The 2024 Annual Conference on National Security and Democracy
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Police and Internal Security
09:00 - 9:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:45 Opening Remarks
Prof. Suzie Navot, Vice President for Research, Israel Democracy Institute
09:45 - 10:30 The Police on October 7
Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer, Director of the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
In conversation with: Commander Dr. Shlomi Shitrit, Chief Historian, Israel Police History Department
10:30 - 11:15 “Police and Internal Security from the Perspective of Israeli Society” Survey: Presentation and Discussion of the 2024 Survey Findings
Discussion moderated by: Moshe Steinmetz, Police Affairs Correspondent, Kan News
Prof. Tamar Hermann, Senior Fellow and Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, Israel Institute for Democracy
Adv. Rawyah Handaqlu, Head of the Emergency Headquarters to Combat Crime and Violence, the National Committee of Heads of the Arab Local Authorities
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:45 Insights on Demonstrations in Israel from the Perspective of a Police Clown
Dr. Yael Litmanovitz, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
In conversation with “Hashoteret Az-Oolay Yhyeh Yoter Tov” (Policewoman So Maybe it Will be Better), Mishtara Yashar-El-HaLev (play on the Hebrew words Isra-el “Israel Police Straight to the Heart”
11:45 - 13:00 Policing Demonstrations: Between the Constitutional Right and Policing Demonstrations in the Field
Discussion moderated by: Adv. Anat Thon-Ashkenazy, Director of the Center for Democratic Values and Institutions, Israel Democracy Institute
Orly Almagor-Lotan, Senior Team Leader, Knesset Research and Information Center
Deputy Commissioner (Retired) Amos Ya’akov, former Commander of the Border Police
Dr. Yael Litmanovitz, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
Adv. Gaby Lasky, Co-founder of the support and advisory system for protest detainees
Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Senior Fellow at the Democratic Values and Institutions Center and in the Public Corruption Program, Israel Democracy Institute
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch Break
13:45 - 15:00 “The Policing Network” in Internal Security and the Transfer of Power to Local Authorities
Discussion moderated by: Tomer Lotan, Guest Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute; former Director General, Ministry of Internal Security
Knesset Member Merav Ben-Ari, Yesh Atid; Member of the National Security Committee
Deputy Commissioner (Retired) Kobi Cohen, former Judea and Samaria District Commander of the Israel Police
Shelley Saber, Chairperson of the Security Committee and member of the Kfar Saba City Council
Knesset Member Ariel Kellner, Likud; member of the National Security Committee and the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee
Carmel Shama Hacohen, Mayor of Ramat Gan
Pini Schiff, CEO of the National Organization of Security Companies in Israel
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 16:00 Crime in Arab Society - Rahat as a Case Study
Discussion moderated by: Dr. Yael Litmanovitz, Senior Researcher at the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
Waheed Alsana, Director of the Community Security Organization, Rahat
Adv. Zohar Ackerman Elia, Project Manager of the “Stop the Bleeding” Program, State Attorney’s Office
16:00 - 17:15 Police Independence: Challenges and Solutions
Discussion moderated by: Prof. Suzie Navot, Vice President for Research, Israel Democracy Institute
Commissioner (Retired) Roni Alsheich, former Commissioner of the Israel Police
Deputy Commissioner (Retired) Alon Asor, former Deputy Commissioner of the Israel Police
Prof. Amichai Cohen, Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute; Ono Academic College
Knesset Member Gilad Kariv, the Democrats Political Party; former Chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee; Member of the National Security Committee
17:15 - 17:30 The Accelerated Arming in the Civilian Space: Between Public Security and Public Safety
Adv. Mirit Lavi, Researcher at the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
In conversation with: Deputy Commissioner (Retired) Sigal Bar Zvi, former Head of the Operations Division of the Israel Police
17:15 - 17:30 Closing Remarks
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
The Military and External Security
09:15 - 9:45 Registration
09:45 - 10:00 Opening Remarks
Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer, Director of the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
Michael Rimmel, Director of Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung Israel
10:00 - 10:15 Reconstruction of the Gaza Envelope, Security and Community after October 7
Noa Barak Weshler, Director of Marketing and Media, Israel Democracy Institute
In discussion with: Tal Shaul, former Head of the VIP Protection Division of the Shin Bet, resident of Kibbutz Kisufim and a leader of the rehabilitation of the kibbutz
10:15 - 11:00 “The IDF from the Perspective of Israeli Society”: Presentation and Discussion of the Survey Findings for 2024
Discussion moderated by: Amos Harel, the military correspondent of Haaretz newspaper
Prof. Tamar Hermann, Senior Fellow and Academic Director of the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, The Israel Democracy Institute
Prof. Amichai Cohen, Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute; Ono Academic College
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:30
Yohanan Plesner, President, Israel Democracy Institute
In conversation with Knesset Member Yair Lapid, Leader of the Opposition; former Prime Minister
11:30 - 12:45 The People’s Army After October 7: Reserve Service in the IDF
Discussion moderated by: Prof. Elisheva Rosman Stollman, Department of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Eli Bing, Deputy Commissioner of Budgets, Ministry of Finance
Amos Harel, Military Correspondent, Haaretz newspaper
Brigadier General (Res.) Guy Hazoot, author of the book “The High-Tech Army and the Cavalry Army”
Dr. Rinat Moshe, The Open University and the Association of Civil-Military Researchers
Brigadier General (Res.) Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom, former Chief Reserve Service Officer in the IDF
12:45 - 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:30
Prof. Amichai Cohen, Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute, in conversation with: Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister
13:30 - 14:45 Wartime Decision-Making Processes
Discussion moderated by: Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer, Director of the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
Eitan Cabel, former Minister, Knesset Member and Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Prof. Amichai Cohen, Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute; Ono Academic College
Major General (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, former National Security Advisor of Israel; Senior Fellow, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS)
Dr. Roy Scheindorf, former Deputy Attorney General (international law); Head of the International Arbitration Department, Herzog Law Firm
14:45 - 15:00
Yohanan Plesner, President, Israel Democracy Institute
In conversation with: Knesset Member Lt. General (Res.) Gadi Eisenkot, the National Unity Party; Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee; former Member of the Swords of Iron War Cabinet; 21st IDF Chief of Staff
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:30 Hostages and Missing Persons in International Law
Prof. Yuval Shany, Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute
In conversation with: Dr. Shelly Yeini, Head of the International Law Department, Hostages and Missing Persons Family Forum; faculty member at the Academic Center for Law and Business in Ramat Gan
15:30 - 16:00 Israel at War: a View from the Outside (In English) Speakers TBA
16:00 - 16:45 From Jerusalem to The Hague (In English)
Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer, Director of the Center for Security and Democracy, Israel Democracy Institute
Chatting with:
Professor Malcolm Shaw KC, Practicing Barrister
Prof. Yuval Shany, Senior Fellow, Israel Democracy Institute
16:45 - 17:00 Closing Remarks