George Melloan

Guests
25 May ’04

The most prominent foreign journalist to attend the Herzliya Conference on Israel’s Balance of National Strength and Security, where ICSEP was responsible for the sessions on economic and technological issues, was The Wall Street Journal’s Foreign Editor, Mr.

George Melloan.

An ICSEP distinguished guest, Mr.

Melloan participated in most of the three-day conference’s sessions.

To acquaint Mr.

Melloan with a full spectrum of the Israeli media, and to have representatives of the media meet him and hear his comments on the recent US election, ICSEP arranged a dinner in his honor on the eve of the conference.

In attendance were 35 prominent journalists, including the publisher of Haaretz and its two top columnists, the op-ed editors of Maariv and Globes, and the top organizers of the conference.

Mr. Melloan surveyed the election process and its results, and explained what Americans who voted from Bush expected from his administration. To the Israeli journalists, who usually get all their information from The New York Times, Time, Newsweek and CNN, his perspective was unfamiliar, to say the least.

ICSEP took Mr. Melloan on a tour of Jerusalem’s Old City, where he heard from some Arab merchants about their serious objections to Israel ceding sections of the Old City to the Palestinian Authority.

All recent program activities

Speeches
US VIP group
24 Nov ’09

Israel’s Prosperity, Peace Depend on Economic Reform

Until the Intifadah and the Oslo agreements, a non-political process of economic collaboration was leading to a gradual reconciliation between Arabs and Jews, explains ICSEP President Daniel Doron in a talk sponsored by the America-Israel Friendship League. That process can now resume, Doron argues, helped by economic reform within Israel.

Speeches
Gilder/Forbes Telecosm 2009 Conference
10 Nov ’09
Tarrytown House Estate, Tarrytown, New York

Israel’s Prosperity, Peace Depend on Economic Reform

Speeches
NCPA Dinner
11 Apr ’08
Dallas, Texas

Opening Remarks to Introduce Binyamin Netanyahu

ICSEP President Daniel Doron introduces future Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu at an NCPA dinner in Dallas, Texas.

Speeches
27 Jun ’07
Merage Forum

Remarks for the Merage Forum on Education

“Past reforms have focused on asking for more money for education,” ICSEP President Daniel Doron noted in his speech to the Merage Forum on education.

“This despite the fact that Israel is already spending the highest proportion of GDP on education in the West.

“Yet, despite a steady growth in expenditures, standards and achievements have shown little improvement; in fact they have further deteriorated.”

Speeches
25 Jun ’07
Strategic Forums Sponsored by Paul Merage

Opening Remarks at the Strategic Forums Sponsored by Paul Merage

“Before I continue with my remarks, let me sound an optimistic note,” said Daniel Doron, ICSEP President, in his opening remarks to the Strategic Forums Sponsored by Paul Merage.

“You will hear voices say that attempts to reform Israel are futile, that you cannot initiate significant changes here.

“We know better.”

The high-powered conference was held to explore ways of encouraging Israeli high-tech to meet the serious challenges facing it and to continue flourishing.

Memos
10 Aug ’05

Finance Ministry thanks ICSEP

After the financial market reform was ratified by the Knesset, the director general of the finance ministry wrote to ICSEP director Daniel Doron. “Thank you for the support and encouragement that you and your colleagues gave us throughout the process,” he wrote.

Memos
4 Aug ’05

Finance Minister thanks ICSEP for helping historic market reform

After the passage of historic capital market and tax reform bills, Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wrote to ICSEP director Daniel Doron to thank ICSEP for “truly invaluable assistance in helping bring about this important reform.”

Guests
8 Jul ’05

Binyamin Netanyahu

“In 10 years, Israel could be one of the 10 richest countries in the world,” Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told guests at ICSEP’s first annual United States Awards Dinner.

Milton Friedman expressed similar beliefs to those assembled at New York’s St Regis Hotel: “Israel has the potential of being the Hong Kong of the Middle East,” he said in his video address.

During dinner, Israel’s minister of economic affairs in America, Ron Dermer, presented the awards.

Speeches
Republican Jewish Coalition
25 May ’05
Washington, DC

Israel’s survival, peace, depend on economic prosperity

“Most of you have visited Israel,” ICSEP president Daniel Doron began his address to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington on May 25th.

“You saw a vibrant, seemingly well-to-do country.

“You ate at posh restaurants full of prosperous Israelis, visited their impressive villas and saw their expensive cars.

“And yet, Israel, chock-full of human talent and energy, a world-class high-tech leader, seems in perpetual economic trouble.

“If the country is to survive it must reform its economic system, and do it soon.”

Read the entire speech.

Memos
16 Oct ’04

Economics editor requests pardon from ICSEP

On the eve of Yom Kippur this year, Sever Plotzker, chief economic and social editor of the very influential Yediot Achronot, requested a pardon from seven parties whom he thought “were not given the credit they deserved” and “to whom the Israeli economy owes quite a bit.” Among them was ICSEP.