Strategic Dialogue 13.1.2026

Speakers

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    Prof. Uriel Reichman

    Founding President and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Reichman University

    Photo: Danny Dagon

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    Prof. Boaz Ganor

    President of Reichman University

     

    Photo: Oz Schechter

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    Maj. Gen. (res.) Prof.
    Amos Gilead

    Executive Director, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), Chairman, Annual Herzliya Conference Series, Reichman University

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

  • Amos J. Hochstein

    Former Senior Advisor to the U.S. President;
    Middle East Negotiator and Special Envoy;
    Managing Partner, TWG Global

  • MK Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein

    Former Chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee; Member of Likud Party

  • Ms. Einav Zangauker

    Mother of Released Hostage - Matan Zangauker

    Photo: Ben Cohen

  • Mr. Yali Rothenberg, CPA

    Accountant General,
    Ministry of Finance

  • Mr. Tamir Pardo

    Former Head of the Mossad; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS),
    Reichman University

     

    Photo: Ran Biran

  • Mr. Gideon Frank

    Former Head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), Reichman University

  • Maj. Gen. (res.) Amikam Norkin

    Former Israeli Air Force Commander; Former Head of the IDF Planning Directorate; Founder & Managing Partner, Ace Capital Partners & Aerospace Spirit; Senior Fellow, IPS, Reichman University

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    Adv. Ayelet
    Hashachar Saidof

    Founder and Head of the Mothers on the Front Movement

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    Maj. Gen. (res.)
    Dan Harel

    Former Deputy Chief of the IDF; Former Director General,
    Israeli Ministry of Defense

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    Maj. Gen. (res.)
    Aharon Zeevi Farkash

    Former Director of Military Intelligence (AMAN), Former Head of Unit 8200;
    Chairman of the IICC

  • Dr. Thamar E. Gindin

    Ezri Center, 
    Haifa University

    Photo: Naama Stern

  • Prof. Alex Mintz

    Director of the Computerized Decision-Making Lab; Former Provost, Reichman University

  • Ms. Talik Gvili

    Proud Mother of 
    Master Sergeant Ran Gvili,
    the Last Hostage in Gaza

  • Mr. Itzik Gvili

    Proud Father of 
    Master Sergeant Ran Gvili,
    the Last Hostage in Gaza

  • Prof. Eytan Gilboa

    Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Reichman University; Center on Public Diplomacy, USC; Former Founder and Head, School of Communication and the Center for International Communication, 
    Bar-Ilan University

     

     

  • Dr. Shira Efron

    Distinguished Israel Policy Chair; Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation, U.S.

    Photo: Diane Baldwin

  • Amb. Danny Ayalon

    ​​Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman, Silver Road Capital; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), Reichman University

  • Amb. Jeremy Issacharoff

    Former Vice Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Former Israel's Ambassador to Federal Republic of Germany;  Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), 
    Reichman University

  • Mr. Yair Avidan

    Former Supervisor of Banks, Bank of Israel; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), 
    Reichman University

  • Prof. Yaniv Roznai

    Vice-Dean, Harry Radzyner Law School, Co-Academic Director, Rubinstein Center for Constitutional Challenges, Reichman University 

    Photo: Oz Shechter

  • Rabbi Yair Paran

    Principal of Shaharit Middle School, Jerusalem

    Photo: Sharon Gabay

  • Mr. Eyal Eshel

    Father of Fallen Soldier Roni Eshel Z"L, a Lookout Soldier at Nahal Oz IDF Base, Who Fell in Battle 
    on 7 October, 2023

     

    Photo: Avigail Uzi, Yediot Hachronot

  • Ms. Laly Derai

    Mother of Sergeant Major Saadia Yaakov Derai Z"L; Media and Policy Activist

    Photo: Sagiv Cohen

  • Mr. Gil Tamary

    Chief International News Editor and Commentator, Channel 13 News; Senior Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), 
    Reichman University

  • Mr. Yonatan Shalev

    Founder, Shoulder to Shoulder, a Grassroots Movement of Reservists Advocating for Equal Military Service Across Israeli Society

  • Mr. Lior Akerman

    Research Fellow, Head of National Resilience Section, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS),
    Reichman University

  • Dr. Shay Har-Zvi

    Research Fellow, Head of the International and Middle East Arenas, Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), 
    Reichman University

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik