SECURITY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME SUNDAY MARCH 6TH 2016 9:15AM – 4:30PM

YACHAD AND THE NEW FUND ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR GROUND-BREAKING SECURITY CONFERENCE

The centrality of Israel’s security influences Whilst security often dominates discussions virtually all aspects of daily life in Israel, and about Israel, rarely do we have the opportunity preoccupies those of us in Diaspora Jewish to look in depth at a wide variety of these communities who care deeply for Israel’s future. issues. The Yachad – New Israel Fund Security Yachad and the New Israel Fund are committed Conference will share insights from an array of to building a safe and secure Israel and to veteran security experts alongside fresh new advancing democracy and equality for all its voices from Israeli grassroots movements. citizens, based on the vision of Israel’s founders. Together they will unpack core challenges and National security, reinforced by social cohesion, share their vision for a safe and secure future is at the core of this vision. for Israel.

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9:15AM – 9:45AM 11:10AM – 12:10PM 3. SETTLEMENTS: HOW SIGNIFICANT 1PM-2PM WELCOME, COFFEE AND REGISTRATION BREAKOUT SESSION 1: ISRAEL’S IS THEIR IMPACT? BREAKOUT SESSION 2: HUMAN SECURITY GEOGRAPHICAL FLASHPOINTS: ROOM: PORTLAND SUITE AND THE COST OF THE CURRENT APPROACH CORE SECURITY ISSUES To what extent is the settlement enterprise in 9:45AM – 9:50AM the harming Israel’s security? Given This series of breakout sessions will explore INTRODUCTION TO THE DAY This series of breakout sessions will look in the reality of the settlement infrastructure, to what impact the status quo has on Israel’s ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM detail at specific challenges to Israel’s security what extent is the ‘land-for-peace’ formula still security in multiple spheres. that exist in contentious or volatile geographical viable, and if it is not, are there other options 1. NATIONAL SECURITY, SOCIAL COHESION areas. that are able to provide Israel with long- 9:50AM-10:20AM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE term security? In the absence of a political OPEN PLENARY PART 1: ROOM: PORTLAND SUITE 1.THE PALESTINIAN PARTNER IN GAZA & agreement what are the possibilities for CORE SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING THE WEST BANK minimising the security risk settlements pose To what extent are issues of social cohesion and ISRAEL TODAY ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM to Israel and the security risks posed to their social justice impacted by national security, and ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM residents? vice versa? Could concerns amongst the Israeli This session will look in depth at the dynamic of What are the core challenges to Israel’s security? Is public regarding internal tensions, growing Palestinian politics in Gaza and the West Bank. Chair: Gideon Smith Israel less or more secure in the current mode of economic gaps and budget allocations precipitate Who forms the leadership, is there a partner • Gadi Zohar “conflict management” as opposed to moving into a challenge to the status quo in relation to with whom Israel can forge a deal, and given the • Talia Sasson a framework of conflict resolution? national security, or are social and security current violence, how much support is there on concerns independent of each other? Chair: Jonathan Freedland the Palestinian street for advancing security for all? • Talia Sasson 4. : THE KEY TO Chair: Noa Landau Chair: Barak Ravid • Eyal Ben Reuven RESTORING SECURITY? • Anat Heffetz • Matti Steinberg • Aziz Abu Sarah ROOM: WHITTINGTON B • Eyal Ben Reuven • Ashraf Al-Ajrami • Danny Seidemann • Mickey Gitzin • Israela Oron The situation in Jerusalem over the past 12 months has been extremely volatile. How crucial is a political agreement on Jerusalem 2. THE MORAL COST 10:20AM-11:00AM 2. REGIONAL BORDERS: EGYPT, JORDAN, for Israel’s long-term security, and how are ROOM: WHITTINGTON B OPEN PLENARY PART 2: SECURITY AND PEACE LEBANON, SYRIA AND BEYOND developments on the ground, particularly - MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE? ROOM: WHITTINGTON A in relation to Temple Mount/Al Aqsa, To what extent are human rights, Jewish values ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM affecting the chances of reaching such an and morality comprised by the status quo? What The Middle East is in a state of flux with several agreement? What is the current situation impact does this have on Israel’s security and its countries bordering Israel in major upheaval, Why are security and peace considered to in and to what extent are Jewish and Democratic nature? and others such as Jordan in a state of civil be mutually exclusive within much of Israeli religious and socio-economic issues fuelling unrest. In this context can Israel’s security Chair: Clive Sheldon society? Our speakers will examine conceptions instability in the city? of peace and security in the political arena and the be guaranteed, and what role could regional • Gadi Zohar media and consider the role of the psychology of initiatives such as the proposed Arab Peace Chair: Noa Landau • Talia Sasson fear in establishing this dichotomy. Initiative play in advancing Israel’s security? • Danny Seidemann • Anat Saragusti • Aziz Abu Sarah Chair: Jonathan Freedland Chair: Sara Hirschhorn • Anat Saragusti • Eyal Ben Reuven • Ashraf Al-Ajrami • Nicolas Pelham • Barak Ravid • Nimrod Goren 12:15PM-1:00PM • Gadi Zohar LUNCH ROOM: WHITTINGTON SUITE

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3. ISRAEL’S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 2.10PM:-3:10PM 3. ”DVARIM SHEROIM MIKAN”: WHAT 3:10PM-3:30PM ROOM: WHITTINGTON A BREAKOUT SESSION 3: EMERGING VOICES ROLE CAN THE GROWING ISRAELI COFFEE BREAK

DIASPORA PLAY IN ADVANCING Israel’s relationship with its allies has shown ISRAEL’S SECURITY? signs of strain over the past few years. How This series of breakout sessions will explore ROOM: PORTLAND SUITE does the status quo affect Israel’s standing 3:30PM-4:30PM what role new and emerging voices play in in the world and what potential impact does CLOSING PLENARY: IF YOU WILL IT, IT IS relation to security, and the potential they have this have on its security? NO DREAM: POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A to create – for good or bad – a paradigm shift in SECURE FUTURE Chair: Simon Johnson the region. ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM • Nimrod Goren The members of Israel’s growing diaspora • Barak Ravid often find themselves caught between To close the day we’re asking five of our 1. RADICAL VOICES: RADICAL ISLAM AND the BDS and “hasbara” discourses which experts to tell us what, if they were prime JEWISH RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM surround them, and alienated by a discourse minister, their vision for a safe and secure 4. THE ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM back home which questions the legitimacy Israel would look like.

ROOM: MAIN AUDITORIUM of their viewpoint and of international Recent years have witnessed a development of Chair: Barak Ravid influence in Israeli affairs in general. Within The Arab minority in Israel comprises over radical Islam on Israel’s borders and extreme • Israela Oron this context, what contribution can be made 20% of the population. Since the last election elements growing within Israel’s national • Matti Steinberg by Israelis living abroad who are committed there has been a shift in the political role religious movement. Does the combination of • Anat Heffetz to Israel’s long-term security and whose that this community plays with the creation nationalism and religion mean that the conflict • Nimrod Goren circumstances accord them a unique of The Joint List in the led by MK is moving away from a territorial dispute into a • Aziz Abu Sarah perspective? Ayman Oudeh. In more recent months there religious paradigm and what does this mean have been a small number of individuals for Israel’s security? NB this session is aimed at Israelis living in from this community responsible for Chair: Nicolas Pelham the UK and will be conducted in Hebrew committing attacks on Israeli Jewish citizens • Ashraf Al-Ajrami as part of the recent wave of violence. What • Danny Seidemann role does this population play in helping • Matti Steinberg to provide security for Israel and what is Chair: Kalela Lancaster required by the political leadership of this • Anat Heffetz community and political establishment at 2. THE FEMALE VOICE: • Talia Sasson large to change the current dynamic? BEYOND THE BARREL OF A GUN • Barak Ravid Chair: Adam Ognall ROOM: WHITTINGTON B • Aziz Abu Sarah The security paradigm in Israel has largely • Ashraf Al-Ajrami been framed by a security and military establishment heavily dominated by men. Is there a perspective that women can bring to the debate that offers fresh thinking and a different way to approach security issues?

Chair: Hannah Weisfeld • Israela Oron • Anat Saragusti

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BIOGRAPHIES

SPEAKERS battalion the . Ben- DR NIMROD GOREN ISRAELA ORON, BRIGADIER GENERAL(RET) BARAK RAVID ATTORNEY TALIA SASSON Reuven was the deputy commander Dr. Nimrod Goren is the Founder Israela Oron served as Deputy Barak Ravid is the diplomatic Attorney Talia Sasson heads AZIZ ABU SARAH of the Northern Command in the and Head of Mitvim - The Israeli National Security Advisor at Israel’s correspondent for Haaretz her own law firm, representing Aziz Abu Sarah is an entrepreneur, 2006 Lebanon War. While in the IDF Institute for Regional Foreign National Security Council (NSC) newspaper. He joined Haaretz organizations in administrative and speaker, peace builder and author. Ben-Reuven graduated from the Policies and a Teaching Fellow during the terms of Ehud Barak in April 2007, covering the Prime civil cases in court. She is President He is a National Geographic Command and Staff College and later in Middle Eastern Studies at the and Ariel Sharon. In this capacity, Minister’s Office, the Foreign of the NIF Board and Co-Chair of Explorer and a TED Fellow. He won studied at the U.S. Army War College. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Israela briefed the Israeli cabinet on Ministry and the Ministry of the NIF International Council. She is the Intercultural Innovation Award He has also received a B.A. in political He holds a PhD in Middle Eastern strategic issues and headed inter- Defense, dealing with issues such also a board member of the Geneva from the UN Alliance of Civilizations science from the University of Haifa. Studies and Political Psychology agency policy planning projects as U.S.-Israeli relations, EU-Israeli Initiative’s steering committee, and and was recognized by UNSG Ban After retirement from the army he from the Hebrew University. In on several issues, including the relations and the peace process. acts as counselor for several other Ki Moon for his work in peace became director of the Born to 2009, Nimrod was selected to Palestinian refugee issue. Israela Before joining Haaretz, Barak NGO’s in Israel. In 2009, she ran building. In 2009, he co-founded Freedom Foundation which works to take part in Public Policy training served in the IDF for 27 years in worked for two years for Maariv for the Knesset as representative MEJDI Tours, a cultural exploration secure the release of Israeli prisoners at Syracuse University as the various key positions, including daily newspaper, spending a year of The New Movement & Meretz. vehicle for an ever-changing travel of war. Israeli participant in the US State Head of The IDF’s Women’s Corps. covering the Palestinian Authority From 2004 to 2010, Talia taught market. Department’s Fulbright Hubert In 1991 she was the first woman to and a year as a diplomatic a course on “Defending Israel’s After participating in many peace Humphrey Program. Nimrod is be appointed to the post of Deputy correspondent. Democracy through Law” at ASHRAF AL-AJRAMI initiatives such as the Geneva the former Executive Director Spokesperson of the IDF, and in Tel-Aviv University’s Law Faculty. Ashraf Al-Ajrami is ex-minister of Initiative, he joined the Meretz party. of the Young Israeli Forum for 1992 she became the first woman Barak has a BA in the history of the At the request of former Prime Prisoner Affairs for the Palestinian In 2015 he left Meretz and joined Cooperation (YIFC), and in this to serve as a faculty member at the Middle East from the University Minister Ariel Sharon, from August National Authority (2007-2009). He is the Zionist Union, taking spot 24 on capacity he was awarded the 2009 IDF National Defense College. of Tel Aviv. He served for six years 2004 to March 2005, Talia served a former employee at the Information its list. Victor J. Goldberg IIE Prize for as an officer in the Israel Defense as a special legal advisor for the Ministry where he served as Director Peace in the Middle East. His areas NICOLAS PELHAM Forces, and concluded his service government, in which capacity she of Israeli Affairs and Director General MICKEY GITZIN of expertise include the Middle Nicolas Pelham is a writer on the with the rank of captain. He and his authored the Sasson Report on illegal of External Media. Mickey Gitzin is a Tel Aviv city council East peace process, Israel’s foreign Arab world for The Economist and wife live in Tel Aviv. outposts and law enforcement on member and the Executive Director policy, and modern Turkey. The New York Review of Books. Israelis in the West Bank. From 1996 He is a journalist for the Al– of Israel Hofshit (Be Free Israel), a Since his first job as editor of the ANAT SARAGUSTI to 2004, she headed the Special Ayyam newspaper and writer for grassroots organization that aims ANAT HEFFETZ Cairo-based Middle East Times, he Anat Saragusti is a film-maker, book Tasks Division of the State Attorney’s the A’Tareeq and A’Dirasat and to influence public opinion and Anat Heffetz is a member and has spent 20 years studying and editor and freelance journalist and office. In this role she represented ALfilestinia magazine. He has been policymaking on the issue of religion the kibbutz secretary (director) of working across the region. He has writer. She is a member of Women the government of Israel before the a prominent writer, commentator and state in Israel. Kibbutz Nirim, located on the Gaza reported as a correspondent for Wage Peace, a feminist grassroots Supreme Court in civil, criminal, and author for over 15 years and border. She is a founding member the BBC, the Financial Times and movement that was established in constitutional and administrative cases. is the author of a book entitled Previously, Mickey was the of the Movement for the Future of The Economist based in Rabat, 2014 and calls leaders to reach an ‘Religious Media Discourse and Spokesperson of MK Ilan Gilon the Western Negev, created during Amman, Jerusalem and Iraq. agreement and to include women ATTORNEY DANIEL SEIDEMANN OBE Human Rights’. Ashraf is a member (Meretz). Prior to that, Mickey was a operation Protective Edge in summer Nicolas is the author of A New in negotiations. Daniel Seidemann OBE has been of the Geneva Initiative and a project director at European Friends 2014 by residents of the Gaza Muslim Order (2008) and co-author a practicing attorney in Jerusalem renowned peace activist and of Israel (EFI), a Brussels-based border region. The movement seeks of A History of the Middle East Anat was a senior staff member at and a partner in a firm specializing political analyst. organization that aims to improve to advance a long-term political (2010). He was a senior analyst for the weekly news magazine Ha’olam in commercial law since 1987. relationships between the European solution between Israel and Gaza. the International Crisis Group, and Hazeh (This World). With the closing of Since 1991, he has also specialized Ashraf was born in Jabaliya and is Parliament and Israel. Anat is also a PhD student whose worked for the United Nations and Ha’olam Hazeh (1993), Saragusti joined in legal and public issues in East a resident of Ramallah. research focuses on the memory the Royal Institute of International the group that established TV Channel Jerusalem. In 2010 he was awarded Mickey holds an M.Sc. in public policy and commemoration of Israel’s War Affairs, reporting on Gaza’s tunnel 2 News Company and was appointed an OBE in recognition of his work in M.K, EYAL BEN REUVEN, MAJOR GENERAL (RES.) from University College London, of Independence in southern Israel economy and the rise of the as its reporter in Gaza. She later Jerusalem. Eyal Ben-Reuven is a retired major where he was awarded a Chevening kibbutzim. She is one of the founders Bedouin in the . became the chief editor of the evening general in the , Scholarship by the British Foreign and of the newly-established Peripheries news bulletin. In particular, he has worked commander of the military colleges Commonwealth Office and the British Movement. on issues and cases relating to and senior field commander. He Council. Concurrently, she studied Law and government and municipal policies is the former deputy commander attained a master’s degree from Tel and practices. Key cases have of the Northern Command, for Aviv University. She was the executive included the takeover of properties which he still serves on reserve director of Agenda, a non-profit in Silwan and denial of free duty. He enlisted in the IDF in 1972 organisation working to reprioritise and education in East Jerusalem. He has as a member of the Armor Corps, reframe social change issues within argued more than 20 Jerusalem- participating in the 1973 Yom Kippur Israeli public discourse and media. She related cases before the Israeli War and commanding an armoured recently concluded a two-year post as Supreme Court. Since 1994, Danny the director of B’Tselem USA. #ISRAELSECURITY #ISRAELSECURITY

BIOGRAPHIES has participated in numerous Track and, finally, the Head of the Civil SIMON JOHNSON NOA LANDAU CLIVE SHELDON QC II talks on Jerusalem between Administration in the West Bank. He Simon Johnson is the chief Noa Landau is a senior editor at Clive Sheldon QC is the chair of Israelis and . In 2000- was the Senior Representative of Israel executive of the Jewish Leadership Haaretz and up until recently, Head New Israel Fund UK. In his 2001, he served in an informal in the peace talks during the Gaza- Council. Prior to that, he enjoyed of the Haaretz News Department. professional life Clive practices as a advisory capacity to the final status Jericho Agreement. He retired in 1995 a 20-year career that saw him The first woman to fill this role barrister specialising in employment negotiations, serving as a member as Brigadier General. He became a operate at the highest levels of the since the founding of the Israeli and public law, with an emphasis on of a committee of experts. self-employed Security and Defence sports and media industries. After leading newspaper in 1919, she was discrimination, human rights, health, Consultant in 2012. a period as the senior lawyer at the appointed after serving in various police and education matters. He In 2010 Danny founded Terrestrial English Premier League, Simon’s editorial positions on the news desk - took Silk in 2011. Jerusalem, an Israeli non- career in sport saw him spend including front page editor. governmental organization that CHAIRS four years as Director of Corporate Previously, Clive served as works to identify and track the Affairs at The Football Association, In her last position as chief editor Co-Chair of Masorti Judaism and full spectrum of developments in JONATHAN FREEDLAND followed by a role as COO of and manager of news operations, was a member of the Jewish Jerusalem that could impact either Jonathan Freedland is an award- England’s Bid to host the 2018 she shepherded the integration of Leadership Council. Clive has the political process or permanent winning journalist, author and FIFA World Cup. the organisation’s web and print considerable experience as a lay status options, destabilize the broadcaster. He is the Guardian’s departments and led the news leader in the Jewish charity and city or spark violence, or create Executive Editor and is the presenter He started his career as a lawyer, coverage of two recent wars in educational sector. humanitarian crises. of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary spending 10 years with the UK’s Gaza as well as national and regional history series, The Long View. largest commercial broadcaster, ITV. elections. Prior to Haaretz, Landau GIDEON SMITH PROF MATTI STEINBERG He also writes a monthly piece worked as a news reporter and editor Gideon Smith is the chair of Yachad. Professor Matti Steinberg specializes for the Jewish Chronicle and is a KALELA LANCASTER at a variety of media outlets in Israel He is Chief Investment Officer for in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and regular contributor to a range of US Kalela is director of strategic since 2001, including Galei-Tzahal, a global equity fund manager at in Islamic Fundamentalism. He has publications, including The New engagement at New Israel Fund Channel 10 and Maariv. AXA-Rosenberg. Gideon worked as lectured at the Hebrew University in York Times, The New York Review of (NIF) UK, where she is responsible a fieldworker at the Union of Jewish Jerusalem, at Princeton University, Books and The New Republic. In 2008 for communications and new She is also a founding member of Student and spent a number of years and at Heidelberg University. For he was awarded the David Watt Prize engagement strategies. In this the first Women Journalists Forum volunteering for Limmud, both as a 25 years he was a senior researcher for Journalism, having been named capacity, Kalela works with Israeli NIF in Israel. trustee and organising the annual and advisor to various security ‘Columnist of the Year’ in the What the supporters living in the UK to develop winter conference. He is a board frameworks in Israel. His latest book Papers Say awards for 2002, where new channels for this community to ADAM OGNALL member of Hampstead Garden on the development of Palestinian the judges praised him for his “incisive, advance democracy, social justice, Adam Ognall has been chief Suburb United Synagogue and is national thinking will be published in original, strong and very outspoken shared society and human rights in executive of New Israel Fund since married with the three children. English this year. views”. In 2014 he was awarded the Israel. Prior to joining NIF UK in 2015, 2011. His career has been in the Orwell Special Prize for journalism. He Kalela lived for thirteen years in Israel, not for profit sector both in the UK HANNAH WEISFELD GADI ZOHAR, BRIGADIER GENERAL(RET) is the author of seven books, two of where she worked in human rights and and Israel. Prior to joining NIF he Hannah is the director and a founder Gadi Zohar is the chairman of The them non-fiction under his own name. conflict resolution before joining NIF’s worked in the field of sustainable of Yachad where she has worked Council for Peace and Security (CPS) operational arm Shatil in 2008 as an development latterly at UKSIF – the since before its launch in May 2011. and acting president since August 2013. DR. SARA HIRSCHHORN advisor to NIF partners and grantees in sustainable investment and finance She has campaigned professionally Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn is University the central region of Israel. association. He has worked in the on a wide range of issues including Gadi Zohar graduated from a B.A. in Research Lecturer and Sidney Brichto fields of Jewish youth leadership, climate change, issues related to Middle East Studies and Geography at Fellow in Israel Studies at Oxford including as Mazkir of Habonim trade-justice and the conflict in the Tel Aviv University. He is also a University. Her research, teaching Dror and as co-Chair of the Zionist Darfur. She has spent time living graduate of the Academy for Senior and public engagement activities Youth Council. When living in and working in Israel and Malawi Field Officers and other military and focus on the Israeli settler movement, Israel, Adam worked on dialogue and holds a BA in English Literature Intelligence courses. the Arab-Israeli conflict and the projects and with Jewish students. from Sussex University and MSc relationship between U.S. Jewry and A graduate of both Oxford and LSE, in Global Politics from the London Gadi spent 30 years of active duty Israel. She is writing a forthcoming he is trustee of Restore, a North School of Economics. Hannah is a within the Israeli Defense Forces, book about American Jews and the London furniture re-use charity. trustee of Guys Trust, a charity that Intelligence Corps and General Staff. Israeli settler movement since 1967. creates educational opportunities for He became the Personal aide to the young people all over the world, and General Chief of Staff of the IDF during Masambiro, which supports Kunyanja the Yom Kippur War (1973). He was the Education Trust, a community-based Commander of an elite intelligence organisation in Northern Malawi. unit, the founder of the new Terrorism Research Department with the IMI (Israel Military Intelligence) #ISRAELSECURITY #ISRAELSECURITY

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