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THE 13 TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM World Summit on Counter-Terrorism: With the Support of Keren Daniel Terrorism’s Global Impact It takes a network to beat a network,” said Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder chair for Counter-Terrorism, depuM dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy “ & Strategy, and founder and executive director, the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel, speaking at the opening of the th Annual Conference on Global Terrorism. Dr. Ganor described how ICT’s world summit on counter- terrorism provides a dynamic platform for over leading experts and decision-makers to network, establish essential cooperation and exchange views on the challenges faced by counter-terrorism oZcials. Scheduled to coincide with and commemorate the / terrorist a]acks on America, the conference has received worldwide acclaim since its inception. 40 // IDC WINTER 2014 Special Feature: th Annual ICT Conferencee rof. Uriel Reichman , founder and presi- the IDF’s military capa bility.” MK Dr. Yuval Pdent of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Steinitz, Ministry of International Relations, Let us remember the innocent Herzliya, proudly told participants in his Intelligence and Strategic A$airs, said Israel was civilians murdered by welcoming address that this year’s conference not involved in the chaos in Syria, but if Israel marked !" years of IDC Herzliya. He said that was dragged into the con&ict, it would respond suicide bombers who did not IDC Herzliya has brought a revolution to edu- “with a strong hand, and an outstretched arm,” distinguish between civilians of cation in Israel, as it is the #rst private academ- a reference to the biblical phrase. Israel. All in the name of Allah. ic institute and trains the future leadership of Israel. Prof. Reichman spoke of the dark days %e conference’s initial two days, held at the - Prof. Uriel Reichman, founder and president, the of the Second Intifada, when terrorist attacks Herzliya Center for Performing Arts, was devot- Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel occurred in Israel on a regular basis. He recalled ed to keynote lectures during the plenary ses- the !""! suicide bombing of the Park Hotel in sions, moderated by Mr. Jonathan Davis , vice Netanya, in which the parents and grandpar- president for External Relations and head of the ents of Shirley Fried , an IDC Herzliya student Raphael Recanati International School, IDC at that time, were tragically killed. Reichman Herzliya. %e last two days of the conference, explained that the intifada brought about the held at IDC Herzliya, included *+ dynamic inter- feeling that Israel had no partner in peace, not- active workshops featuring expert panelists from ing that Israel still faces a “non-stop war” and approximately !" countries. Finally, the confer- that the surrounding region is #lled with vio- ence concluded with a memorial service held lence. However, he said that despite the atroci- at IDC Herzliya on the evening of September ties, we must believe in a di$erent solution, one **, !"*/, for the victims of 0/** and of terrorism of negotiations, as terrorism only brings about worldwide. - human su$ering. Dr. Boaz Ganor, Ronald S. Lauder chair for (l to r) Maj. Gen. (Res.) Aharon Zeevi Farkash, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon, minister of Counter-Terrorism, deputy dean, Lauder School of former head, Military Intelligence Directorate, Defense, Israel, said in his keynote speech about Government, Diplomacy & Strategy, and founder Israel, with MK Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Ministry of Syria, “We are preparing for the consequences and executive director, the International Institute International Relations, Intelligence and Strategic of American action or inaction,” declaring that, for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), the Interdisciplinary A!airs, Israel. “there will be consequences for us no matter the Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel decision.” %is year’s conference took place as the Israeli government was entering new peace talks with the Palestinians, and therefore according to Unless red lines that Reichman, it is imperative that we “not forget we set are crossed….The the blessed memory of those who lost their lives to terrorism.” It was also a great honor that Lt. Syrian regime knows that those Gen. (Ret.) MK Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon , min- who challenge us will meet ister of Defense, took the time, under the cir- the IDF’s military capabiliF.” cumstances, to deliver the keynote address at the welcoming ceremony. “We are preparing for - Lt. Gen. (Ret.) MK Moshe Bogie Yaalon, minister the consequences of American action or inac- of Defense, Israel tion,” he declared, continuing: “there will be (l to r) Prof. Uriel Reichman, founder and consequences for us no matter the decision.” He president, IDC Herzliya, Israel, with Hava and said that Israel would not intervene “unless red Shimon Topor, longtime friends and supporters of lines that we set are crossed….%e Syrian regime IDC Herzliya. knows that those who challenge us will meet IDC WINTER 2014 // 41 Special Feature: th Annual ICT Conference Sharing Expertise, Knowledge and Common Goals (l to r) Plenary session moderated by Mr. Jonathan Davis, vice president for External Relations & head of the Raphael Recanati International School, IDC Herzliya. Expert panelists included MK Yaakov Peri, minister of Science and Technology & former director of the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), Israel; Mr. IvanKoedjikov, Counterterrorism coordinator & head of Action against Crime Department, Council of Europe; Prof. William Banks, founding director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT), Syracuse University, United States of America; Dr. Qanta Ahmed, associate professor of Medicine, State University of New York, and Templeton-Cambridge Journalism fellow in Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, United States of America; and Major Dr. Bryan Price, executive director, Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy, West Point, United States of America. his year’s world summit illustrated an Tunderlying need for widening the coun- I refuse to give up Islam to the Islamists.” ter-terror professional network in order - Dr. Qanta Ahmed, associate professor of Medicine, State University of New York, and to reinforce the counter-terrorist operational Templeton-Cambridge Journalism fellow in Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, methods in an increasingly uncertain and radi- United States of America calized world. Amongst the acclaimed speakers was Dr. Qanta Ahmed , associate professor of Medicine, State University of New York, and Templeton-Cambridge Journalism fellow in is taking Muslims everywhere far longer to rec- defeat terrorism, we cannot cure an incurable Science and Religion, University of Cambridge, ognize the consuming threat emerging from disease, but we can combat it more e$ective- United States of America, who fervently said: “I among them. From recent tensions in Turkey to ly.” He cited the recent example of the Boston refuse to give up Islam to the Islamists.” Ahmed the bloodshed in Egypt and Syria, it is the under- Bombing attacks, noting failures found in the began her speech during the plenary session, lying struggle marking Islamist forces against lack of collaboration between the authorities. He quoting an Islamist poem: “%e mosques are secularists as well as Sunnis against Shias that suggested that if an holistic approach would have our barracks; the minarets our bayonets; the is fueling the #re. Ahmed said, “Make no mis- existed, perhaps the attack might never have domes are our helms, the believers are our sol- take, this con&ict within Islam is originated by reached fruition. As Dr. Boaz Ganor remarked, diers.” She said that although this sounds like Muslims, is being waged by Muslims, and the international cooperation is the key to the coun- something out of the Al-Qaeda handbook, it vast majority of its victims are Muslims. %ese ter-terrorism puzzle since, “Not all the agencies was in fact an in&ammatory speech, read out con&icts are deepening the abyss between major have all the parts.” %erefore, by disseminating loud by the then-mayor of Istanbul in *002. He sects in Islam. Unless we confront Islamism or knowledge, counter-terrorist professionals will was ejected from o3ce and sentenced to jail by unless we castrate it, we will only see a region have greater potential to coordinate all parts of the Ankara High Court. However, today, that with pseudo-democracies.” the puzzle and prevent attacks. %is was demon- mayor, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is prime minister strated by both speakers and participants from of Turkey, a country with which Israel once had a Major Dr. Bryan Price , executive director, over 4" countries, comprised of: current and for- strong strategic alliance. Ahmed explained that Combating Terrorism Center, United States mer ministers, members of parliaments, heads Erdogan has slowly but relentlessly pushed secu- Military Academy, West Point, United States of of security agencies and police departments, lar Turkey, a member of NATO, towards a radi- America, presented a fascinating study during #rst responders, leading academics, professional cal Islamist future. She noted that whilst Israel the plenary sessions, in which he compared the experts in the #eld of counter-terrorism, jurists, has long led the world in knowledge of Islamist holistic approach to treating cancer to that of businesspeople
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