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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
Former CIA director John Brennan. Credit: Jay Godwin/Flickr via Wikipedia.
Opinion
Targeted killings: The legality vs. the morality
Arguably, the most galling reaction to the targeted killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh came from John Brennan, director of the CIA under the Obama administration.
Dec. 8, 2020
Martin Sherman
Republican and Democratic Party logos. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
The GOP: Still bringing a knife to a gunfight
Republicans need to urgently hone their skills in waging political warfare, especially with the upcoming runoffs in Georgia that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
Nov. 23, 2020
Martin Sherman
President-elect Joe Biden. Source: Facebook/Joe Biden Campaign.
Opinion
US and Israeli Jews divided on life-and-death issues
It is in the field of foreign relations that Jewish backing of a Joe Biden presidency bodes particularly ill.
Nov. 11, 2020
Martin Sherman
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit holds a press conference at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem, announcing his decision that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will stand trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different corruption cases, dubbed by police Case 1000, Case 2000 and Case 4000, Nov. 21, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Opinion
Indicting Netanyahu: The unintended consequences
The recent release of taped telephone conversations underscores the bitter irony that the politically motivated initiative to indict Netanyahu on contrived charges will end up undermining those who launched it.
Nov. 1, 2020
Martin Sherman
Judge Amy Coney Barrett delivers remarks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced her as his nominee for the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 26, 2020. Credit: Andrea Hanks/The White House.
Opinion
Replacing RBG: Delinquent Democrats deserve no quarter
There is a bitter and infuriating irony in the fact that it was the Democrats themselves who committed the very transgressions they endeavored to attribute to their Republican adversaries.
Oct. 13, 2020
Martin Sherman
From left: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. President Bill Clinton and Palestine Liberation Organization head Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords on Sept. 13, 1993. Credit: Vince Musi/The White House.
Opinion
Oslo as political Kryptonite
For the Labor Party, the fall from the heights of political hegemony to the depth of political oblivion is a fitting fate for the perpetration of the Oslo Accords, which ran counter to every prevailing Zionist norm of the time.
Sep. 17, 2020
Martin Sherman
The U.S.-Israeli delegation arrives at Abu Dhabi International Airport on Aug. 31, 2020. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.
Opinion
Israel’s national imperative: ‘Keep your powder dry’
While the normalization with the UAE could definitely entail significant benefits for Israel, it is still somewhat premature to celebrate the onset of lasting amity—rather than enmity—in the region.
Sep. 6, 2020
Martin Sherman
Oslo Accords
Opinion
Why the ‘right’ insists on bringing knives to gunfights
Although it has ostensibly been in power for much of the post Oslowian era, it is clear that the “right” has not internalized the exigencies of political warfare.
Aug. 30, 2020
Martin Sherman
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