Photography: Ronen Topelberg
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INSS Annual Conference: Opening remarks
Speakers:
Sir Frank Lowy, Chairman of the Board of Directors, INSS
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS
Panel | Hostages, Evacuees, and People Under Fire: The Civilian Front Becomes the Combat Front
Host:
Attila Somfalvi, Political Reporter and Commentator
Participants:
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yoel Strick, Former Chief of Ground Forces, Northern Command and Home-Front Command
Moshe Davidovitz, Head of Matte Asher Regional Council and Chairman of Northern Conflict Zone Forum
Col. (res.) Nira Shpak, Former Knesset Member, resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
Elad Kalimi, Deputy Mayor of Sderot
Panel | Catch-24: The Control of the Gaza Strip After the War
Host:
Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel, Senior Researcher, INSS
Participants:
Dr. Ronit Marzan, Researcher of Palestinian society and politics
Yohanan Tzoreff, Senior Researcher, INSS
Colonel (Ret) Dr. Shaul Arieli, Former Gaza Brigade and Head of the Negotiation Directorate, Head of the 'Tamror' research group at Reichman University
Interview with the Former Head of the Israel Security Agency
Host:
Interview with the Former Head of the Israel Security Agency
Interviewee:
The interview with Nadav Argaman, Former Head of the Israel Security Agency
Panel | Red Flag: The Maritime Challenges for Security and Trade
Host:
Dr. Yoel Guzansky, Senior Researcher, INSS, Non-Resident scholar, Middle East Institute, D.C
Participants:
"RAdm (res.) Yuval Eylon, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Head of Naval Intelligence, Navy
Galit Cohen, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Director General of the Ministry of Environmental Protection"
The INSS Award Ceremony
Panel | Changes in the Perception of National Security Following October 7
Host:
Dr. Yaron Schneider, Researcher, INSS
Participants:
Ofer Shelah, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Knesset Member
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon HaCohen, Former Commander of the Matachli Brigade, Researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
Aliza Bin Noun, Political Director, MFA
Maj. Gen. (res.) Israel Ziv, Former Head of the Operations Division, IDF
Interview with Israel’s Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid
Host:
Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Head of International Law Department of the Military Advocate General
Interviewee:
Interview with Israel’s Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid
The American Initiative
Host:
Ofer Shelah, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Knesset Member
Interviewee:
Tzipi Livni, Former Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Justice Minister
Panel | Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas: The First Multi-Front War?
Host:
Sima Shine, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Head of the Research & Evaluation Division of the Mossad
Participants:
Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead, Executive Director of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at Reichman University
Tamir Pardo, Former Director of the Mossad
Orna Mizrahi, Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Deputy National Security Adviser for Foreign Policy
Prof. Meir Litvak, Director, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University
The Return of the US to the ME? Interview with Former Director of the CIA
Host:
The Return of the US to the ME? Interview with Former Director of the CIA
Interviewee:
The interview with General David H. Petraeus, Former Director of the CIA, Partner in KKR, and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute
Panel | On the Ground: The Voices of Reservists
Host:
Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Ariel Heimann, Senior Researcher, INSS, and Former Chief Reserve Officer, IDF
Participants:
Serg. Maj. (res.) Yonat Daskel Dagan, Combat Paramedic, The Hashem Battalion, the Nahal Brigade
Lt. Col. (res.) Meir Karmi, 71st Battalion, 55th Brigade
פודקאסט עם AWZ בכנס הבינלאומי השנתי של המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי (INSS)
ד"ר ירון שניידר, חוקר במכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי (INSS) מראיין את ירון אשכנזי, מייסד ושותף מנהל של קבוצת ההשקעות הקנדית-ישראלית AWZ
פודקאסט עם איגוד הגז בכנס הבינלאומי השנתי של המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי (INSS)
ד"ר אופיר וינטר, חוקר בכיר במכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי (INSS) מראיין את אמיר פוסטר, מנכ"ל איגוד הגז הטבעי בישראל ויו"ר ועדת האסטרטגיה באיגוד הגז הבינלאומי
פודקאסט עם התעשיה האווירית בכנס הבינלאומי השנתי של המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי (INSS)
ד"ר לירן ענתבי, חוקרת בכירה במכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי (INSS) מראיינת את אל"מ (במיל') עמוס הכהן, ראש מנהל יבשה בתעשיה האווירית
The conference will take place at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, entrance for pre-registered guests only. The conference will be broadcast live on Kan 11 Digital, and on the INSS website.
About the conference
The INSS 17th Annual International Conference will be held on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv. This year the conference agenda will be shaped by Israel’s war with Hamas and other regional conflicts.
Many contend that the State of Israel is now weathering the most difficult and complex period it has known since its establishment, both on social and political levels. The massacre of October 7 by Hamas generated profound concerns and essential questions in Israel regarding security strategy in face of the growing threats and the war that is expected to continue for some time. These questions are compounded by their emergence in the immediate aftermath of the social protests that marked the previous nine months, and raised numerous security, economic, and social challenges, all of which demand serious examination and strategic debate.
As in previous years, the Annual Conference provides an opportunity for senior figures from Israel, including ministers and other government officials, Members of Knesset, heads of the security establishment, policymakers, strategists, and academics to meet with ambassadors, senior political and military officials, policymakers, and influential figures from abroad. Together they will discuss the leading issues on Israel’s national security agenda during this difficult and challenging period.
Agenda
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Participation
Hosted by INSS
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Sir Frank Lowy
Chairman of the Board of Directors, INSS
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Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman
Managing Director, INSS, Former Head of Military Intelligence Directorate, IDF
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Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg
Executive Director of INSS
Speakers
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Nadav Argaman
Former Head of the Israel Security Agency
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Lt. Gen. (res.) Minister Gadi Eisenkot
21st Chief of Staff of the IDF, Minister in the War Cabinet
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Photo By: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon HaCohen
Former Commander of the Matachli Brigade, Researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
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Photo By: Gilad Kvalarchik
Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilead
Executive Director of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at Reichman University
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Orna Mizrahi
Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Deputy National Security Adviser for Foreign Policy
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Photo By: Sharon Gabay
Prof. Mona Khoury
Vice President of the Hebrew University of Strategy and Diversity
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RAdm (res.) Yuval Eylon
Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Head of Naval Intelligence, Navy
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Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Meir Elran
Senior Researcher, INSS
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Lt. Col. (res.) Shahar Eilam
Senior Researcher, INSS
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Lt. Col. (res.) Meir Karmi
71st Battalion, 55th Brigade
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Ben Yerushalmi
Head Of Conferences, Events and Media Relations Associate, INSS
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Tamir Pardo
Former Director of the Mossad
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Yair Lapid
Leader of the Opposition and Former Prime Minister
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Ofer Shelah
Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Knesset Member
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Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yoel Strick
Former Chief of Ground Forces, Northern Command and Home-Front Command
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Photo By: Noam Galay
Shira Ruderman
Executive Director of the Ruderman Family Foundation
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Amnon Beeri-Sulitzeanu
Co-CEO, The Abraham Initiatives
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Prof. Meir Litvak
Director, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University
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Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel
Senior Researcher, INSS
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Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman
Senior Researcher, INSS
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Mora Deitch
Researcher, INSS
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Adi Kantor
Researcher, INSS
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Jacob J. Lew
US.Ambassador to Israel
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Photo By: Knesset Spokesperson
Lt. Col. (res.) Knesset Member Moshe (Kinley) Tur-paz
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Chairman of the Reservists Lobby, and Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
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Aliza Bin Noun
Political Director, MFA
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Col. (res.) Nira Shpak
Former Knesset Member, resident of Kibbutz Kfar Aza
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Photo By: Adi Orni
Eylon Levy
Spokesman for the National Information for Foreign Media
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Ruth Cohen-Dar
Director of Department for Combating Antisemitism and Holocaust Remembrance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
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Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Ariel Heimann
Senior Researcher, INSS, and Former Chief Reserve Officer, IDF
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Dr. Carmit Valensi
Senior Researcher, INSS
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Photo By: Micah Brickman
Dr. Ronit Marzan
Researcher of Palestinian society and politics
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Dr. Yaron Schneider
Researcher, INSS
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Dr. Tammy Caner
Researcher, INSS
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General David H. Petraeus
Former Director of the CIA, Partner in KKR, and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute
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Knesset Member Mansour Abbas
Head of Ra'am Party
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Tzipi Livni
Former Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Justice Minister
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Sima Shine
Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Head of the Research & Evaluation Division of the Mossad
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Prof. Itamar Rabinovich
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US and Former President of Tel Aviv University
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Alon Davidi
Mayor of Sderot, Deputy Chairman of the Local Government Center
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Galit Cohen
Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Director General of the Ministry of Environmental Protection
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Dr. Yoel Guzansky
Senior Researcher, INSS, Non-Resident scholar, Middle East Institute, D.C.
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Yohanan Tzoreff
Senior Researcher, INSS
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Photo By: Robbie Castro
Roy Sharon
Senior Defense Correspondent, Kan 11
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Photo By : Police Spokesperson
Yaacov Shabtay
Inspector General Israel Police Commisioner
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Brig. Gen. Benny Ben Ari
Chief Reserve Officer, IDF
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Photo By: Guy Hamoi
Maj. Gen. (res.) Israel Ziv
Former Head of the Operations Division, IDF
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Moshe Davidovitz
Head of Matte Asher Regional Council and Chairman of Northern Conflict Zone Forum
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Colonel (Ret) Dr. Shaul Arieli
Former Gaza Brigade and Head of the Negotiation Directorate, Head of the 'Tamror' research group at Reichman University
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Elad Kalimi
Deputy Mayor of Sderot
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Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch
Senior Researcher, INSS, Former Head of International Law Department of the Military Advocate General
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Prof. Keren Yarhi-Milo
Dean of the School of Internatinal and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University
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Attila Somfalvi
Political Reporter and Commentator
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Serg. Maj. (res.) Yonat Daskel Dagan
Combat Paramedic, The Hashem Battalion, the Nahal Brigade
On a personal note
The war in Gaza obligates all of us to engage in serious soul searching and take stock of our actions. This is certainly true for the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), as the war has shaken one of the foundations of our existence in Israel, namely, security. It will likely take some time for the State of Israel to succeed in restoring its sense of security as well as its actual security, and to construct a new security concept that will guarantee our strength in the future.
Consequently, we deliberated whether and how it would be appropriate to hold the INSS Annual Conference, which over the past 17 years has become a venue for meetings and fruitful debates among political decision makers, heads of the security establishment, diplomats, strategists, and policy experts from Israel and abroad about issues that lie at the heart of Israel’s national security agenda. We feel that precisely at a time like this, there is an acute need to probe the many issues that the war has brought to the fore, and in an open debate attempt to glean insights that will help build sound security, political, and societal policies for the future. Therefore, we decided to hold the conference on March 7, 2024, exactly five months after the start of the war, in the hope that by then we may have a better perspective on what happened, on the developments that took place since, and the necessary steps for the future.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference, and invite you to be a partner in this important analytical process.
Best wishes,
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg
Executive Director, INSS
Partners
Publication
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Conference Broadcast
The conference will take place at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, and entrance for pre-registered guests only.
The conference will be broadcast live on Kan 11 Digital, and on the INSS website.
צילום אביעד בר נס
Public Transport:
Dan: 7, 13, 24, 25, 45, 127
Egged: 126, 171, 270, 271
Afikim: 121
Kavim: 94 Nativ Express: 604
Railways: Tel Aviv University Station
Parking:
Paid parking next to the museum
Parking fee: 25 ₪ / People with disabilities (with ID) park for free
Benny Moran Program Management and Productions Ltd
2 Hanshut St. Tel Aviv (Habarzel 24, entrance C, 1st floor)