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Martin Sherman

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.

Ana Kasparian speaks onstage during the 2019 Politicon at Music City Center on Oct. 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Politicon.
Column
An ominous cloud of un-American invective
The resurgence of anti-Israel rhetoric in U.S. discourse reflects deeper and troubling currents in American political culture.
Mar. 17, 2026
Martin Sherman
Masked members of Hamas
Column
The deradicalization of Gaza and other myths
Feb. 19, 2026
Martin Sherman
Palestinians in Gaza
Column
Much to worry about
Jan. 14, 2026
Martin Sherman
A Yom Hazikaron military remembrance ceremony in Tel Hashomer, Israel. Credit: Avishai Teicher.
Opinion
Generals on the field flounder on the political stage
The plethora of emerging parties in Israel does not seem to reflect a commensurate plethora of emerging ideologies.
Jan. 18, 2019
Martin Sherman
Israeli Education Minister Nafatli Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked deliver a statement during a press conference in the Israeli parliament on Nov. 19, 2018. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Opinion
Will the ‘New Right’ get it right?
It could well be that Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayalet Shaked have shrewdly diagnosed an inherent lacuna in Israel’s body politic and have identified a significant, yet untapped constituency of secular hawks.
Jan. 13, 2019
Martin Sherman
Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting attack in the Barkan Industrial Park area on Oct. 7, 2018. Photo by Flash90.
Opinion
‘Terror,’ tigers and tabby cats
Unlike Arab terrorist organizations, alleged Jewish “extremists” have no equivalent of Iran to equip them or Qatar to finance them; they have no international offices with communications and supply infrastructures spanning the globe.
Jan. 6, 2019
Martin Sherman
Opinion
What if the Six-Day War never took place?
Charges of “occupation” of Palestinian land and dispossession of the Palestinians were widespread long before Israel had control of a square inch of the “West Bank.”
Dec. 28, 2018
Martin Sherman
Opinion
Commanders for Israel’s (in)security: Taking security’s name in vain
Having your disagreeable spouse separate and move off to some distant location, allowing each former partner to live their life in undisturbed peace, is one thing. It is quite another to allow a belligerent spouse to take control of a property overlooking your own—from which he/she can harass you continuously, egged on by similarly inimical neighbors in the surrounding areas.
Dec. 21, 2018
Martin Sherman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then-Education Minister Naftali Bennett during a plenum session at the Knesset on Nov. 13, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Bennett and Bibi’s election boo-boo?
Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stewardship, Israel has become one of the best performing economies in the world.
Nov. 30, 2018
Martin Sherman
IDF “Duvdevan” (an elite special-forces unit) commandos seen during an army exercise capturing potential terrorists with the help of an explosive device. March 10, 2015. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
Opinion
The most brutal of killings? Those of kids
Terrorism is always heinous, but it is even more abhorrent when directed against children.
Nov. 27, 2018
Martin Sherman
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces near the Gaza-Israel border on Sept. 28, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
Defending Israel: Civilian casualties and common sense
Can or should enemy civilian casualties be considered an operational constraint that precludes reaching necessary operational goals or endangers Israeli forces or civilians?
Nov. 25, 2018
Martin Sherman
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