The IDF as the People’s Army
Monday, November 19
9:30–10:00 A.M. Opening Session
Yohanan Plesner, President, Israel Democracy Institute
Dr. Alexander Brakel, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Maj. Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon, Israel Democracy Institute
10:00–11:30 A.M. Social and Military Implications of the Army Service Model
Session chair: Tali Lipkin-Shahak, Galei Zahal, IDF radio stationParticipants:
Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan, Mivtahi Forum
Professor Yedidia Stern, Israel Democracy Institute and Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Zipi Israeli, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)
Professor Yagil Levy, The Open University
12:00–1:30 P.M. Military Rank, Political Rank, and Civilian Society in Israel
Session chair: Professor Amichai Cohen, Israel Democracy Institute and Ono Academic College
Presentation of the study: Professor (emeritus) Stuart Cohen, Bar-Ilan University
Participants:
MK Merav Michaeli, Zionist Union; member, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
MK Dr. Michael Oren, Deputy Minister, Prime Minister’s Office
Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer, Israel Democracy Institute and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, former commander of the IDF Military Colleges and commander of the IDF’s Northern Corps
1:30–2:30 P.M. Break
2:30–4:00 P.M. The Enlistment Model: Between a People’s Army and a Professional Army
Session chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Orna Barbivai, former head of the IDF’s Manpower Directorate
Participants:
Professor Tamar Hermann, Israel Democracy Institute and The Open University
Brig. Gen. (res.) Dr. Ariel Heimann, Co- Founder, OrConsulting&Development
Major (res.) Rinat Moshe, Bar-Ilan University and Ashkelon Academic College
4:15–6:00 P.M. Military Norms vs. Civilian Norms: The Ethical Code in a Changing Reality
Session chair: Dr. Idit Shafran-Gittleman Israel Democracy Institute and the University of Haifa
Presentation of the Survey of Values in Combat: Professor Tamar Hermann and Or Anabi, Israel Democracy Institute
Participants:
Professor Moshe Halbertal, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and New York University
Professor (emeritus) Asa Kasher, Tel Aviv University
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yishai Beer, IDC Herzliya
Professor Daniel Statman, University of Haifa
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
9:30–11:00 A.M. The Joint Service Ordinance: The Religiously Observant and Women in the People’s Army
Session chair: Yair Sheleg, Israel Democracy Institute and Makor Rishon
Participants:
Elinor Davidov, Israel Women’s Network
Rabbi Amichai Gordin, Yeshivat Har Etzion
Dr. Idit Shafran-Gittleman, Israel Democracy Institute and the University of Haifa
11:15 A.M.–12:00 P.M. The Nation-State Law: Its Significance and Implications for Members of the Druze Community
Brig. Gen. (res.) Amal As’ad, a leader in the struggle to amend the Nation-State Law
12:00–1:00 P.M. Break
1:00–2:30 P.M. The Enlistment Model for the Ultra-Orthodox Community
Session chair: Yohanan Plesner, President of the Israel Democracy Institute
Participants:
Professor Yuval Shany, Israel Democracy Institute and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Attorney Itai Ophir, Legal advisor to the defence establishment,
Yisrael Cohen, Radio Kol Barama
Dr. Gilad Malach, Israel Democracy Institute
2:45–4:15 The Future of Civilian Service
Session chair: Maj. Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon, Israel Democracy Institute
Participants:
Dr. Reuven Gal, Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research, The Technion
Attorney Bashir Fahoum Jayusy, Abraham Fund Initiatives
Reuven Pinsky, executive director, National-Civilian Service Authority
Rabbi Bezalel Cohen, director, Chachmei Lev Yeshiva, Jerusalem
4:30 P.M. Concluding Session
The conference is being held under the auspices of the Israel Democracy Institute’s Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Program on National Security and Democracy, and in partnership with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Israel