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Martin Sherman

Martin Sherman spent seven years in operational capacities in the Israeli defense establishment. He is the founder of the Israel Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a member of the Habithonistim-Israel Defense & Security Forum (IDSF) research team, and a participant in the Israel Victory Project.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and PLO head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords, Sept. 13, 1993. Photo by Vince Musi/The White House.
Opinion
When doves cry ...
Despite decades of proven failure, Israel’s doves cling to their fatally flawed dogma, insisting if only Israel would make more concessions, a new epoch of Judeo-Arab peace and prosperity would dawn.
Oct. 11, 2019
Martin Sherman
Amman, the capital of Jordan, Oct. 2013. Credit: Tareq Ibrahim Hadi via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Alternative Jordans?
Considering the Mideast alternatives, having an ostensibly moderate, pro-Western regime installed in Amman has undeniable appeal.
Oct. 4, 2019
Martin Sherman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement at the Knesset on Sept. 15, 2019, a few days before the Israeli elections. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
BDS (Bibi-derangement syndrome) and the myth of Israel theocracy
During his tenure, Benjamin Netanyahu has accumulated an impressive record of achievement in virtually every field of endeavor: economic, diplomatic, technological. So what explains all the vehemence?
Sep. 27, 2019
Martin Sherman
A polling station in Jerusalem during the second round of Israeli elections, on Sept. 17, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
A strange thing happened on the way to the polling booth ...
In many ways, it is Israel’s fractured electorate that has itself to blame for the mess in which it finds itself.
Sep. 20, 2019
Martin Sherman
Rafael's Drone Dome system, which the company describes as an effective way to conduct airspace defense “against hostile drones used by terrorists and criminals to perform aerial attacks, collect intelligence and carry out intimidating activities.” Credit: Rafael Industries.
Opinion
On domes and drones
To avert the specter of the depopulation of the south by Jews, Israel must come to terms with the grim realities that prevail in Gaza.
Sep. 13, 2019
Martin Sherman
A hill near Moshav Tzafririm. Credit: David Bena Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Will the ‘right’ snatch defeat from the jaws of victory … again?
It’s not enough to point out the flaws, however fatal, of the “left.” Rather, the “right” must present the public with a plausible and persuasive alternative that does not merely replace a geographic peril with a demographic one.
Sep. 6, 2019
Martin Sherman
Palestinians inspect the damage after Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2019. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
Incentivized emigration: An idea whose time has come?
In order to allow non-belligerent Gazans to extricate themselves from their existing humanitarian crisis, they should be offered generous relocation grants to allow them and their dependents the opportunity to seek more prosperous and secure lives elsewhere.
Aug. 30, 2019
Martin Sherman
AIPAC
Opinion
The Omar-Tlaib affair: Tough questions for AIPAC
For a pro-Israel entity like AIPAC, the issue of bipartisanship is an almost sacred value—the very “holy grail” of its political influence.
Aug. 23, 2019
Martin Sherman
Opinion
The deadly detriments of a doctrine of defense
Unless the violence in Gaza is terminated permanently, Israel may face the grim prospect of the Negev being depopulated by Jews who will abandon the region for safer locations.
Jun. 17, 2019
Martin Sherman
Manama, the capital of Bahrain. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Bahrain economic conference failure foretold
The reason for Arab hostility in general and of the Palestinian-Arabs in particular is not rooted in economic deprivation.
May. 31, 2019
Martin Sherman
Israel’s Iron Dome system launches a missile to intercept a rocket coming from Gaza. Photo by Nehemia Gershuni-Aylho.
Opinion
Cracks in the (Iron) Dome?
One of the reasons advanced for the Iron Dome’s ostensibly diminished capacity was the intensity of the barrages fired at Israel concentrated within a short time period.
May. 24, 2019
Martin Sherman
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the PLO executive committee in Ramallah on Aug. 7, 2016. Photo by Flash90.
Opinion
Let the Palestinian Authority collapse
Oslo has brought nothing positive to Israel. None of the promises of sweeping benefits by its proponents have been fulfilled, while virtually all the dangers, of which its opponents warned, did materialize.
May. 3, 2019
Martin Sherman
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