Major General Daniel Rothschild is the head of The Institute for Policy and Strategy, an Israeli Think Tank in the Lauder school of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and is the chairman of the annual Herzliya Conference series.
Career
General During his service as Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Rothschild played a significant role in the negotiations that led to Israel’s peace agreements with Jordan and with the Palestinians. and headed Israel’s delegation in the bilateral peace talks held in Cairo. General
General Rothschild enlisted to the Israel Defense Forces in 1964 and served in various field commands. In 1968, he was transferred to the Intelligence corps, where he served in Senior positions in the various regional commands.
Rothschild later served as deputy director of the Military Intelligence Directorate and director of Research Department, where he was responsible for national strategic (political and military) research and analysis, including before and during the first Gulf War.
In 1991 Rothschild was promoted to the rank of Major General (Aluf) and was appointed Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. he served in this role until his retirement in 1995. Upon his retirement from the Israel Defense Forces in 1995, General
Rothschild founded the global security consultancy NETACS limited
Membership
Rothschild also heads the Council for Peace and Security, an Israeli association of national security experts, He is a member of the advisory board of the Central Bank of Israel and the chairman of the board of trustees of the Afeka College of Engineering. He served as a member of Israel’s delegation to the peace talks with the Jordanians and with the Palestinians in Madrid and Washington District of Columbia Rothschild was also a senior member of Israel’s delegation to the Paris economic talks for negotiation of the Israeli - Palestinian economic agreement. And assumed several public positions, such as the chairman of the Israeli Board of the America-Israel Friendship League and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
As of 2009 he heads the Council for Peace and Security, is a member of the advisory board of the Central Bank of Israel, the chairman of the board of trustees of the Afeka College of Engineering and in September 2009 was appointed head of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (Identity and Passport Service) and the chairman of the annual Herzliya Conference series.