Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi is the founder and chairman of IDSF.
Movement leaders
Lt. Col. Yaron Buskila is a retired IDF commander.
Jessica grew up in Los Angeles in a Jewish and Israeli community.
Moshe recently made aliya with his family after 20 years of service in Jewish communities in North America.
Eli is a graduate of Yeshiva University. Previously, he served as Director of International Relations at the Yesha Council, a lobbyist in the field of economic policy and taxation, and as director of political campaigns in various countries in the United States and around the world.
Advisory board
Chief scientist of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
Former coordinator of government operations in the territories.
Commander of the Home Front Command and former coordinator of government activities in the territories
Moshe “Puzi” Pozailov has served as a senior officer in the Israel Security Agency (ISA) and in a variety of roles with the Israel Police, including a position in the ISA executive.
Board of directors
Commander of the Judea and Samaria Division in Operation Defensive Shield and General of the Home Front Command in the Second Lebanon War
Commander of the Northern Corps and former Commander of the Military Colleges
Former Judea and Samaria District Police Chief
Researchers
Eran Lahav is a researcher of terrorism specializing in global Jihad and Iranian proxies.
He is the founder of the “Mabaterror” - a terrorism research and analysis Initiative, and he hosts the podcast "In the Crosshairs" on terrorism, the Arab world, security, and the Middle East.
Atar is a research analyst in our Research Department, specializing in the fields of delegitimization and Hezbollah.
Defense Tech Manager, Terrorism expert & PhD candidate, Air Defense Officer, former Ministry of Defense official
Col. (Res.) Ronen Itzik is the former commander of the Reserve Armored Brigade (Harel), and the author of the book, "The Man in the Tank."
Lt. Col. (res) Maurice Hirsch is the Director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and a Senior Legal Analyst at Human Rights Voices. He served for 19 years in the IDF Military Advocate General Corps. In his last position he served as Director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria.
Dr. Doron Matza is a former senior Shabak official, and was the head of departments in the service research and design unit.
Lt. Col. (Res.) Dr. Mordechai Keidar is a research Fellow at the Begin Center - Sadat for Strategic Studies, and is the Vice President of Newsrael.
David Weinberg is one of the founders of the Begin-Sadat Center, Herzliya Conference and the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
Martin Sherman served for seven years in the intelligence community in operational positions, and as an adviser to Minister Rafael Eitan in the Shamir government, as well as the first academic director of the Herzliya Conference.
