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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.

Masked members of Hamas
The Column
The deradicalization of Gaza and other myths
The recipe for deradicalizing the Strip may be a dangerous pipe dream.
Feb. 19, 2026
Martin Sherman
Palestinians in Gaza
The Column
Much to worry about
Jan. 14, 2026
Martin Sherman
Tucker Carlson
The Column
Strange bedfellows in hate: From Carlson to the Caucasus
Dec. 12, 2025
Martin Sherman
An illustration of Israeli and Ukrainian flags. Credit: ruskpp/Shutterstock.
Opinion
The Russia-Ukraine war proves that no one will come to Israel’s aid
International agreements that cede key strategic assets in exchange for vague “assurances” of future support are not worth the paper they’re written on.
Jun. 26, 2022
Martin Sherman
Lod Riots, 2021
Opinion
The fatal flaw in Israel’s strategic thinking
One of the reasons the conflict with the Palestinian Arabs has dragged is that Israel has failed to conceptualize the conflict accurately.
May. 29, 2022
Martin Sherman
The Nile River, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, contrasted by the desert nations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan, as seen from the International Space Station, June 19, 2019. Credit: NASA.
Opinion
The implications for Israel of a possible war over the Nile
The simmering conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of a massive dam could have grave ramifications
May. 1, 2022
Martin Sherman
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
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