Colonel Arieli has had a distinguished career as a military officer and
played an important role as a peace campaigner. 

In the IDF, he served in commanding posts in the Paratroopers Unit, was the Commander of the Northern Brigade in Gaza [at the level of Colonel], and was responsible for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip in 1994. 

As part of his military service, he was responsible for the preparation of negotiations with the Palestinians, serving as head of the Interim Agreement Administration under the Rabin government, and head of the Peace Administration under the Barak Government. 

Since retiring from the IDF in 2001, Colonel Arieli has been dedicated to advancing an Israeli- Palestinian final-status agreement, and was among the lead negotiators of the Geneva Initiative in 2003. 

He is currently a Fellow and Senior researcher at the Economic Cooperation Foundation, and is a Board member of Israel's Council for Peace and Security.

In recent years, Col. Arieli has provided expert opinions to different organizations and authorities.  In a number of petitions to the High Court of Justice against the route of the separation barrier, he acted as a "friend of the court". 

In this capacity, he convinced the court to require the Security apparatus to alter the route in a manner that would provide security to Israelis while ensuring the least possible damage to the Palestinian population.


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