and academics examined and discussed economic cooperation between Israel and Jordan. In addition, conference participants discussed a number of related issues including the political conditions for economic cooperation, the various models for attracting investments, the role of 3rd party involvement, and water resource plans. The workshop was held in partnership with General Mansour Abu Rashid’s Amman Center for Peace and Security and with the Council for Peace and Security, headed by Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, and was sponsored by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. At the workshop’s conclusion, the Israeli delegation paid an official visit to HRH Prince Hassan bin Talal, at his palace.
The Impact of 3rd Party Involvement on the Peace Process
January 18, 2007, Netanya At this international conference, heads of delegations of multi-national forces, peace-keeping bodies, and other international organizations discussed the significant security, diplomatic, economic, and humanitarian issues that 3rd party bodies deal with in attempting to promote the Middle East peace process. In addition, participants discussed the challenges they face working in tandem with governmental and non-governmental bodies in the region. Conference participants proposed constructive and applicable solutions for increasing cooperation between the various organizations, stabilizing conflict situations, and implementing policies that create conditions for regional peace. This major international event was the first conference to deal specifically with the role of 3rd parties in advancing the peace process.
Conference participants included Mr. Shimon Peres, Vice Prime Minister; Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Deputy Defense Minister; Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. Security Coordinator; Lt.-Gen. Pietro Pistolese, Delegation Head of EU-BAM; Dr. Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian Negotiator; Mr. Michael Sternberg, Delegation Head of Multi-National Force in Israel, and many other representatives of UN and multi-national organizations. In addition, at this conference, HE Amb. Alon Liel, the former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spoke publicly for the first time of his secret, unofficial negotiations with Syrian representatives regarding a Syrian-Israeli peace agreement, and the "non-paper" that resulted.
Conference organizer: Ms. Aviva Palter
Wastewater Reuse – Risk Assessment, Decision Making, Environmental Security Istanbul, Turkey, October, 2006 This international wastewater reuse advanced research workshop, sponsored in partnership by NATO and the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue, attempted to formulate wastewater reuse policies that are practical, low-risk, and environmentally secure. The research workshop had the following objectives:
Participants in this workshop included Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy, Egypt; Mu’taz Al-Alawi, Jordan; David Alcaide, Spain; Saul Arlosoroff, Israel; Kural Atanazarov, Uzbekistan; Gilad Axelrad, Israel; Alper Baba, Turkey; Kurbangeldi Balliyev, Turkmenistan; Yosef Dreizin, Israel; Nava Haruvy, Israel; Yossi Inbar, Israel; Jobaid Kabir, Texas, USA; Yoav Kislov, Israel; Yehuda Kleiner, Canada; Reuven Pedatzur, Israel; M. Tahir Rashid, Canada; Aly, Raouf, Egypt; Namik M. Rashydov, Ukraine; Ezra Sadan, Israel; Deniz Sanliyuksel, Turkey; Joop De Schutter, The Netherlands; Sarit Shalhevet, MA , USA, Naomi Tsur, Israel, Azamat Tynybekov, Kyrgyzstan, Charsky Vjacheslav, Kyrgyzstan, Paul West, NY USA, Baqar R. Zaidi, PR USA; Mohammed K. Zaidi, ID USA. Workshop co-directors:
View the complete program of the workshop.
While the Lebanon War was still raging, the Center held a round table discussion that included Israel’s top security and academic experts. The event’s participants discussed the strategic relationship between Iran, Syria, and Hezollah, and ways of disrupting this relationship, as well as Israel’s possible military and diplomatic approaches following the war. The round table discussion, whose academic director was Dr. Reuven Pedatzur, included participants such as General (ret.) Danny Rothchild, President of the Council for Peace and Security, former Coordinator of Operations in the Territories; Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, Assistant to the Defense Minister; Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Gilboa, Former Director of Research in the Intelligence Division, IDF; Mr. Dan Meridor, Chairman of the Center, and former Minister of Justice and Finance; Prof. Moshe Maoz, Assistant Director, S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue; Dr. Colonel (ret.) Reuven Erlich, Director of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center; Prof. Eyal Zisser, Director of the Department of Middle East History, Tel Aviv University. Round Table Director: Ms. Aviva Palter
The Challenges of Hamas This conference represented an historic gathering of Israeli, Jordanian, Palestinian and American academics, economic and security experts, and former political leaders to discuss the ramifications and challenges of the election of Hamas to the Palestinian Authority parliament. The conference represented the first organized discussion in the State of Israel to address this pressing issue, just over a month after the Hamas government was sworn in. The conference, whose Academic Director was Dr. Reuven Pedatzur of Netanya Academic College, included some of the region’s most important statesmen, security personnel, economists, and academics, including Mr. Shimon Peres, former Israeli Prime Minister; Mr. Ziad Abu Zayyad, former Minister in the Palestinian Authority; Dr. Gad Shifron, former Chief Economist, Bank Leumi; Mr. Ehud Yaari, journalist; Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Baruch Spiegel, Assistant to the Defense Minister; General Mansour Abu Rashid, chairman of ACPD Center, Jordan, and more. Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter Peace – Dream of Vision: A decade since the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
November, 2005, Netanya Organized in partnership with the Yitzhak Rabin Center, this conference perpetuated and honored the memory of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was so tragically assassinated in 1995. An international undertaking, the event took place in November 2005 to correspond with the ten-year anniversary of his assassination. The historic gathering included world leaders from four continents who were connected to the peace efforts of Yitzhak Rabin.
The conference included some of the world’s most important statesmen, and academics who worked closely with Rabin, including Dr. Abdel Salam Majali, Former Prime Minister of Jordan; Ambassador Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel; Mr. Lionel Jospin, Former Prime Minister of France; Mr. Shimon Peres, former Israeli Prime Minister, and more. Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter View a photo album of the conference. View CVs and biographical information of the speakers at the conference.
Multinuclear Middle East: Iran, the Bomb, and Israel This international conference brought together academic, government, and security experts to analyze the various aspects of Iranian nuclear policy, including, the ideology directing the country’s leaders, attempts by the international community to put an end to Iran’s nuclear plans, and the Israeli policy in dealing with this challenge. The conference, whose Academic Director was Dr. Reuven Pedatzur of Netanya Academic College, included some of the region’s most respected academics and security personnel, including Dr. Efraim Kam, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies; Dr. Avner Cohen, author of "Israel and the Bomb"; Maj.-Gen (ret.) Prof. Yitzhak Ben Israel, Head of Security Studies, Tel Aviv University; Maj.-Gen (ret.) Danny Yatom, former Director of the Mossad, and more. Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter View the publication summarizing the Round Table discussion that followed the conference (Publication in Hebrew). Listen to an interview with former Iranian Science Minister, Dr. Manouchehr Ganji.
What Went Wrong? This international conference in Sevilla, Spain delved into the reasons for which greater progress toward a comprehensive Middle East Peace agreement has not been achieved. At this conference, two dozen experts the Middle East, Europe and the United States analyzed the flaws of the Oslo Accords, the relevant parties’ commitment to the two-state solution, and ways that various national interests compromised peace. The conference included Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Spanish Foreign Minister; Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and former candidate for the Palestinian Presidency; Gen. (ret.) Shlomo Gazit, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University; Riad Malki, Director General of Panorama (a Center for the Dissemination of Democracy and Community Development); Prof. Uzi Arad, Founding Head of the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the Lauder School of Government, and more. Conference Director: Prof. Joseph Ginat
How to Rebuild Trust between Israeli and Palestinians This conference, organized in partnership with the Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East of the University of Denver and the University of Oklahoma’s International Programs Center, gathered together three dozen distinguished scholars and statesmen to address the issue of trust-building between the relevant parties. Several participants endorsed the quest for reaching a hudna and promoted people-to-people meetings and exchanges as a means toward reaching a cease-fire agreement and establishing conditions for implementing a peace treaty. Participants included figures such as Prof. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and Senior Fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institute; Prof. Moshe Maoz, Netanya Acadeic College; Ambassador Edward J. Perkins, The William J. Crowe Chair Professor of Geopolitics and Executive Director of the International Programs Center, University of Oklahoma; Maj.-Gen (ret.) Danny Yatom, former Director of the Mossad; Ambassador Adel El Adawi, and more. Conference Director: Prof. Joseph Ginat
Europe and the Middle East: From a Problematic Dialogue Toward a Better Future This international conference, held in conjunction with the MedBridge Strategy Centre provided a venue for panels comprised of European and Middle Eastern delegates to examine the misconceptions and misunderstandings between Europe and the Middle East, and tried to identify common ground for dialogue and cooperation. Panels at the conference attempted to pose solutions by closing psychological, cultural, political, and social gaps between the two regions. View a video clip of the conference.
Palestinians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Israelis: Linkage, Cooperation or an Economic Severance The conference included some of the region’s most significant statesmen and academics including, Mr. Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel; Dr. Munthur Haddadin, former Minister of Water, Jordan; Maj.-Gen (ret.) Danny Yatom, former Director of the Mossad; Prof. Moshe Maoz, Netanya Academic College; Ambassador Adel El Adawi; Dr. Shaul Arlosoroff, Director of the Board, National Water Corporation, Israel; Mr. Danny Rubenstien, journalist, Haaretz daily newspaper, and more . Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter
Cyprus - The Day After This mediation and fact-finding delegation from the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue met with both Turkish and Greek political leaders in an attempt to learn first hand of the disputes between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, and to establish the feasibility of implementation of the resolution plan proposed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan . Following the fact-finding mission the Center held a round table discussion in Nicosia, Cyprus that brought together representatives of the Greek and Turkish communities for detailed discussions centering on the Annan Plan . Delegation and Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter View a fact sheet summarizing the delegation and round table discussion.
After the Iraq War, Prior to the Road Map – Chances and Risks This international conference, chaired by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former South African President F. W. De Klerk, explored opportunities for advancing the stalled Middle East peace process by taking advantage of the possibilities presented by the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime and by Israeli and Palestinian acceptance of the Road Map to Middle East peace . The conference included an impressive cast of the world’s leading statesmen including, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union; Mr. F. W. De Klerk, former President of South Africa; Mr. Abdurrachman Wahid, former President of Indonesia; Mr. Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel, and more . Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter View a video clip of the conference.
The International Conference on Global Terrorism – If this is World War III How Do We Win? This international conference, attended by some 200 international security experts, former heads of state and academics from 28 countries, was the first time that terror had been faced as a global threat. The purpose of the conference was to present novel initiatives to the growing threat of international terrorism, while attempting to influence policy-makers worldwide . The conference included some of the world’s most influential statesmen and security personnel, including, Mr. Abdurrachman Wahid, former President of Indonesia; Mr. Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel; Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Sweden; James Woolsey, former director of the CIA; Louis Freeh, former Director of the FBI . Conference Director: Ms. Aviva Palter |
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