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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
The recipe for deradicalizing the Strip may be a dangerous pipe dream.
Feb. 19, 2026
Martin Sherman
Palestinians in Gaza
Column
Much to worry about
For decades leading up to the atrocities of Oct. 7, 2023, the top echelons of the Israeli leadership wildly misjudged the realities that prevailed in Gaza.
Jan. 14, 2026
Martin Sherman
Tucker Carlson
Column
Strange bedfellows in hate: From Carlson to the Caucasus
How fringe antisemitism on the American right is finding unlikely allies abroad—and why the Tucker Carlson-Armenia nexus should alarm Republicans.
Dec. 12, 2025
Martin Sherman
Benjamin Netanyahu
Column
From lords to lemmings: Israel’s legal elites on the brink
A chronicle of calumny, collapse and the plunge from the pinnacle of power to the depths of depravity, which provides a lens through which the Netanyahu trial should be viewed
Nov. 19, 2025
Martin Sherman
Raphael Lemkin
Column
Fabricating genocide?
As Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly, Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization, is given a pass, while Israel is accused of committing “genocide.”
Sep. 30, 2025
Martin Sherman
Judea and Samaria Security barrier
Opinion
The ‘emirates’ plan: A political train wreck in the making
Despite the glaring and perilous flaws in the two-state paradigm, not everything that is not a two-state proposal is a better policy option.
Sep. 6, 2025
Martin Sherman
Macron
Opinion
Malevolent Macron has no claim to the moral high ground
Given France’s gruesome post-World War II colonial history, it has a feeble claim to any moral superiority and is hardly in a position to pontificate to Israel over Gaza.
Sep. 1, 2025
Martin Sherman
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron host a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing during a joint military visit to the Northwood Headquarters in London, July 10, 2025. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images.
Opinion
Europe veering right towards Israel and Trump
There are accumulating, albeit belated, signs of a new political assertiveness in Europe, together with a growing appreciation of Israeli resolve and Trumpian toughness.
Jul. 15, 2025
Martin Sherman
Rally In Tehran As Khamenei Delivers Sermon And Praises Slain Hezbollah Leader
Opinion
Iran: State disintegration, not regime change
Israel must aim at dismantling Iran into separate ethnic entities to ensure that, in the future, it will not become the grave menace that it was in the past.
Jun. 26, 2025
Martin Sherman
Trump Macron
Opinion
Emmanuel the egregious
The French president is using the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the Iran-Israel standoff not out of genuine concern, but as tools to pander to the Muslim world.
Jun. 20, 2025
Martin Sherman
Azerbaijan and Israel
Column
Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords
Since the 1990s, Azerbaijan has played a considerable role in bolstering Israel’s security and enhancing its access to energy.
Apr. 16, 2025
Martin Sherman
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