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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.

The start of the trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Jerusalem. May 24, 2020. Photo by Amit Shabi/POOL.
Opinion
A troubling trilogy: Law enforcement in Israel, Part III
It is difficult for anyone who is not a devout Bibi-phobe to avoid concluding that the entire process of investigation and indictment is little more than a carefully choreographed coup using the law as a prop.
Mar. 15, 2022
Martin Sherman
Amiram Ben-Uliel, the main suspect in the July 2015 Duma arson murders in which three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives at the Lod District Court in central Israel to hear his verdict, May 18, 2020. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/POOL.
Opinion
A troubling trilogy: Law enforcement in Israel, Part II
No discussion of the ailments afflicting Israel’s legal establishment can be undertaken without referring to the trials of Amiram Ben-Uliel and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mar. 14, 2022
Martin Sherman
Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices arrive to petitions against the Jewish Nation-State Law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
A troubling trilogy: Law enforcement in Israel, Part I
Legal proceedings are being carried out with scant regard for the law. In some cases, the law is blatantly disregarded; in others, factual evidence is ignored; in yet others, infractions are invented to fabricate charges. All cases have been approved by the courts.
Mar. 13, 2022
Martin Sherman
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 19, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Opinion
Avigdor Lieberman: Clueless clutz or Cosa Nostra capo?
There are only two possibilities regarding the Israeli finance minister’s involvement in what has become known as the “Yisrael Beiteinu affair.” Neither bodes well for Israel.
Dec. 23, 2021
Martin Sherman
A large pile of Euro currency. Credit: Images Money/Flickr.
Opinion
You couldn’t make this up
There may well be things more depraved than an Israeli minister soliciting funds for a self-declared mortal foe, but none comes readily to mind.
Dec. 5, 2021
Martin Sherman
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Nov. 14, 2021. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.
Opinion
The blight that Bennett brought
It will take a long time to repair the damage that the machinations used to ensconce the current coalition have wrought.
Nov. 21, 2021
Martin Sherman
Olmert, Netanyahu
Opinion
Netanyahu vs. Olmert: Comparing chalk and cheese
While it may be inappropriate for someone under criminal indictment to be a candidate for or serve as prime minister, it is far more inappropriate for him/her to be precluded from doing so by abuse of the legal system.
Nov. 4, 2021
Martin Sherman
Israeli Arabs protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings in their communities, in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum in northen Israel. Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Opinion
Arab violence: Root causes and red herrings
If difficult socioeconomic conditions in the haredi community have not produced the rampant crime that afflicts Arab society, why should poverty be assumed to be the culprit among Israel’s Arab citizens?
Oct. 20, 2021
Martin Sherman
King Abdullah II of Jordan in 2018. Photo by Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.
Opinion
Tyrants, tax havens and territory
Israel must prepare for a daunting situation, in which it could face a huge expanse of hostile territory, controlled by radical Islamist warlords.
Oct. 12, 2021
Martin Sherman
Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on July 19, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Stupid is as stupid does
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s recent Gaza-policy proposal is just one more display in an appalling catalogue of his imbecility-cum-ignorance, which is a grave indictment of the Israeli voter.
Oct. 4, 2021
Martin Sherman
Yamina Party head Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset on April 21, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Opinion
Naftali Goldfarb or Gonen Bennett?
In a single act of rash duplicity and deceit, Naftali Bennett provided the left with a plum prize from which it has been precluded for years: broad access to positions of governmental control and influence.
Jun. 17, 2021
Martin Sherman
A rally in solidarity with Israel and in protest against rising levels of anti-Semitism, New York City, May 23, 2021. Credit: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.
Opinion
Escalating anti-Semitism: The blame Israel bears
There is a symbiotic link between the abysmal (mis)conduct of Israel’s public diplomacy and the building crescendo of Judeophobic frenzy across the globe.
Jun. 3, 2021
Martin Sherman
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