Martin Sherman
ARTICLES BY: Martin Sherman
Obama at the UN: Why He Was Right…Almost
…a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself…Israelis and Palestinians will be better off if Palestinians reject incitement and recognize the legitimacy of Israel,...
Ethnic Cleansing: Why Bibi Was Quite Right — and Dangerously Wrong
"...[T]he Palestinian leadership actually demands a Palestinian state with one precondition: no Jews! There’s a phrase for that. It’s called ethnic cleansing. And this demand...
Imminent and Ominous: The Facebook-Jihadi Nexus (REVIEW)
For most Americans, Israelis and other Westerners, Facebook is a benign and useful forum through which to catch up with old friends, make new ones,...
The Perils of the One-State Proposal
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. - Ancient aphorism In my column last week, I once again raised the issue of the fading relevance of...
Reviewing the Possibilities of a Post-Two-State-Solution Middle East Policy
16 years after the failed Camp David summit, the fiction of the two-state solution is about to be shattered once and for all. The only...
‘Mowing the Lawn’ Won’t Cut It — My Challenge to the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
Israelis have gradually come to realize that at present the Palestinians are neither a partner for comprehensive peace nor capable of establishing a viable state…...
To: ‘Bogie’ Ya’alon; cc: Dore Gold; Re: Israel’s Security Imperatives
Israel’s security depends on its retaining defensible borders. This means maintaining control over key areas of Judea and Samaria and certainly over an undivided Jerusalem…This...
The New ‘Nuts’ — Jeffrey Goldberg, the Jerusalem Post and the Question of Sanity
I think I'm getting ready to leave Ha'aretz … [its] cartoonish anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism can be grating. I find the @TimesofIsrael to be very reliable. Ha'aretz...
Is Israel’s US Ambassador Serious?
"There is no reason, concretely and in principle, why Jews should not be able to live in a future Palestinian state"-- Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador...
Duma — One Year, and Three Arson Attacks, Later
“I saw Sa'ad and Reham burning on the ground. Next to them were TWO masked men, one beside each of them. They were dressed in...
Potential Payoffs and Pitfalls for Israel if the GOP Wins the Presidential Election
Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a [2016] platform that does not include a call for a two-state solution to the...
Israel and American Liberal Jewry: The Real Reasons for the Rift
Israel’s accomplishments have been remarkable. Israel has created a thriving economy, and has been a refuge for hundreds of thousands of the displaced and the...
Utterly Unconscionable
"Israelis have no conscience, no honor, no pride. Those who condemn Hitler day and night have surpassed Hitler in barbarism." – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, (7/19/2014) "National...
Egregious Ehud
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones – A proverb on prudence (or the lack thereof) and hypocrisy; origins traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer (1385). [Note...
