Col. (Res.) Avi Eliyahu is an Associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. Col. (Res.) Avi Eliyahu served in the IDF Intelligence Directorate for more than 30 years in various command and operational capacities including among others, Head of Operational Division in the Military Intelligence Directorate  as well as Israel Military Intelligence Attaché in the United States, Washington D.C.

In his last position he served as the Southern Command Chief Intelligence Officer.

Col. (Res.) Eliyahu holds an BA in Geography from Bar-Ilan University and an MBA from Ben-Gurion University.