Commanders for Israel's Security

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Name (Hebrew)
מפקדים למען ביטחון ישראל
Name (Latin)
Commanders for Israel's Security
Other forms of name
CIS (Commanders for Israel's Security)
C.I.S. (Commanders for Israel's Security)
מפקדים למען בטחון ישראל
Start period
2014
Associated country
Israel
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q19362911

Wikipedia description:

"Commanders for Israel's Security" (CIS, Hebrew: מפקדים למען ביטחון ישראל) is an Israeli movement of ex-senior security officials (IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and Israel Police) that was founded in 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. Among members of the movement, are former IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, former Directors of Mossad Zvi Zamir, Shabtai Shavit, Danny Yatom and Meir Dagan, former Head of the Shin Bet Ami Ayalon, former Air Force Commanders Amos Lapidot and Avihu Ben-Nun, and former Police Commissioners Herzl Shafir, Yaakov Turner and Assaf Hefetz, and many others.

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