When looking over the impressive and long list of former Israeli security and military personnel who support the Iran Agreement, it should be clear that not all Israelis agree with Prime Minister Netanyahu, his government, AIPAC, the Republican Party, and some Democrats.
Consider forwarding this list to your friends who are convinced that the Iran Agreement is a “bad deal” and Congress should vote against what took the P5+1 two years to negotiate.
This list was published in Haaretz and then posted on Washington’s Blog (www.washingtonsblog.org).
“Israeli Military Brass Support Iran Deal
Posted on August 5, 2015 by WashingtonsBlog
Haaretz reports that an impressive list of top Israeli military brass supports the deal with Iran. These military leaders wrote a letter to Netanyahu urging him to support the Iran deal.
Because it’s hard to read names jammed together without any organization, here’s a list of some of the military bigwigs (all now retired) who signed the letter:
Shlomo Gaza, Chief of Intelligence, Major General
Carmi Gillon, Director of Israel Security Agency
Ami Ayalon, Vice Admiral, Director of Israel Security Agency
Itamar Yaar, Colonel Deputy Israeli National Security Council
Arie Pellman, Israeli Security Agency official
Amiram Levin, deputy of the Mossad director, Major General
Itzhak Barzilay, Mossad official
Nathan Sharony, Major General, head of planning for the armed forces
Numerous admirals and generals signed the letter as well:
David Ben Bashat, Vice Admiral
Micha Ram, Vice Admiral
Alex Tal, Vice Admiral
Amira Dotan, Brigadier General, member of Parliament
Uzi Eilam, Brigadier General, Director of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission
Aviezer Yaari, Major General
Giora Romm, Major General
Moshe Lichtman, Major General
Amram Mitzna, Major General, member of Parliament
Abraham Almog, Brigadier General, Medal of Courage
Asher Levy, Brigadier General
Yossi Gonen, Brigadier General
Giora Inbar, Brigadier General
Arie Keren, Brigadier General
Yoram Cohen, Brigadier General
Shlomo Egozy. Brigadier General
Yosef Eyal, Brigadier General
Asaf Agmon, Brigadier General
Uriel Agmon, Brigadier General
Yoram Agmon, Brigadier General
Amos Amir Brigadier General
Mordechai ‘Motke’ Ben Porat, Brigadier General
Shaul Gavoli, Police Major Geneneral, LDF Brigadier General
Ilan Paz, Brigadier General
Yitzhak Rabin, Brigadier General
Giora Ram (Furman), PhD, Brigadier General
Yaron Ram, Brigadier General
Gilad Ramot, Brigadier General
Gilad Raz, Brigadier General
lftach Spector, Brigadier General
Benny Taran , Brigadier General
Aharon Vardi, Brigadier General
Shlomo Waxe. Brigadier General
Izak Zamir, Brigadier General
Gadi Zohar, Brigadier General
Amnon Reshef, General
Ran Ronen, General
Danny Rothschild, General
In addition, numerous top Israeli military brass have previously come out in favor of the Iran deal, including:
Efraim Halevy, Mossad Director; former head of National Security Council
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Internal Security
Shlomo Brom, brigadier general; former director of IDF strategic planning division; former deputy national security advisor
Uzi Arad, national security advisor
Dov Tamari, military intelligence chief; former head of special operations
Chuck Freilich, deputy national security advisor
Yitzhak Ben-Yisrael, Chair of Israel’s space agency; former IDF general
Uzi Even, lead scientist at Israel’s Dimona nuclear reactor”
I was distressed with today’s news of Senator Shumer’s deciding to oppose the treaty. This could doom it. Is there anything you can do? anything you suggest we, in this community who support the treaty can do? Dr. Bob Newport