Giora Eiland
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Other work | Head of National Security Council (Israel)[1] Senior research associate, Institute for National Security Studies[3][4] External advisor to Givot Olam Oil[5] |
Giora Eiland (Hebrew: גיורא איילנד; born 1952 in moshav Kfar Hess) is a retired Major General of the Israel Defense Forces and a former head of the Israeli National Security Council. After his retirement from the public sector, he was a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
Eiland is a frequent commentator and contributor on international security matters on local and foreign media. In 2007, he founded a consulting company of national security and strategic services for governments and multinational organizations.
Biography
Military service
Eiland joined the army in 1970, and served in the
Following the
In 1993, Eiland was appointed as the head of the
National Security Council
Eiland left the Planning Directorate and the IDF to accept, in January 2004, Sharon's offer that he head the
In early 2003, a few weeks after his retirement from the army and arrival to the NSC, Eiland became aware of
Among other tasks during his tenure, Eiland was appointed as the head of the first governmental steering committee on cyber.
On June 1, 2006, he was replaced as head of NSC by former deputy head of the Mossad, Ilan Mizrahi.
After retiring from the Council
Gilad Shalit committee
In 2006, Eiland was appointed by the Chief of Staff, Dan Halutz, as the head of the examination committee of experts, to investigate the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by the Hamas to Gaza Strip.
Gaza flotilla
In 2010, Eiland headed a team of experts examining the preparations and in the actual boarding of the
On May 29, 2011, Eiland said on Kol Yisrael Radio that in his view it would be better for Israel to let the next flotilla – expected to set out in late June 2011 – get through to Gaza, provided that the Government of Turkey would be willing to take responsibility for the flotilla, inspect all ships and make sure they were not carrying arms.
Consulting company; Egyptian gas pipeline
In 2007, he founded a private consulting company, giving advice to several companies in the
Palestinian issue
Eiland regularly writes op-ed articles in Yediot Aharonot. In these he reiterates two specific interlinked ideas. Eiland calls for Israel to recognise Hamas as the effective government of the Gaza Strip and cease any attempt to topple Hamas or facilitate restoration of Palestinian Authority rule in Gaza. And Eiland promotes the idea of "A Regional Solution" for the Palestinian problem, whereby Israel would annex a large part of the West Bank, and Egypt would compensate the Palestinians by ceding to them part of the Sinai Peninsula. As of March 2019, Eiland's ideas were not adopted by Israeli, Palestinian or Egyptian decision-makers; indeed, Palestinians and Egyptians on several occasions vehemently denounced them.
In wake of the
References
- ^ a b Sheizaf, Naom (2010-09-24). "The IDF is silent". Haaretz. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ IISS, 25 February 2005
- ^ a b c d e Giora Eiland Senior Research Fellow, The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv
- ^ a b Eiland, Giora (2009-05-18). "Analysis: Why Netanyahu and Obama see key issues differently..." The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ Dagoni, Ran (1 June 2011). "Yair Shamir: I can privatize Israel Aerospace Industries". Globes. Washington. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Giora Eiland LTD | Strategic Consulting for Governments & Multinational Organizations". gioraeiland.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ Gal Perl Finkel, IDF Strategy 2.0, The Jerusalem Post, May 22, 2018.
- ^ Gal Perl Finkel, It’s the man (or woman) who makes the job, The Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2018.
- ^ Fields Of Fire, by Matt Rees, Time, December 10, 2000
- ^ a b Inside Track / Ready for the next Entebbe? Haaretz October 19, 2010
- ^ The Sharon Unilateral Disengagement Plan Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. 33, No. 4 (Summer, 2004), pp. 85–107
- ^ Maj-Gen (res.) Eiland presents conclusions of examination team
- ^ Giora Eiland
- ^ "Arbitrators tell Egyptian gas cos to pay IEC $1.8b - Globes English". Globes. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
- ^ "In its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars". AP News. 2023-10-12. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Health experts denounce retired general's claim to let Gaza be destroyed". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2023-11-26. Retrieved 2024-03-17.