Commanders for Israel's Security
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| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Type | Extra-parliamentary |
Area served | Israel |
| Website | en |
"Commanders for Israel's Security" (CIS, Template:Lang-he) is an Israeli movement of veteran senior security officials (IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and Israel Police), that was founded on October 2014, and aims to promote a regional political-security initiative to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to normalize relations with moderate Arab states. The movement is non-partisan but promotes a political goal.
The organization was established by a private and spontaneous initiative, in which a number of senior reserve officers who called on the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to adopt the Arab Peace Initiative as a basis for political negotiations and security, and to advance the peace process.[1]
Among members of the movement, are former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz, former directors of Mossad Zvi Zamir, Shabtai Shavit and Danny Yatom, former head of the Shin Bet Ami Ayalon, former Air Force officers Amos Lapidot and Avihu Ben-Nun, and former Police Commissioners Herzl Shafir, Yaakov Turner and Assaf Hefetz, and many others.[2]
References
- ^ "106 retired Israeli generals, spy chiefs urge Netanyahu to push for peace". Haaretz. 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Members of the movement". in the CIS website.
External links
- Commanders for Israel's Security, official website
- Video filmed by Commanders for Israel's Security, YouTube