NATO’S TRANSFORMATION, THE MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE, AND NATO-ISRAEL RELATIONS

Conference co-organized by:

NATO Public Diplomacy Division Atlantic Forum of Israel Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya

Daniel Hotel, Herzliya, October 23-24, 2006

REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS (as of October 17)

1. Adv. Aaron Abramovich, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2. Mr. Walid Abu-Haya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3. Mr. Roni Adam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4. Brig. Gen. (res.) Asaf Agmon, Head of The Fisher Institute 5. Mr. Yossi Alpher, Co-editor, Bitterlemons 6. Mr. Michael Altar, Director of External Relation, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 7. Prof. Uzi Arad, Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Chair of the Atlantic Forum of Israel 8. Mr. Dan Arbeli, Director of North America Disivion 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 9. Dr. Ephraim Asculai, Senior Research Associate, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies 10. Prof. Yisrael Aumann, Center for the Study of Rationality, Hebrew University 11. Prof. Shlomo Avineri, Dep. of Political Science, Hebrew University 12. Mk. Collette Avital, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Knesset 13. Dr. Shirley Avrami, Director, Research and Information Center, Knesset 14. Mr. Reuven Azar, First Secretary, Middle East Economic Dep., Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15. Mr. Arik Bachar, Foreign Editor, Maariv 16. Mr. Shmuel Bachar, Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 17. Brig. Gen. (res.) Yosi Bainhorn, Inspector General, Ministry of Defense 18. Dr. Shmuel Bar, Director of Studies, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 19. Mrs. Osnat Bar Yosef, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20. Dr. Eitan Barak, The Dep. of International Relations, Hebrew University 21. Prof. Uri Bar-Joseph, Head of the Dep. of International Relations, Haifa University 22. Prof. Moshe Barniv, Provost and Vice President for Development, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 23. Dr. Rami Baror 24. H.E Pedro Nuno Bartolo, Ambassador of Portugal, Embassy of Portugal in Israel 25. Mr. Itzhak Barzilay, Senior Assistant, Ministry of Defense 26. Mr. Shai Bazak, C.E.O, CMPI Israel 27. Dr. Avi Beker, School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University 28. Mr. Yosef Ben-Aharon 29. Mr. Avraham Bendor 30. Maj. Gen. David Ben-Bashat, Commander in Chief, Israeli Navy, IDF 31. Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, Head of the Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University 32. Lt. Col. David Benjamin, IDF 33. Prof. Yoav Benjamini, Chair, Dep. of Statistics, Tel-Aviv University 34. Mr. Yoni Ben-Menachem, Radio Director, IBA 35. Maj. Gen. (res.) Abraham Ben-Shoshan, Director General, Tel-Aviv Foundation 36. Mr. Eviathar Ben-Zedeff, Research Associate, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 37. Prof. Gideon Biger, Dep. of Geography, Tel Aviv University 38. Mrs. Aliza Bin Noun, Head of International Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 39. Mr. Danny Biran, President, Koor Industries LTD 40. Amb. Yoav Biran 41. Ms. Nitzan Blitzblau 42. Mr. Oren Blitzblau 43. Mrs. Naomi Blumenthal 44. Mr. Evgeny Briskin, Head of the Bashan Program 45. Brig. Gen. (res.) Shlomo Brom, Senior Research Associate, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies 46. Dr. Oded Brosh, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 47. Mr. Hermann Bünz, Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 48. Mr. Dan Catarivas, Director, Division of foreign trade and international relations, Israel Manufacturing Association 49. Mr. Lior Chorev, Deputy Director, Arad Communication 50. Mr. Shaul Chorev, Ministry of Defense 51. MK Ran Cohen, Knesset 52. Adv. Moty Cristal, C.E.O, NEST Consulting 53. Mr. Ran Curiel, Deputy Director General of Western Europe Dep., Ministry of Foreign Affairs 54. Dr. Ronald D. Asmus, Executive Director, Transatlantic Center, German Marshall Fund of the United States 55. Mr. Omri Dagan, Analyst, The Re'ut Institute 56. Major Osnat Davidson, Head of the Foreign relations section, International law department, Military Advocate General corps, IDF 57. Col. (res.) Yoav Dayagi, IDF 58. Mr. Nicola de Santis, Head, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Countries Section, NATO Public Diplomacy Division 59. Dr. Josheph Draznin 60. H.E Karlis Eihenbaums, Ambassador of Latvia, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Israel 61. Brig. Gen. (res.) Uzi Eilam, Senior Research Associate, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies 62. Prof. Rafi Eldor, Senior lecturer, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 63. Mrs. Noa Eliasaf, Vice President, The Re'ut Institute 64. Mr. Raanan Eliaz, Senior Foreign Affairs Coordinator, National Security Council 65. Dr. Giora Eliraz, Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University 66. Dr. Efrat Elron, School of Business Administration, Hebrew University 67. H.E. Dr. Oded Eran, Head of Israel Mission to the European Union 68. Brig. Gen. (res.) Oded Erez, Director, Zercon Enterprises 69. Mr. Ram Erez, Senior Assistant, IAEC 70. Brig. Gen. Amir Eshel, Chief of Air Staff, Air Force Headquarters, IDF 71. Mr. Yoram Ettinger, Consultant , ACPR 72. Mr. Eran Etzion, Deputy for Foreign Policy, National Security Council 73. Mr. Asaf Even-Ezra, Vice President, Magal Security Systems Ltd. 74. Mr. Peter Fischer, Charge d'Affairs of the Embassy of Germany 75. Mr. Shlomi Fogel, Chairman, AMPA LTD. 76. Mr. Gideon Frank, Director General, IAEC 77. Mr. Yair Furman, ISERD- The Israeli European R&D Directorate 78. Mr. Yossi Gal, Senior Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 79. Dr. Gideon Gera, Senior Researcher, Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University 80. Mr. Ytzhak Gerberg, National Defense College 81. Prof. Eytan Gilboa, Dep. of Political Science, Bar-Ilan University 82. Brig. Gen. Amos Gilboa, Consultant for Intelligence Affairs, Ministry of Defense 83. Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad, Director of the Political-Military Division, Ministry of Defense 84. Col. Sima Vaknin Gill, Head Censor, IDF 85. Ms. Rona Goclaw, Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 86. Mr. Nimrod Goren, Executive Director, Young Israeli Forum 87. Mr. Shmuel Goren, Director, Dankner Group 88. Mr. Gidi Grinstein, Founder & President, The Re'ut Institute 89. Mr. Danny Grossman, Israel Director, A.J.C. 90. Brig. Gen. (res.) Adi Gur-Lavie, N.G.A 91. Lt. Col. Yigal Haccoun, IDF 92. Amb. Yacov Hadas 93. Ms. Maya Halavy 94. Mr. Ami Halavy 95. Mr. Dan Halperin, Managing Director, IFTIC Ltd. 96. Mk., Dr. Tzahi Hanegbi, Chairman , Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee , Knesset 97. Dr. Patrick Hardouin, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Regional Economic and Security Affairs, NATO Political Affairs and Security Policy Division 98. Maj. Gen. (res.) Raphael Harlev, Chairman & C.E.O, Harlev Investments 99. Brig. Gen. Deborah Hassid, Advisor, IDF 100. Brig. Gen. Shimon Hefetz, Aide-de-Camp to the President, President's Office 101. Dr. Mark Heller, Research Director, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies 102. Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Horev , C.E.O, Israel Technion Society 103. Col. (res.) Gideon Hoshen, C.E.O, Hoshen Eliav 104. Mr. Rami Igra, Chairman, Clal-Ins 105. Prof. Efraim Inbar, Director, BESA Center 106. Mr. Pinhas Inbari, KYODO NEWS 107. Prof. Raphael Israeli, Truman Institiute, Hebrew University 108. Mrs. Frédérique Jacquemin, Officer, Regional Affairs and Mediterranean Dialogue, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division 109. H.E Iztok Jarc, Ambassador of Slovenia, Embassy of Slovenia in Israel 110. H.E. Richard Jones, Ambassador, Embassy of the United States of America in Israel 111. Dr. Ephraim Kam, Deputy Head, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies 112. Brig. Gen. (res.) Zvi Kan-Tor, Deputy Head, Nativ 113. Dr. Helena Kane Finn, Counselor for Public Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America in Israel 114. Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 115. Mr. Michael Keays, Political/Military Officer, Embassy of the United States of America in Israel 116. Mr. Danishai Kornbluth, Assistant to the Director of the Political-Military Division, Ministry of Defense 117. Mr. Davide La Cecilia, First Counsellor, Political Affairs, Embassy of Italy 118. Mr. Eli Landau, Board of Directors, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 119. Col. (res.) Shmuel Letko, Advisor to the Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, Knesset 120. Mrs. Tova Levi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 121. Maj. Gen. (res.) Amiram Levin, C.E.O, Israel National Roads Company 122. Dr. Ariel Levite, Principal Deputy Director, IAEC 123. Brig. Gen. (res.) Uzi Levtzur, Projects Manager, Taavura Holdings Ltd 124. H.E Jakken Biorn Lian, Ambassador of Norway, Embassy of Norway in Israel 125. Dr. Amir Licht, Dean, Law School, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 126. Col. (res.) Shmuel Limone, Senior Consultant, Ministry of Defense 127. Mrs. Lene Natasha Lind, DCOM Minister Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy 128. Dr. Eran Lerman, Director, Israel/Middle East Office, The American Jewish Committee 129. Mr. David Lipkin, Chief Editor, Maariv 130. Adv. Ester Eti Livni 131. Minister Tzipi Livni, Vice Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 132. Col. (res.), Adv. Lior Lotan, Executive Director, Institute for Counter- Terrorism 133. Mr. Uri Lubrani, Adviser to Minister, Ministry of Defense 134. Ms. Rachel Machtiger, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 135. Mr. Amiram Magid, Director of Western European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 136. Mr. Amir Makov, Chairman, Israeli Institute 137. Mr. Miron Manor, Director of Conferences, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 138. Dr. Adv. Shavit Matias, Deputy Attorney General, Ministry of Justice 139. Mr. Pini Meidan-Shani, Senior International Strategic Coordinator, Waterpoll 140. Mk., Rabbi Michael Melchior, Chairman, Education, Culture, and Sports Committee, Knesset 141. Prof. Rafi Melnick, Dean, Lauder School of Government, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 142. Prof. David Menashri, Dean of the Special Program, Tel Aviv University 143. Maj. Gen. (res.) Menachem Meron, Managing Director, IFTIC Ltd. 144. Mr. Adi Mintz 145. H.E. Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, Deputy Secretary General of NATO 146. Adv. Isaac Molho, E.S. Shimron, Molho Low Firm 147. Mr. Aharon Mor, Senior director, International Affairs Department, Ministry of Finance 148. Col. (res.) Uri Naaman, Coordinator for NATO & European defense Organizations , Ministry of Defense 149. Brig. Gen. (res.) Avner Naveh, CEO, N.G.A International 150. Dr. Emmanuel Navon, CEO, BNIC 151. Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, Head of IDF Plans and Policy Directorate, IDF 152. Mk. Benjamin Netanyahu, Leader of the Likud and Head of the Opposition, Knesset 153. Dr. Uri On, Deputy Inspector General, Ministry of Defense 154. Maj. Gen. (res.) Jacob Or, Deputy Director General, State Comptroller 155. Mr. Amir Oren, Commentator, Haaretz 156. Maj. Gen. (res.) Ori Orr, Chairman, Israel nature and natural parks protection authority 157. Dr., Adv. Sharon Pardo, Executive Director, The Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society 158. Dr. Reuven Paz, Senior Researcher, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 159. H.E Tom Phillips CMG, Ambassador of United Kingdom, Embassy of Great Britain in Israel 160. Mr. Danny Pizen, Vice President Marketing, Magal Security Systems Ltd. 161. Amb. Avraham Primor, Director of the Trilateral Center for European Studies, The Interdisciplinary Center ******Herzliya 162. Dr. Ron Pundak, Director General, Peres Center For Peace 163. Mr. Shmuel Ravel, Director of Multilateral European Institutions Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 164. Ms. Ariel Rodal, Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 165. Brig. Gen. (res.) Ran Ronen (Pekker), Chairman, Aquaria Ltd. 166. Ms. Tali Rosenbaum, Advisor to the Chairman of Mifal Hapais 167. Mr. Adi Rosenfeld, Honorary Consul, Republic of Slovenia 168. Amb. Dr. Meir Rosenne, Balter Guth Aloni & co. 169. Mr. Netanel Rotem, Vice Chairman, Third Millennium 170. Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Rothschild, President, Council for Peace & Security 171. Prof. Amnon Rubinstein, President, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 172. Dr. Robbie Sabel, Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 173. Ms. Burcu San, Deputy Director of the Secretary General’s Private Office 174. Mr. Yoni Schainfeld, Military Correspondent , IDF Radio Station 175. Dr. Dan Schueftan, Deputy Head, The National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa 176. Mr. Daniel Schweppe, Economic Advisor, National Security Council 177. Prof. Zeev Segal, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel-Aviv University 178. Maj. Gen. (res.) Herzl Shafir, CEO, SHAPOR 179. Adv. Ilan Shalgi 180. Prof. Zaki Shalom, Researcher, Ben- Gurion University 181. Dr. Shimon Shapira, Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 182. Col. Pnina Sharvit-Baruch, Head of the International Law Department, Military Advocate General Corps, IDF 183. Dr. Shaul Shay, Head of History department, IDF 184. Dr. Martin Sherman, Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University 185. Dr. Zalman Shiffer 186. Mr. Itzhak Shoham, Director of European Division 1, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 187. Lt. Gen. (res.) Dan Shomron, Former Chief of Staff, IDF 188. Amb. Zalman Shoval, Chairman, Israel-America Chamber 189. Dr. Liora Sion 190. Ms. Maya Sion, The Atlantic Forum of Israel 191. Mr. Ory Slonim, Research Fellow, The Institute for Policy and Strategy 192. Brig. Gen. (res.) Amnon Sofrin, Head of International Division, IDF 193. Mr. Tommy Steiner, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy; Executive Secretary, The Atlantic Forum of Israel 194. Mk., Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Knesset 195. H.E Valeria Mariana Stocia, Ambassador of Romania, Embassy of Romania in Israel 196. Dr. Mala Tabory, Senior Director, Nativ - PM Office 197. Dr. Nachman Tal, Research Fellow, Jaffee Center 198. Mr. Imri Tov, Researcher, JCSS 199. Prof. Alfred Tovias, Faculty of Social Science, Hebrew University 200. Adv. Eitan Tsachor, Eitan Tsachor and. Co., Law Firm 201. Mr. Itzhak Tunik, Chief Editor, IDF Radio Station 202. Mr. Luc Vertessen, Close Protection Officer, NATO Office of Security 203. Maj. Gen. (res.) Mk. Matan Vilnay, Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Knesset 204. Mr. Daniel Volf, Desk Officer of NATO, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Israel 205. Mrs. Anne Walter, Public Affairs Specialist, Embassy of the United States of America in Israel 206. Mk. Majalli Whbee, Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, Knesset 207. Amb. Gad Yaacobi, Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya 208. Maj. Gen. (res.) Yedidia Yaari, President & CEO, Rafael 209. Brig. Gen. (res.) Ruth Yaron, Former spokesperson, IDF 210. H.E Nickos Zafiropolos, Ambassador of Greece in Israel, Embassy Of Greece in Israel 211. Amb. Michael Zantovsky, Ambassador of the Czech Republic and NATO Contact Point Ambassador in Israel 212. Col. Yair Zilberman, Head of Planning & Strategy Department, Israel Navy, IDF 213. Prof. Eyal Zisser, Chair, Middle Eastern and African Studies Department, Tel-Aviv University 214. Mrs. Miriam Ziv, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs