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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
Opinion
Israel’s stark option: Arabs in Gaza or Jews in the Negev?
If back in 2005, on the eve of the “disengagement,” some far-sighted individual had predicted that reality would be as it is today, his caveats would have been disdainfully dismissed as unfounded scare-mongering.
Nov. 16, 2018
Martin Sherman
Smoke and fire rise from a location reportedly belonging to Hamas, following an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza town of Rafah on July 14, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Features
Israel needs a new policy in Gaza
The escalation in the violence emanating from Gaza on the very day after Israel permitted the transfer of millions of Qatari-sourced dollars into the coastal enclave underscores the futility of persisting with conventional wisdom.
Nov. 13, 2018
Martin Sherman
Opinion
Trump, Pittsburgh and US Jewry: The view from Israel
The American president’s actions have been hugely supportive of the Jewish state in the face of withering criticism. Unlike his predecessor, he has acted with unprecedented resolve against Israel’s enemies.
Nov. 2, 2018
Martin Sherman
Hamas rocket-launchers in the Gaza Strip. Credit: IDF.
Opinion
Imbecility squared: Israel’s incomprehensible policy of sustaining the enemy in Gaza
The policy of trying to placate Hamas with enhanced humanitarian aid is sadly no less farcical than trying to convert a man-eating tiger into a cuddly bunny rabbit by offering it a diet of premium carrots.
Oct. 26, 2018
Martin Sherman
The village of Duma from the west with the Jordan Valley in the background. Credit: Wikipedia.
Opinion
INSS’s puerile, preposterous proposal
It seems that if you have sufficient funds, there is no limit to the unmitigated nonsense you can promote in the guise of profound policy-oriented research.
Oct. 19, 2018
Martin Sherman
Einat Wilf, then a Knesset member for the Labor Party, addresses the Knesset on Oct. 15, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Opinion
Obsessing over Oslo: Einat Wilf in ‘The Atlantic’
For example, one might well ask why two-staters object so strenuously to the “settlements” and the “settlers”? After all, if genuine two-state peace is possible—as two-staters claim—they could certainly be a welcome source of employment for their Arab neighbors.
Oct. 7, 2018
Martin Sherman
U.S. President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 2017. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.
Opinion
The rumored ‘ultimate deal’: Potential payoffs and possible pitfalls
Since the start of his presidency, Donald Trump has undertaken some bold, far-reaching measures that have potentially transformed the discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian impasse. These have all been favorable to Israel and undermine long-held Palestinians positions.
Sep. 23, 2018
Martin Sherman
Avi Gabbay, head of the Zionist Union alliance and the Labor Party, leads a Zionist Union meeting at the Israeli Knesset on Nov. 20, 2017. In the background is a photo of former Israeli prime minister and Labor leader Yitzhak Rabin. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Israel’s left as a jilted lover
The left in Israel is behaving like a person who cannot accept that the object of his love has chosen another in his stead.
Sep. 14, 2018
Martin Sherman
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