Fourth Herzliya Conference

The Fourth Herzliya Conference took place on 16-18 December 2003.The Fourth Annual Herzliya Conference, herzliyaconference.org, accessed 7 December 2012.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced his unilateral disengagement plan during his speech to the conference.Address by PM Ariel Sharon at the Fourth Herzliya Conference - Dec 18- 2003, Israel Foreign Ministry, 18 December 2003.
==Program==
===Tuesday, December 16, 2003=== 
08:00 Opening 
*Dr. Uzi Arad, Head, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 
*Ms. Yael German, Mayor of Herzliya 
 
*Prof. Abraham (Rami) Friedman, Dean, The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 
 
The National Scoreboard 
International and time-series comparison of Israel’s standing in the economic, social, and political spheres; 
Comparative in-depth surveys of Israeli society; 
Overall strategic assessment of Israel's situation. 
 
“The Herzliya Indices”, Task Force Report 
*Prof. Rafi Melnick, Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 
“The Haifa Indices”, Task Force Report
*Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa 
“The National Security Council Indices”, Task Force Report 
*Col.(res.) Dr. Reuven Gal, Deputy Head, National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office 
“The Changing Strategic Landscape”
*Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, Head-Designate of the National Security Council, Prime Minister’s Office 
 
DEFENSE CHALLENGES 
The Palestinian-Israeli Impasse: Alternative Options and Approaching Decisions
Review and assessment of the state of warfare against terror; 
Regional processes and their impact on the Palestinian-Israeli issue; 
Alternative diplomatic and political options; 
The future of Palestinian leadership. 
*Chair: Mr. Ehud Olmert, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade, Labor and Communication. 
“There is Life After Terror”
*Mr. Avi Dichter, Head, Israel Security Agency, (Shin Bet) 
“Alternative Options for Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute” (English) 
*Prof. Steven L. Spiegel, Burkle Institute for International Relations, UCLA 
*Discussant: Dr. Shmuel Bar, Institute for Policy and Strategy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. 
“IDF: The Military Posture and the New Defense Doctrine” 
*Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon, Chief of General Staff, IDF 
 
The Iranian Challenge 
Iran’s nuclear program and its effort to acquire military nuclear capability; 
International and US approaches to the Iranian nuclear program; 
Regime stability and political undercurrents in Iran. 
*Chair: MK Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Ephraim Sneh, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and Chair, Subcommittee for Defense and Security Doctrine.
“Heading Off an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Capability”
*Mr. Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) 
“Putting More Muscle into the International Effort to Stop an Iranian Nuclear Bomb”, 
*Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy 
“How to Liberate Iran” 
*Dr. Michael Ledeen, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) 
Discussants: 
*Mr. Gideon Frank, Director General, Israel Atomic Energy Commission. 
*Ms. Therese Delpech, Center for International Studies and Research (CERI).
 
13:30 Lunch 
“Main Issues in Israel's Defense Doctrine” 
*Lt. Gen. (res.) Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defense 
 
Force Structure and the New Defense Posture 
v New look into force structure planning; 
v Budgetary constraints and IDF’s missions in the evolving strategic landscape;
v Possibilities and trends in Israel’s military force structure in face of technological innovation and the lessons of the War in Iraq. 
*Chair: MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Chair, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Transcript 
“Joint Force Building” (English)
*Gen. (ret.) Jim Jamerson, Vice President for Middle East and Africa, Lockheed Martin Corporation 
“The Defense Budget and Force Structure”, Task Force Report 
*Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Ben-Eliahu, CEO & Founder, Sentry Israel.
*MK Maj. Gen. (res.) Matan Vilnai. Transcript (Hebrew) 
“Approaches to Force Structure Planning”
*Maj. Gen. Dan Haloutz, Commander-in-Chief of the Israel Air Force 
Discussants: 
*Rear Adm. (ret.) John F. “Dugan” Shipway, Vice President of General Dynamics and President of Bath Iron Works.
*Mr. Carl Benner, Maritime Systems and Sensors, Lockheed Marint Corp.
Discussion 
 
A Reserve System for the Future IDF 
v Alternative options for the future structure of IDF reserves; 
v Military, economic, and social implications. 
*Chair: MK Haim Ramon, Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee and Chair, Subcommittee for Manpower 
 
“Positioning the Reserve Service in an Up-to-Date Defense Doctrine” (Hebrew) 
*Maj. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Deputy Chief of General Staff, IDF 
“IDF Reserve Corps – Enduring Realities”
*Maj. Gen. (res.) Gideon Sheffer, Vice President, Elbit Systems 
“IDF Reserve System and Israeli Society – Trends, Reforms, and Necessary Measures” 
*Brig. Gen. Dr. Ariel Heiman, Chief Reserve Officer, IDF and Ministry of Defense 
“Structural and Societal Implications of the IDF Reserve Corps Reform” 
*Prof. Stuart Cohen, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), Bar-Ilan University 
“The IDF Reserve Corps and the Israeli Society: Will New Reforms Exacerbate the Problem ?” 
*Dr. Yagil Levi, Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication, The Open University of Israel 
 
The Prospects for Israel’s Defense Industries 
v The role of the defense industries as a component of force structure and as a building bloc for economic, technological, and educational growth;
v The defense industries’ ratio between investment and exports; 
v Preserving the qualitative edge of the defense industries at a time of budgetary cutbacks. 
*Chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yaron, Director-General, Ministry of Defense 
“The National Role of the Defense Industries”, Task Force Report 
*Mr. Moshe Keret, CEO, Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI). 
*Mr. Nir Gilad, Former Accountant General, Ministry of Finance. 
*Dr. Yacov Sheinin, CEO, Economic Models. 
 
“The National Contribution of Israel’s Defense Industries”
*Mr. Eliezer Sandberg, Minister of Science and Technology 
Discussants: 
*Mr. Joseph Ackerman, President and Chairman of the Board, Elbit Systems. 
*Mr. Giora Shalgi, Director-General, Israel Armament Development Authority (Rafael).
Discussion 
 
20:00 Dinner session 
 
*Chair: Mr. Shabtai Shavit 
“Ben-Gurion and His Legacy” ( 
*Mr. Shimon Peres, Former Prime Minister 
The Mood in the US Toward Israel
*Prof. Herbert I. London, President, Hudson InstituteProgram, The 4th Conference, 2003, accessed 7 June 2012.
==External resources==
*	Address by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Fourth Herzliya Conference, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18 December 2003.
*Gideon Alon and Aluf Benn, Netanyahu: Israel's Arabs are the real demographic threat, Haaretz, 18 December 2003.
*Ewen MacAskill, Conal Urquhart and Julian Borger, Sharon: act now or we go it alone, The Guardian, 19 December 2003.
==Notes==
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