Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Arieli a Ashkelon a shekara ta 1959, na bakwai kuma ƙaramin ɗan iyayensa waɗanda Yahudawa ne da suka yi ƙaura daga Iran. Arieli ya taka leda a kungiyoyi daban-daban a gasar Premier ta kwallon hannu. A shekarar 1978, ya shiga rundunar IDF, ya ba da kansa ga 'yan bindiga, kuma an karbe shi a cikin kamfanin "Orev" na brigade, inda ya halarci horon horo a matsayin soja mai yaƙi, kwasa-kwasan kwamandojin sojoji da kwasa-kwasan jami'an sojoji. A ƙarshen karatun ya koma kamfanin a matsayin kwamandan rukuni. Ya ci gaba da yin aiki a matsayin kwamandan brigade. Ya kasance kwamandan kamfani a lokacin Yaƙin Lebanon na Farko, wanda a lokacin shi ma ya ji rauni, kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a yankin tsaro na Kudancin Lebanon da Intifada ta Farko.
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya tashi ta cikin sahu, yana aiki a matsayin kwamandan rundunar "Orev" na 'yan bindiga, kwamandan bataliya a kwasa-kwasan kwamandan rundunar' yan bindiga, kwamandan sansanin horar da 'yan bindiga da kuma mataimakin kwamandan brigade. Arieli ya shiga cikin kwasa-kwasan kwamandojin brigade a matsayin kwamandan brigade na arewa a Gaza, tare da mukamin Kanal. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Soja ga Firayim Minista da Ministan Tsaro (1997-1999), kuma ya jagoranci Hukumar Kula da Yarjejeniyar wucin gadi a Yammacin Kogin Jordan kuma a matsayin Shugaban Hukumar Kula da Yarjejeniyar Dindindin. A shekara ta 2001, ya yi ritaya daga IDF.