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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
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
Celebrations in the streets of Ramallah following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, May 21, 2021. Photo by Flash90.
Opinion
Gaza-Déjà vu … again?
The problem of Gaza was created by the belief that land could be transferred to the Palestinian Arabs to provide them a viable opportunity for self-governance.
May. 23, 2021
Martin Sherman
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