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P OLICY CONFERENC E JERUSALEM, ISRAEL FEBRUARY 2011 BUILDING A CLOSER PARTNERSHIP 2 ND

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Among the participants are chairmen and presidents of the following committees from 48 countries:• Business and industry• Finance• Energy, ecology and natural resources• Renewable energy• Science and research• Environment• Agriculture and forestry• Human rights• Water & water management• Transportation, information technologies and communications• Defense and securityConfirmed israel guests that will join the conference:Shimon Peres, President of israelBenjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister,Prof. Stanley Fisher, Governor of the Bank of Israel.Attached is a presentation about the organization and the conference. We are dedicating Sunday the 6th of February for closer partnership between Europe and Israel in all tehe tech fields. This is opened to Israelis.The register www.efi-policy-conference.org I’d appreciate if you could market it

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POLICY CONFERENCEJ E R U S A L E M , I S R A E L F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 1

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A LANDMARK EVENT TO FOSTER

A CLOSER PARTNERSHIPBY ADVANCING ISRAELI-EUROPEAN RELATIONS

POLICY CONFERENCEJERUSALEM, ISRAEL | 5 –8 FEBRUARY 2011

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EUROPEAN UNION & ISRAEL:SHARING THE SAME VALUES

Proud champions of freedom… Innovators ofmodern technology… Beacons of change andinternational cooperation… Defenders of individualrights… Guarantors of Democracy...

THE POWER OF THE FUTURE.

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TODAY... We can join forces to build relationships andexplore opportunities…

We can work as one to share a lastingdialogue between nations to benefitgenerations to come…

We can come together in this first-of-its kindevent in Israel since the establishment of theState, to promote a stronger alliance betweenEurope and Israel…

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After the successful First EFI Policy Conference in Paris in 2008 which

brought in more than 350 Parliamentarians from 42 countries across the

European Continent and from Israel, EFI will bring together for its second

Policy Conference in Jerusalem, over 650 distinguished guests including

key Political leaders from Israel and from Europe, together with Foreign

Affairs Ministers, Presidents of Parliaments and hundreds Parliamentarians

of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the Knesset for 2

important days of dialogue and meetings.

P O L I C Y C O N F E R E N C EDavid Citadel Hotel, Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel

5–8 FEBRUARY, 2011

A LANDMARK EVENT

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President Shimon Peres

President of the State of Israel

President Jose Manuel Barroso

President of the European Commission

Moshe Yahalon Minister of Strategic Affairs

INVITED GUESTSOF HONOUR& KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Tzipi LivniHead of the Opposition

Ehoud BarakMinister of Defense

ISRAELI LEADERS

Reouven RivlinSpeaker of the Knesset

Avigdor LibermanIsraeli Minister of Foreign Affairs

Binyamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of Israel

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650 Distinguished Guests including EU Commissioners, ForeignAffairs Ministers, Ministers, members of the European Parliament,members of National Parliaments, Knesset members and Lay Leaders.

EUROPEAN LEADERS:

FORMER PRESIDENTS

PRESIDENTS OF PARLIAMENTS

Vytautas LandsbergisFormer First President of theRepublic 1990–1992, Member ofthe European Parliament, Lithuania

Lazlo SalyomFormer President of Hungary,

2005-2010

Lazlo KoverPresident of the National Assembly of Hungary

Tsetska TsachevaPresident of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

Per WesterbergSpeaker of the Riksdag,Sweden

Luka BebicPresident of the National Assembly, Croatia

Mario SoaresPrime Minister of Portugal, 1976–’78; 1983–‘85; President of Portugal, 1986–1996

Vaira Vike-FreibergaPresident of Latvia, 1999–2007

José María Aznar LópezPrime Minister of Spain,1996 – 2004

Tony BlairPrime Minister of the United Kingdom,1997–2007; Special Envoy for the Quarteton the Middle East, 2007–Present

Philip Dimitrov DimitrovPrime Minister of Bulgaria, 1991

Jan FischerPrime Minister of the Czech Republic, 2009-2010;

Joschka FischerVice Chancellor and German ForeignMinister 1998-2005

Sir John MajorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom,1990–1997

Wilfried MartensPrime Minister of Belgium, 1979–1992;President of the European People’s Party,1992–Present

Péter MedgyessyPrime Minister of Hungary,2002–2004

Göran PerssonPrime Minister of Sweden, 1996–2006

Alojz PeterlePrime Minister of Slovenia, 1990-1992,Member of the European Parliament

Romano ProdiPrime Minister of Italy 1996–1998 and2006–2008, President of the EuropeanCommission 1999–2004

Jean-Pierre RaffarinPrime Minister of France, 2002–2005

Lord David TrimbleFirst Minister of Northern Ireland 1998-2007, Nobel Peace Laureate 1998

FORMER PRIME MINISTERS

Jerzy BuzekPresident of the EuropeanParliament

Gianfranco FiniPresident of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy

Vaclav HavelLast President of Czechoslovakia,1989–1992; First President of theCzech Republic, 1993–2003

Aleksander KwasniewskiPrime Minister of Poland, 1988–1989; President of Poland,1995–2005

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CONFERENCE DRAFT PROGRAMSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 201110.00 Pre-Conference optional tour in the Old city

of Jerusalem and Shaare Dorot Project

14.00 Lunch

15.30 Free time

19.00 Registration to the ConferenceOfficial program begins

19.30 Reception at the Hotel

20.00 Policy Conference Opening Gala DinnerGuest of Honor: President of the State of Israel,Mr Shimon Peres

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 6, 20117.30 Check Out & Departure

8.30 Arrival to Sderot • Meeting the Mayor of Sderot• Meetings with Residents

A viewpoint from the Erez Crossing to Gaza

• Briefings by Defense High Officers

10.30 Discovering the other IsraelVisit in 4 separate groups

• Intel Plant - Kiriat Gat: In 1999 Intel opened its 1.6 Billion dollar plant manufacturingMicro Processors and employed about 2,000 people. Recently, Intel completed anothermanufacturing plant in the Kiryat Gat South Industrial zone. The cost of this plant is anastounding 3.6 Billion dollars. It will employ thousands of more workers.

• Weizman Institute - Rehovot: The Institute is a world-renowned science andtechnology research centre, home to 2,600 scientists, graduate students and support staff.It ranges across 5 faculties: Biology, Biophysics/Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics andMathematical Sciences. Its scientists and students pursue basic research with the aim of

enhancing the quality of human life. The Institute has an extraordinary record of achievement across allareas of study, from neurosciences, cancer and children’s diseases, to environmental research, chemistry,physics and computer science.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2011Pre-Conference Optional Activities

Arrival to Israel (Tel Aviv, David Inter-Continental Hotel)

18.00 Optional Artistic show by Mayumanafollowed by dinner (Jaffa)Welcoming note by a Distinguished Guest

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4, 20119.30-17.00 Optional tours:

• The Negev desert: Ben Gurion Universityand Desert agriculture - Massada

• The Lebanese Border and Golan Heights• The Palestinian Authority: Meetings with

High officials in Ramallah• The Gush Etzion and Bethlehem• Haifa region and the Technion Institute,

Bahai Gardens

17.30 Free time

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4, 201110.00 An optional tour in the Old city of Jerusalem

14.00 Lunch

15.30 Free time

Check inn at the David Citadel Hotel in Jerusalem -Registration

AGENDAConference delegates will take part in a

full schedule of discussion forums on

topics that will help advance relations

between Israel and the European Union,

led by prominent members of the

European and international political scene.

KEY FEATURES• Adressing delegitimization of Israel and boycott issues• Understanding the extremist threat and working to counter it.• Developing regional cooperation for natural resources in the Middle East.• Democracy as the key to peace.• The future role of the EU and of a wider Europe.• Regional projects as bridges between nations.

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13.45-15.00 Plenary Session III:Technological and Scientific Breakthroughsfor a Better Life (or Break-Out Sessions)• Watech - Agritech• Cleantech: Seeing through Green eyes• Biotech and Meditech: Life with Technology

15.00-15.30 Break

15.30 Departure to the Knesset

16.00 Welcoming remarks by the Speaker of the Knesset and by Speakers of European Parliaments

16.30-17.45 Plenary Session IV:Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister,Mr Moshe Yahalon

MK Tsahi Hanegbi Chairman Foreign Affairsand Defense Committee

17.45 -19.00 Closing Plenary Session V:Future of EU-Israel Relations Discussion withMembers of the Knesset

19.00-19.30 Reception at the Knesset Foyer (before Chagall Hall)

19.30.-22.00 Closing Gala Dinner at the Chagall Hall Knesset

Conclusion remarksSpeaker of Knesset: Mr. Reuven Rivlin

EFI Chairman: Mr. Gunnar Hokmark

Keynote Speaker: Mr. Binyamin Netanyahu,Prime Minister of Israel

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2011Departure to Europe

• ARO - Volcani Institute for Agriculture research – Beit Dagan: The Agricultural ResearchOrganization (ARO), the research arm of the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, is responsible for most of the agricultural research conducted in Israel. Thisresearch aims to improve existing agricultural production systems and to introduce newproducts, processes and equipment, thereby ensuring the basis of Israel's future agriculture.

The ARO has an extensive research infrastructure that supports both basic and applied research, conductedby more than 200 Ph.D. scientists and 300 engineers and technicians. These workers are organized into sixinstitutes located on the main campus at Bet Dagan, and in two regional research centers in the north andsouth of the country. The Institute of Plant Sciences, located in Beit Dagan, is Israel's largest researchorganization in the broad fields of plant biology, agro-technology, and agro-environmental issues.

• AqWise - Wise Water Technologies Ltd, Yavne - is a world leader in the development andimplementation of innovative wastewater treatment technologies. AqWise offers a widerange of solutions, covering a broad field of applications and needs. The processes providesolutions for municipal, industrial and agricultural wastewater treatment requirements.AqWise demonstrates an intelligent and responsible approach to water environment.

13.00 Lunch in Jerusalem

15.00 Departure to Herzliya

16.00 -18.00 11th Herzliya Conference Opening Sessions–

18.00 – 19.30 Joint EFI – Herzliyah Conference PlenarySession I: Democracies facing Terror:European and Israeli Defense Ministers Lord David Trimble; Nobel Peace Prize,Mr. Jose Manuel Aznar, Former Spanish PM

19.30-22.00 Cocktail & Dinner with the participation ofDistinguished Guests from Europe and Israel

22.00 Return to the David Citadel Hotel

MONDAY FEBRUARY 7, 20118.00 Departure to Yad Vashem

8.30-10.00 Visit of Yad Vashem Holocaust MemorialOfficial Remembrance Ceremony

10.30-12.15 Plenary Session II:The Delegitimization and Boycott of Israel – The Never Again Declaration

12.15-13.30 LunchKeynote Speaker: Mr Avigdor Liberman, Foreign Affairs Minister

The Conference will be heldin the David Citadel Hotellocated near the Old City,Jerusalem and in the Knesset

CONFERENCE VENUES

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Gunnar HökmarkMEP, Sweden, EFI EP Chairman

Claude GoasguenMember of the French Assembly;

Chairman of the FrenchFriendship Group with Israel

Fiamma NirensteinMember of the Italian Chamber of

Deputies, Vice ChairwomanForeign Affairs Committee

Vladimir SloutskerSenator, Council of the

Russian Federation

Rt. Hon. JamesArbuthnot

Member of the BritishParliament; Chairman of theConservative Friends of Israel

EFI EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

EFI EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT STEERING COMMITEE

Gunnar HökmarkMEP, Sweden

EFI EP Chairman, Sweden

Marek SiwiecMEP, Poland

EFI EP Vice-ChairmanS&D,Poland

Frédérique RiesMEP, Belgium

EFI EP Vice-ChairwomanALDE, Belgium

Charles TannockMEP, UK

EFI EP Vice - Chairman, ECR, UK

EUROPEAN BUREAU OF EFI

Hannu TakkulaFinland, MEP, ALDE

Anna RosbachDenmark, MEP, EFD

Bastiaan BelderThe Netherlands, MEP, EFD

Monika BenovaSlovakia, MEP, S&D

Ivari PadarEstonia, MEP, S&D

Helga Trüpel Germany, MEP, Green Party

Nuno MeloPortugal, MEP, EPP

Zuzana RoithovaCzech Republic, MEP, EPP

Corinne LepageFrance, MEP, ALDE

Csaba Sandor Tabadji, Hungary, MEP, S&D

Antonio Lopez-IsturizSpain, MEP, EPP

Georgios PapanikolaouGreece, MEP, EPP

Charles GoerensLuxembourg, MEP, ALDE

Corinna CretuRomania, MEP, S&D

Magdi AllamItaly, MEP, Member of EFI, EPP

Jerzy MontagMember of the German Bundestag;

Chairman of the GermanFriendship Group with Israel

Antonyia Parvanova Bulgaria, MEP, ALDE

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EUROPEAN FRIENDS OF ISRAELEFI was created in 2006 by Members of the EuropeanParliament as well as Members of NationalParliaments from all across Europe. It is atransnational, politically independent association ofmore than 1000 Parliamentarians and Policy makersfrom all the countries on the European continent,headquartered in Brussels, which aims at fosteringunderstanding through dialogue and at deepeningrelations between Europe and Israel. EFI is one of thelargest organization of its kind.

In the pages ahead, we’ve highlighted some of EFI’sproudest moments over the last four years.

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6–7 November, 2008

POLICY CONFERENCEEFI organized in 2008 a Policy Conference inParis which gathered for the first time since theestablishment of the State of Israel, more than350 Parliamentarians from 42 countries on theEuropean continent.

This Policy Conference called for strengtheningthe relations between Europe and Israel

September, 2006

EFI GALA LAUNCH EVENTEuropean Friends of Israel was formally launchedon September 13, 2006 by 300 MEPs, MKs,distinguished guests and lay leaders. In two shortyears, it has successfully brought togetherpoliticians and activists from all backgrounds forthe express purpose of advancing the EU’srelationship with Israel.

Excerpt of pre-recorded speech, EFI Gala Launch Event

EHUD OLMERTPRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL

“The establishment of your organisation is a veryimportant milestone in creating a new spiritbetween Europe and the State of Israel... I want tothank you for your involvement, and invite you allto visit us in the State of Israel so I’ll be able toshare with you the problems, the difficulties, theconstraints but also the pride that we have in thegreat achievements of this small but verycourageous country.

Left to right: Dimitri Dombret, Director EFI; Michel Gourary, DirectorENF; Oded Eran, Israeli Ambassador to the EU; Benita FerreroWaldner, European Commissioner of External Relations; Amira Dotan,Member of Knesset; Gunnar Hökmark, MEP, Sweden, Chairman EFI

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The establishment of a broad based organisationof friends of the State of Israel, of member states ofthe EU is of great importance to the State of Israel.The participation of many parliament membersfrom many states, and many high officials, andmany important representatives of these countriesis a testament to the growing and expandingcooperation between the state of Israel and Europeand it is a very significant evidence to thewarming of relations that we have now withEuropean countries.

“Thank you for your support... I hope that theevent of today will be one important step forwardin building up a future of hope for the Middle Eastand for the State of Israel.”

27 January, 2008-2009-2010

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE MISSIONSJoint missions of parliamentarians from Europe andmembers of the Israeli Knesset to the Auschwitz-Birke-nau death camp on the occasion of the EuropeanHolocaust Remembrance Day.

July, 2009–2010

REINFORCING EUISRAEL PARLIAMENTARIAN RELATIONSRegular EFI Steering Committee and KnessetDelegation Workshops and Meetings

Initiating the establishment of EFK, the EuropeanForum of the Knesset

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POLITICAL ACTIONS: THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT

7 March, 2007

CONFERENCE ATTHE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT“How International Economicand Financial Sanctions canstop Iran from Developing itsNuclear Program andSupporting Terror?”

Hosted by Paulo Casaca, MEP& Jana Hybaskova, MEP

24 September, 2009

OPEN LETTERS &RESOLUTIONSRAISINGAWARENESS OFIRAN’S THREATTO ISRAEL ANDTHE EU, CALL FORSANCTIONS

26 April, 2007

RAISINGAWARENESS OFIRAN’S THREATTO ISRAEL ANDTHE EU, CALLFOR SANCTIONSMany parliamentarians, including 5 Membersof the EFI Steering Committee signed a billencouraging businesses to understand theIranian threat and help neutralize it:

“…Call upon the EU and its member states tofully implement UN Security Council resolution1747 in order to prevent a destabilizingaccumulation of weapons of mass destructionin the Middle East by a totalitarian regime...Encourage all European business to disengagefrom economic activities in the IslamicRepublic of Iran, and especially with personsand entities designated in Annex I of resolution1747 of the UN Security Council.”

November, 2006

PRESS CONFERENCE TO INVOLVE EUPOLICY MAKERS IN THE PLIGHT OFKIDNAPPED ISRAELI SOLDIERS

Members of the European Parliament appeal to free the threeKidnapped Israeli Soldiers

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14 January, 2009 – 30 March, 2009

RAISINGAWARENESS OFEUROPEANPOLICY MAKERSTHE CRITICAL SITUATIONIN SOUTHERN ISRAEL

Parliamentarians seeing the Kassam rockets clusters

June, 2007

SOLIDARITY VISIT TO SDEROTThe EFI sponsors ongoing political actions to raiseawareness of EU Policy makers about Sderot citizens'constant struggles and endangerment.

15 April, 2009

THE REAL FACE OF HAMAS

ANNUAL MISSIONS TO ISRAELDuring a Support Mission to Israel in July, 2007, EFIDelegation met with Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. EhudOlmert; Foreign Affairs Minister Ms. Tzipi Livni; Mr. AmosGilad, Major General, Director of Military and Policy Bureau,Ministry of Defense; 15 EU Ambassadors and Diplomats;Head of the EU Commission to the State of Israel; and JosefinaReis Carvalho, Ambassador of Portugal, representative of theEU Presidency. In January, 2009, EFI Delegation visited Sderotduring the Cast Lead Operation, met with President Peres andthe Palestinian Prime Minister Salem Fayed.

Top: Meeting with the Prime Minister Mr Ehud Olmert. Bottom: Briefing with Foreign Minister Ms Tzipi Livni

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April, 2008

CELEBRATION 60Celebrating the 60th anniversaryof the State of Israel within theEuropean Parliament. During one whole week at thebeginning of April, different activities were organized inorder to present Israel’s accomplishments in various fields.Panels focused on environment, humanitarian aid,education, health, R&D, high technologies, relationsbetween EU and Israel, and more.

June, 2008 – 2010

CELEBRATING A REUNITEDJERUSALEMThe EFI celebrated “Yom Yerushalaim” – Jerusalem Day,which commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in1967, at the European Parliament in Brussels, hosted byFinish MEP Hannu Takkula, Member of EFI. MK ReuvenRivlin, former Speaker of the Knesset, Marek Siwiec, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Vice-Chairman ofEFI and Nickolay Mladenov, MEP, Member of EFIaddressed the celebrations. L-R: MK Reuven Rivlin, MEP Nickolay Mladenov, MEP Marek Siwiec

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POLICY CONFERENCEJERUSALEM, ISRAEL | 5–8 FEBRUARY 2011

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