Martin Sherman
ARTICLES BY: Martin Sherman
The Temple Mount: No Longer in Our Hands?
"It is extremely important that a solution to the current crisis be found by Friday this week…The dangers on the ground will escalate if we...
Temple Mount Attack and the Demise of the ‘One-State’ Theory
"Extending Israeli sovereignty over Judea-Samaria (and eventually over the Gaza Strip) is indeed a necessary condition for ensuring the ability of Israel to endure as...
A Port Off Gaza: A Preposterous and Perilous Proposal
"Israel's intelligence and transport minister has long pushed the idea of an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip, with plans for a...
Modi in Israel: Bonding the Biggest and Most Beleaguered Democracies
A curious Indian stops a passing Israeli backpacker on a New Delhi street. “Tell me,” he asks, “how many Israelis are there?” “I’m not quite sure,”...
Israel’s Opposition Aids Delegitimizers
"We are undergoing a process of fascistization of Israeli politics. These are hard words but they are true. Artists, actors and playwrights are under threat,...
Gaza: The Ultimate Indictment of ‘Two-Statism’
"…the prospective Palestinian state is bound to be a failed and repressive entity, and a permanent danger to its Israeli and Jordanian neighbors." -- Elliott Abrams, briefing...
Bennett’s Academic Code: Right Sentiment, Wrong Strategy
"Had such professional misconduct occurred in the natural or physical sciences there would have doubtless been serious consequences: e.g. the collapse of a bridge following...
The Humanitarian Paradigm: FAQs Part 2
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -- Widely attributed to Winston Churchill Readers will recall that last week I...
The Humanitarian Paradigm: FAQs Part 1
"Consideration should be given even to the heroic remedy of transfer of populations...the hardship of moving is great, but it is less than the constant...
Response to Daniel Pipes: Why Palestinian Statehood Obviates Israeli Victory
"Of all the nations at the UN the Palestinian state would be the only one which has limits imposed on its sovereignty, the only one...
The Congressional Israel Victory Caucus: A Diplomatic ‘Iron Dome’
"Wars usually end when failure causes one side to despair when that side has…accepted defeat, and when that defeat has exhausted its will to fight." -- Daniel...
The Congressional Israel Victory Caucus: Assessing Actionable Alternatives
"The major issue is not [attaining] an agreement, but ensuring the actual implementation of the agreement in practice. The number of agreements which the Arabs...
The Congressional Israel Victory Caucus: Kudos and Caveats
"Palestinians will have to pass through the bitter crucible of defeat, with all its deprivation, destruction, and despair as they repudiate the filthy legacy of...
Gaza: Let Their People Go!
“If the borders opened for one hour, 100,000 young people would leave Gaza." -- Rashid al-Najja, vice dean, Gaza’s Al-Azhar University. “...I’d go to Somalia, Sudan --...
