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Letter to President Trump: Deep State CIS "Commanders for Israel's Security" undermining Israel's Security by Pushing a "Democratic" Agenda that Endangers Settlers in Judea and Samaria😒
CIS https://en.cis.org/
Red Alert: Escalating West Bank violence endangers Israeli security, U.S. interests, and regional stability
July 27, 2026by CIS
The PDF of the Actual Letter sent to President Trump
About CIS: Source Grok
Around 600 current and former senior Israeli security and foreign policy figures—primarily members of the group Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS; Hebrew: מפקדים למען ביטחון ישראל)—sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump (and figures close to him such as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff) urging him to press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hard on the situation in the West Bank (referred to by the group and many Israelis as Judea and Samaria)
Ynetnews
This occurred ahead of Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump (reports place the letter as sent around Sunday, July 26, 2026, with the meeting expected shortly after). The user’s headline frames the appeal as directed at Netanyahu to raise the issue with Trump; primary reporting indicates the letter was addressed mainly to Trump, calling on him to deliver a “firm and unequivocal message”
Ynetnews
Who the ~600 people are
They are overwhelmingly
- retired high-ranking officials from Israel’s security establishment and foreign service,
- not active-duty personnel.
CIS describes itself as a movement of over 550 (sometimes cited near 600)
- Retired IDF Colonels and Generals,
- Senior equivalents from the Mossad,
- Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency),
- Israel Police,
- National Security Council, and
- Diplomatic Corps.
Membership is limited to the top ranks because those roles provide exposure to strategic national-security issues.
CIS
Founded: 2014 as a non-partisan (though politically oriented) civil-society group.
Core stance: Securing Israel as a strong Democratic Jewish state.
CIS views separation from the Palestinians (leading toward a two-state solution in a regional framework) as essential for long-term security and warns against sliding into a one-state reality.
Members are volunteers who emphasize professional/strategic analysis over partisan politics.
Leadership:
Chaired by
- Maj. Gen. (ret.) Matan Vilnai (former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Deputy Defense Minister, Home Front Defense Minister, and ambassador to China).
Other executive figures have included
- Col. (ret.) Itamar Yaar and various former senior officers and diplomats.
CIS
Notable individuals associated with the group or mentioned in connection with this letter include former
- Mossad director Danny Yatom
- Former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon.
The group’s membership has historically included other prominent names such as
- former Mossad directors,
- Shin Bet heads,
- IDF chiefs or
- senior commanders, and
- police commissioners (exact current signatories of this specific letter are not fully publicly listed in the reporting).
Ynetnews
CIS has previously issued letters and analyses on issues including
- Gaza policy,
- West Bank annexation steps, and
- regional diplomacy,
often criticizing government policies it views as harmful to Israel’s long-term security or relations with the U.S. and regional partners.
Context of the letter
The letter describes rising settler violence against Palestinians and their property as “terrorism” (“Terror is terror is terror”) and warns that unchecked escalation—combined with policies seen as weakening the Palestinian Authority economically and otherwise—could produce consequences “even more catastrophic than the Hamas atrocities of October 7 and their multifront aftermath.”
It argues this trajectory endangers Israeli security, U.S. regional interests, and stability; could
- Derail Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan; and
- Risks damaging or reversing gains from the Abraham Accords.
Ynetnews
Signatories claim Israel’s security agencies are effective against Palestinian terrorist groups but “severely constrained” against Jewish perpetrators, and they accuse certain members of the current government of orchestrating or enabling chaos by shielding armed, ideologically driven supporters. The appeal emphasizes that only Trump can force decisive action.
This fits a broader pattern of CIS advocacy and comes amid reported surges in West Bank violence (including arson, property attacks, and deadly clashes), Israeli government steps related to settlements/outposts and Palestinian Authority authority, and Netanyahu’s Washington visit.
Reporting notes ongoing friction, IDF deployments, and differing assessments of the scale and drivers of the violence.
Timesofisrael
Sources for the details above include contemporary reporting from Ynetnews, The Times of Israel, and related outlets, along with CIS’s own descriptions of its membership and mission. The group’s website and prior public letters provide additional background on its composition and positions.
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