Speakers List
2026 Herzliya Conference

(To be updated daily)

Officiated by:

  • H.E. Isaac Herzog

    President of the State of Israel

     

    Photo: Avi Ohayon

Conference Conveners:

  • Prof. Uriel Reichman

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

    Photo: Danny Dagon

  • Prof. Boaz Ganor

    President of Reichman University; 
    Founder of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) 

    Photo: Oz Schechter

  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Prof. Amos Gilead

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

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

 

Speakers:

  • HE Mike Huckabee

    Ambassador of the United States to Israel

  • Hon. Amos J. Hochstein

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

  • Hon. Prof. Aharon Barak

    Reichman University; Former President of the Supreme
    Court of Israel

  • H.E. Amb. Michael Mann

    European Union (EU)
    Ambassador to Israel

  • Naftali Bennett

    Former Prime Minister of Israel;
    Leader of the Beyahad
    (Together) Party 

  • MK Yair Lapid

    Leader of the Opposition at the Knesset; The 14th Prime Minister of Israel; Yesh Atid Party

    Photo: Avi Ohayon

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    Lt. Gen. (Res.)
    Gadi Eisenkot

    The 21st Chief of the General Staff, IDF; Leader of the Yashar! Party

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    Maj. Gen. (Res.)
    Amir Baram

    Director General of Israel’s
    Ministry of Defense

  • Hon. MK Ofir Sofer

    Minister of Aliya and Integration

  • Matanyahu Englman

    The Israeli State Comptroller and Ombudsman

  • MK Ze’ev Elkin

    Minister In the Ministry of Finance, Responsible for the Reconstruction of the North and the South

    Photo: Sasha Gusov

  • MK Avigdor Lieberman

    Former Minister of Defense, 
    Head of Yisrael Beiteinu Party

  • Amb. Daniel B. Shapiro

    Former US Ambassador to Israel; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

    Photo: Brandon Payne, Teampeople

  • MK Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein

    Former Chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee

  • David Makovsky

    Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Director, Project on Arab-Israel Relations, U.S. 

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    Hon. Prof. 
    Hanan Melcer

    Former Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel; President, Israeli Media Council  

    Photo: Gal Hermoni

  • Tamir Pardo

    Former Head of the Mossad

     

    Photo: Ran Biran

  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amikam Norkin

    Former Israeli Air Force Commander; Founder & Managing Partner, Ace Capital Partners; Founder & Chairman of
    Aerospace Spirit

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    Maj. Gen. (Res.)
    Yair Golan

    Leader of Democrats 

    Photo: Yanai Yechiel 

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    Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Eshel

    Former Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Defense and Former Israeli Air Force Commander; Senior Fellow, FDD

    Source: FDD

  • Gideon Frank

    Former Head of Israel Atomic Energy Commission

  • Prof. Varda Liberman

    Founder & Head, MBA in Healthcare Innovation, 
    Former Provost,
    Reichman University

  • Maj. Gen. (Res.) Nitsan Alon

    Former Head of the Hostage & Missing Persons Directorate; Project Manager for Countering the Iranian Threat; Head, IDF Operations Directorate; Commanding Officer, IDF Central Command

  • Yodfat Harel Buchris

    Managing Director, Blumberg Capital, Israel 

  • Tzachi Hanegbi

    Former National Security Advisor & Head of NSC; Former Minister of Internal Security; Minister of Justice

  • Adv. Ayelet Hshahar Saidof

    Founder and Head of the Mothers on the Front Movement

  • Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon

    Former Minister of Defense, 17th Chief of the General Staff, IDF

  • Dr. Eyal Hulata

    Former Israel's National Security Advisor and head of NSC
    Currently; Senior Fellow at FDD, U.S.

     Photo:GPO

  • Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Orit Adato

    Former Commissioner, Israeli Prison Services; Chair, GESHER

    Photo: Shlomi Amsalem

  • Amb. Mike Herzog

    Israel's Former Ambassador to the United States; Tisch Distinguished Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, U.S.

  • Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis

    President and CEO, Elbit Systems

  • Nechemia (Chemi) Peres

    Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Pitango VC & Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation

    Photo: Dor Sebag

  • Hon. Yariv Fisher

    Mayor of the city of Herzliya, Israel

     

    Photo: The Municipality of Herzliya

  • Dana Weiss

    Chief Political Analyst; Host of the Saturday News with Dana Weiss, Channel 12 

    Photo: Eyal Ben Yaish

  • Seffy (Yosef) Zinger

    Ad Chairman of the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) 

    Photo: Rami Haham

  • MK Dan Illouz

    Member of the Knesset; Likud

  • Dr. Ronen Bergman

    Contributing Writer, The New York Times; Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs, Yedioth Ahronoth

  • Emily Damari

    Released Hostage, Kfar Aza

  • Prof. Niron Hashai

    Dean, Arison School of Business and Chairman, Arison ESG Center, Reichman University

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

  • Dr. Thamar E. Gindin

    Ezri Center, 
    Haifa University

    Photo: Daniel Tchetchik

  • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Avi Bnayahu

    Strategy, Communications, and Crisis Management Consultant; Former IDF Spokesperson and Commander of Galei Zahal; Analyst, Channel 12; Columnist, Maariv

    Photo: Sivan Farag

  • Hon. Prof. Irwin Cotler

    Canada's first Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism; Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Founder & International Chair, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

  • Shlomi Shuv

    Head of the Accounting Program, Vice Dean, Arison School of Business, Head of The Phoenix Institute for Capital Market Research, Reichman University

  • Moran Moshe Jantzis

    Senior Deputy Chief Economist,
    Israel's Ministry of Finance

  • Prof. Assaf Moghadam

    Professor and Former Dean, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, Reichman University; Goldman Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, U.S.

  • 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; Member of the "October Council" Leadership

    Photo: Avigail Uzi, Yediot Hachronot

  • Barak Ravid

    Global Affairs Correspondent at Axios; CNN Analyst; 
    Channel 12 Correspondent in Washington

  • Udi Segal

    nchor, Channel 13 News

    Photo: Micha Loubaton

  • Haggai Schreiber

    CIO, Phoenix Holdings Ltd.

    Photo: Inbal Marmari

  • Dikla Aharon Shafran

    Political Correspondent & Presenter, Kan-Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

    Photo: Micha Loubaton

  • Mr. Rafi Ben Shitrit

    Father of Elroai Z"L, Who Fell in Battle at Nahal Oz; Former Mayor of Beit She'an; Member of the "October Council" Leadership

  • Joanna Landau

    Chair of the Board of Directors, Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy & Foreign Relations, Reichman University

    Photo: Smadar Kafri

  • Dr. Shira Efron

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

    Photo: Diane Baldwin

  • Yoav Limor

    Keshet 12 Anchor; Senior Defense Analyst, Israel Hayom

    Photo: Yuri Skvirski

  • Adv. Shvut Raanan

    IDF Reservists' Wives Forum

    Photo: Liel Anapolsky

  • Amir Bar Shalom

    Military Analyst, Galei Zahal

    Photo: Regev Zarka

  • Amb. Danny Ayalon

    ​​Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chairman, Silver Road Capital

    Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Dr. Dana Wolf

    Head of Law and Security Program, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy,
    Reichman University

    Photo: Nir Slakman

  • Ksenia Svetlova

    CEO, Regional Organization for Peace, Economics and Security (Ropes); Former Knesset Member

    Photo: Lu. Ostrinski

  • Nadav Tamir

    Executive Director, J Street Israel

  • Yaki Dayan

    Former Israeli Consul General in Los Angeles; American Affairs Expert

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    Maj. Gen. (Res.)
    Yaakov (Mendi) Or

    Former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT)

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    Brig Gen. (Res.) Aviv Tamir

    Head of Israel, Strategic Unit, 
    Israel Aerospace Industries

    Photo: Ronen Topelberg

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    Brig. Gen. (Res.)
    Dr. Ephraim Sneh

    Former Deputy Minister of Defense

    Photo: Reuven Kopitchinski 

  • Tal Schneider

    Political & Dipllomatic Correspondent, The Times of Israel

     Photo: Nati Shohat

  • Hezi Simantov

    Arab Affairs Commentator,
    Channel 13 News

  • Samer Sinijlawi

    Palestinian Political Activist & Businessman

  • Prof. Eytan Gilboa

    Expert on U.S. and International Communication; Sammi Ofer School of Communication, Reichman University   

     

     

  • Nurit Canetti

    Anchor, Editor in Chief, Galei Tzahal

    Photo: Niri Gattmon

  • Sami Peretz

    Journalist, TheMarker, Haaretz

     

  • Eyal Naveh

    Co-founder of 'Brothers and Sisters in Arms' and 'Brothers and Sisters for Israel' 

    Photo: Dana Kopel

  • Amb. Jeremy Issacharoff

    Former Ambassador to Germany and the Vice Director-General and Head of the Multilateral Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • Roni Nachmias

    Co-Founder, ‘Beit Arazim' Program; Fighters for Israeli Hope

  • Attila Somfalvi

    Political Commentator

  • Maj. (Res.) Shahar Varon

    Co-founder of "Shoulder to Shoulder"- Israeli Young
    Reservist Movement; Beyahad (Together) Party 

  • Amit Bar

    IDF Combat Soldier; Student, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy & Strategy,
    Reichman University

    Photo: Alon Gilboa

  • Ariel Sender

    Campaign Manager, R.O.S Republicans 
    Overseas Israel

    Photo: Zvika Goldstein

  • Adi Zarifi

    News Anchor; Channel 12 News

    Photo: Shai Franco

  • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi

    Founder and Chairman, IDSF Habithonistim - Israel's Defense and Security Forum

    Photo: IDSF Social

  • Lt. Col. (Res.) Attorney Ori Egoz

    Former Military Judge, Member of the Dvora Forum 

     

  • Adv. Roni (Fantanesh) Malkai

    Activist, Media Figure & Author 

    Photo: Ilan Belete

  • Maj. (Res.) Davidi Ben-Zion

    Deputy Head of the Samaria Regional Council; Major (Res.), Paratroopers Brigade, IDF

  • Chen Liberman

    Investigative Reporter, Anchor “Zman Emet”, Kan 11 

    Photo: Shai Franco

  • Yossi Mizrachi

    Head of the "HaMevaker", N12 News

    Photo: Eyal Ben Yaish

  • Naor Gilon

    Head of the Public Diplomacy Directorate, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

     

  • Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy

    Founder and Chair, Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children 

    Photo:Joshua Fleisher

  • Eylon Levy

    Former Israeli Government Spokesperson & Head of The Spokesperson’s Office

     

  • Ofir Dayan

    Author of Intifada Globalized; Forum Dvorah Board Member

     Photo: Efrat Eshel

  • Yael Hadad

    Northern Correspondent, Galei Zahal Radio

  • Dr. Shay Har-Zvi

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

     

    Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik

  • Lior Akerman

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

  • Sharon Wexler

    --Conference Moderator--

    Kan 11 - The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation

    Photo: Roni Mattes