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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.

Azerbaijan and Israel
Column
Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords
Since the 1990s, Azerbaijan has played a considerable role in bolstering Israel’s security and enhancing its access to energy.
Apr. 16, 2025
Martin Sherman
Al-Qassam Brigades terrorists
Column
Gaza, Trump, truth and … ‘transfer’
The Trump proposal comprises a point of singularity marking a sharp break from past trends, and a sober recognition of the futility of the past pursuit of some mythical Palestinian “peace partner.”
Mar. 25, 2025
Martin Sherman
Israeli and Azerbaijani flags at the Baku Summit of World Religious Leaders. Credit: Akos Nagy.
Opinion
The alliance that alarms the ayatollahs
As Iran inches closer to its desired doomsday weapon, the rationale for a countervailing tri-axial alliance between America, Israel and Azerbaijan has never been more compelling.
Mar. 17, 2025
Martin Sherman
Greenland
Column
Trump, Macron and Greenland: A contrived conflict?
It is hard to fathom why France should display such ire at the Trump proposal to procure Greenland since the idea is hardly new, having been raised several times in the past without setting off any outrage.
Feb. 10, 2025
Martin Sherman
Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sakina Mammadli/Pexels.
Column
An emerging strategic axis: Washington-Jerusalem-Baku
Trump administration should factor the model of Judeo-Muslim collaboration between Israel and Azerbaijan, which transcends prevailing geopolitical divisions, into its foreign policy aimed at enhanced international stability.
Jan. 29, 2025
Martin Sherman
Eiffel Tower in Paris
Column
Something rotten in the land of tricolor
While France is the origin of the principles of modern democracy, it has also shown a disturbing affinity for tyranny.
Nov. 5, 2024
Martin Sherman
Kamala Harris
Column
Disrespect or disinterest where Israel is concerned
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris keeps dodging issues of importance to Israel, the Middle, and in effect, the world.
Oct. 18, 2024
Martin Sherman
Raphael Lemkin Dedication to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Column
Kamala Harris’s unsavory supporters
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security has chosen to twist and distort its alleged focus of inquiry.
Oct. 6, 2024
Martin Sherman
Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip
Column
Inverted morality, the eclipse of good by evil
The entire existence of Hamas is nothing but a litany of gruesome war crimes.
Sep. 23, 2024
Martin Sherman
Balloons fall as Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris concludes her remarks at the end of the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 22, 2024. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images.
Column
America 2024: Is antisemitism ‘the point?’
Rather than side unreservedly with Israel after the brutally barbaric onslaught against it, the Democratic Party and the Biden administration chose to take unprecedented measures against the elected government of a friendly nation.
Sep. 2, 2024
Martin Sherman
AI French Soldiers
Column
Fickle feckless France
The French Foreign Ministry advanced two claims as the rationale for its decision to support the ICC, both equally risible and ridiculous.
Jun. 9, 2024
Martin Sherman
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after a meeting in Tehran in 2019. Credi: Press Office of the Government of Armenia.
Column
The inversion of victim and victimizer
The plight of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is the result of, not the reason for, their smoldering antisemitism.
May. 23, 2024
Martin Sherman
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