INSS Annual Conference VOD
Opening Evening
February 28, 2023-
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Conference Day
March 1, 2023-
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Opening Event - February 28, 2023
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Opening Remarks 20:00
Sir Frank Lowy, Chairman of INSS Board of Directors; Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS
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Special Address | Former Attorney General of Israel 20:15
Prof. Avichai Mandelblit
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Interview | US Ambassador to Israel 20:30
Thomas R. Nides, US Ambassador to Israel
Moderator: Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS -
Interview | Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel 20:45
Justice (emeritus) Dorit Beinisch
Moderator: Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, head of Law and National Security Program at INSS -
Panel | Judicial Reform and Balancing the Branches of Government 20:55
Moderator: Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, Managing Director of INSS | Participants: Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi, former IDF Chief of Staff and Foreign Minister; Dr. Eyal Hulata, former head of the National Security Council
INSS Conference - March 1, 2023
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Reception and Light Breakfast 08:30
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Opening Remarks 09:00
Sir Frank Lowy, Chairman of INSS Board of Directors; Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS
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The Great Power Competition and the Challenges to Israel in the International Arena 09:15
Moderator: Dr. Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute | Participants: Eric Danon, France Ambassador to Israel; Amb. Dan Shapiro, Former US Ambassador to Israel; Andrei Kozyrev, Former Foreign Minister of Russia; "Senior Colonel (Ret.) Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow of CISS, Tsinghua University
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One year to the Russia-Ukraine War and the Implications for Israel 10:05
Ofer Shelah, former MK, INSS Senior Researcher; Amb. Arkady Mil-Man, Former Israel ambassador to Russia and INSS Senior Researcher
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break 10:25
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Iran and the Shiite Axis – Toward a Regional Confrontation? 10:45
Moderator: Sima Shine, the head of Iran program at INSS | Participants: Lt Gen Alexus G. Grynkewich, Commander of the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) and the Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command; Neil Wigan OBE, UK Ambassador to Israel; Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, former Head of National Security Council (NSC); Andrei Kozyrev, Former Foreign Minister of Russia
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Interview | Maj. Gen. Oded Bassiuk, Head of the Operations Directorate, IDF 11:45
Moderator: Brig. gen. (Res.) Assaf Orion, INSS Senior Researcher
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The INSS National Security Prize 12:00
The prize will be awarded to an individual and an organization who made a significant contribution to Israel’s national security
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Break 12:10
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Sliding into a Binational State? The Palestinian Arena 12:10
Moderator: Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel, Head of the Palestinian arena Program at INSS | Participants: Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot, MK, National Unity Party and former IDF Chief of General Staff; Danny Danon, MK, Likud Party, and Chairman of the World Likud; Noa Shusterman, INSS Researcher
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Interview | Yoram Cohen, Former Director of Shin Bet 13:05
Moderator: Roy Sharon, Commentator on military and security affairs, Kan 11
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Between Ramallah and Abu Dhabi: Challenges and Opportunities in the Regional Arena 13:20
Moderator: Gili Cohen, Diplomatic Correspondent, Kan 11 | Participants: Meir Ben-Shabbat, INSS Senior Researcher, former Head of National Security Council (NSC); Brig. Gen. (res.) Dror Shalom, Director of Political-Military Department, Ministry of Defense
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Lunch 13:40
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Integration or Separation: Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel, and Challenges to Resilience and Democratic Stability 14:40
Moderator: Eran Singer, Arab Affairs Correspondent, Kan 11 | Participants: Maj. Gen. (ret.) Alon Levavi, INSS Visiting Senior Researcher; Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi, Former KM (Meretz); Dr. Mohammed Alnabari, former Head of Hura Local Council, CEO of Yanabia
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The Reform of the Judicial System 15:10
Moderator: Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman, INSS Senior Researcher | Participants: Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch, head of Law and National Security Program at INSS; Prof. Mohammed S. Wattad, INSS Senior Researcher; Prof. Yifat Bitton, President of Achva Academic College
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Technology and Economy as Promoters of National Resilience 15:40
Moderator: Dr. Liran Antebi, INSS Senior Researcher | Interview: Boaz Levy President & CEO, IAI | Panel Participants: BG (Ret.) Ariel Karo, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems; Yaron Ashkenazi, Founder & Managing Partner, AWZ Ventures; Maj.-Gen (res.) Michael (Miki) Edelstein, Executive Vice-President Strategy and Business Development, Israel, Elbit
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Concluding Panel 16:20
Moderator: Noa Shusterman, INSS Researcher | Participants: Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, Executive Director of INSS; Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, Managing Director of INSS
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Concluding Remarks 16:35
Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, Managing Director of INSS
Participants
Prof. Avichai Mandelblit
Former Attorney General of Israel
Yoram Cohen
Former Director of Shin Bet
Justice Dorit Beinisch
Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel
Amb. Thomas R. Nides
US Ambassador to Israel
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot
MK, National Unity Party and former IDF Chief of General Staff
Maj. Gen. Oded Bassiuk
Head of the Operations Directorate, IDF
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi
Former IDF Chief of Staff and Foreign Minister
Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich
Commander of the 9th Air Force and the Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command
Sir Frank Lowy
Chairman of INSS Board of Directors
Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg
Executive Director of INSS
Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman
Managing Director of INSS
Dr. Eyal Hulata
Former Head of the National Security Council
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror
Former Head of National Security Council (NSC)
Danny Danon
MK, Likud Party, and Chairman of the World Likud
Brig. Gen. (res.) Dror Shalom
Director of Political-Military Department, Ministry of Defense
Eric Danon
France Ambassador to Israel
Sima Shine
Head of Iran Program at INSS
Amb. Neil Wigan, OBE
UK Ambassador to Israel
Ofer Shelah
Former MK, INSS Senior Researcher
Senior Colonel (Ret.) Zhou Bo
Senior Fellow of CISS, Tsinghua University
Andrei Kozyrev
Former Foreign Minister of Russia
Meir Ben-Shabbat
INSS Senior Researcher, former Head of National Security Council (NSC)
Amb. Dan Shapiro
Former US Ambassador to Israel
Maj.-Gen (res.) Michael (Miki) Edelstein
Executive Vice-President Strategy and Business Development, Israel, Elbit
Prof. Yifat Bitton, President of Achva Academic College
Gili Cohen
Diplomatic Correspondent,
Kan 11
Eran Singer
Arab Affairs Correspondent, Kan 11
Roy Sharon
Commentator on military and security affairs, Kan 11
Colonel (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch
Head of Law and National Security Program at INSS
Brig. Gen. (res.) Udi Dekel
Head of the Palestinian arena Program at INSS
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi
Former MK (Meretz)
Yaron Ashkenazi
Founder & Managing Partner, AWZ Ventures
Boaz Levy
President & CEO, IAI
BG (Ret.) Ariel Karo
Executive Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems
Dr. Mohammed Alnabari
Former Head of Hura Local Council, CEO of Yanabia
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Alon Levavi
INSS Visiting Senior Researcher
Dr. Michael Fullilove
Executive Director of the Lowy Institute
Amb. Arkady Mil-Man
Former Israel ambassador to Russia and INSS Senior Researcher
Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman
INSS Senior Researcher
Orna Mizrahi
INSS Senior Researcher
Dr. Liran Antebi
INSS Senior Researcher
Prof. Mohammed S. Wattad
INSS Senior Researcher
Galia Lavi
Researcher and Deputy Director of The Glazer Israel-China Policy Center, INSS
