The following is a letter sent from Israel Policy Forum’s strategic partner in Israel, Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS), to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning him to stop the march toward West Bank annexation. CIS is a movement of over 290 high-ranking generals from the IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet, and Israel Police who have concluded, based on their security expertise and experience, that West Bank annexation is deeply harmful to Israel’s interests. Prime Minister Netanyahu dismissed their letter.

The letter was translated by Israel Policy Forum.

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu,

Hundreds of members of the Commanders for Israel Security movement and many other senior members of the defense establishment wish to warn you of the dangers to the security of the state embodied in the unilateral steps towards the application of sovereignty in the West Bank, and call on you to stop these unilateral moves immediately…