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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
Hamas in Gaza City, March, 25, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
The myth of Israeli ‘deterrence’
After the end of each round of fighting, Hamas has managed, within a relatively short space of time, to enhance its offensive military capabilities dramatically.
Jul. 18, 2018
Martin Sherman
Israeli supporters at a Likud Party rally. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Opinion
The weakening of the Israeli ‘right’
Astonishingly, having been proved entirely justified in its condemnation of the dangerous defects of the “left’s” political credo, the “right” proceeded to embrace it.
Jul. 13, 2018
Martin Sherman
Palestinian protesters burn an Israeli flag during a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the “Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine” in the West Bank city of Nablus, Feb. 18, 2016. Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Opinion
Rethinking the notion of incentivized Arab emigration
There is considerable evidence, both statistical and anecdotal, indicating a desire among widespread segments of the Arab population in Judea-Samaria (and Gaza) to seek a more secure and prosperous future elsewhere, even without there being any purposeful policy to provide tempting tangible inducements to emigrate.
Jul. 11, 2018
Martin Sherman
Opinion
Coming to terms with the ‘Israel Victory’ initiative
Palestinians must suffer the “bitter crucible of defeat.”
Jul. 8, 2018
Martin Sherman
Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2014. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Opinion
Instability in Jordan: The impact on Trump’s ‘ultimate deal’
The forces of instability in Jordan are beyond Israel’s control. Although it might be able to attenuate them in the margins, it cannot determine their eventual outcome—or who will seize, or sustain, command of the country.
Jul. 2, 2018
Martin Sherman
A memorial in Gaza on Jan. 31, 2017, for Mohamed Zouari, a Tunisian engineer and drone expert who was murdered in Tunisia in December 2016. Hamas claimed that Israel was responsible for the murder of Zaouari, who was described as a leader of the Islamist movement specializing in the development of drones. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Opinion
The folly of the Gaza port plan
Even today, under strict ‎supervision, about 90 percent of the cement delivered into ‎Gaza is appropriated by Hamas for non-civilian ‎purposes, such as the construction of terror ‎tunnels. ‎
Jun. 28, 2018
Martin Sherman
Former energy minister Gonen Segev seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in June 2018, for the appeal on his prison sentence on Aug. 18, 2006. Photo by Flash90.
Opinion
The elements of Oslo: Drug trafficking and high treason?
The arrest of former Israeli government minister Gonen Segev on charges of treason constitutes a regrettable vindication of my assessment of the man more than 25 years ago.
Jun. 21, 2018
Martin Sherman
Israel Defense Force officers visit the site where a terror tunnel was exposed at Israel's Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Opinion
The IDF and Gaza: Soldiers or sociologists?
Has the military brass forgotten that they are soldiers charged with providing military solutions to physical threats to the nation’s security—and not sociologists tasked with diagnosing the societal ailments of its enemies?
Jun. 17, 2018
Martin Sherman
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