Dr. Martin Sherman

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Misplaced moral outrage-moronic, mendacious, or malevolent?

Israel seeks to minimize civilian casualties, while Hamas seeks to maximize civilian casualties and use them as a propaganda tool. Opinion.

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Elections: Why now is not the time

When Israeli voters next go to the polls, over what led to the grim events of Oct. 7, their choices must not be driven by uninformed rumor, ill-informed speculation, and misinformed emotion. Op-ed.

Reason, Reasonableness & Realpolitik

Under Biden, important foreign policy interests are being sacrificed for domestic ones. Opinion.

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Comparing Coalitions

While the current coalition is far from unblemished, things could be worse—and have been, recently. Op-ed.

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Incredible imbecility

The historical record bodes ill for initiatives to engineer a Pax Israeliana (an Israel induced peace) between Israel and its Arab adversaries. Opinion.

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Gaza-A gigantic shift in the Overton Window

What once was unthinkable is now moving to the center of mainstream thought. Opinion.

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Misconceptualizing conflict miscomprehending the enemy

One reason the conflict with Palestinian-Arabs dragged on for years is that Israel failed to conceptualize the conflict correctly.Op-ed.

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Gaza-The collapse of conventional wisdom

The political rationale of the Gaza conflict is mirrored in the inexorable logic of an algorithm ignored by Israel's policy-makers.Opinion..

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Distorting the Declaration

Israel's Dec. of Independence focuses om Jewish sovereignty and independence in the ancestral Jewish homeland, not liberal democratcy. Op-ed

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D-Y-S-T-O-P-I-A!!

The opponents of the proposed judicial reform are not defending liberal democracy, but promoting Orwellian dystopia. Op-ed.

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A Constitution -The "excuse du jour"

A constitution as a way out of the political impasse over Israel's legal system is a red herring by opponents of judicial reform. Op-ed.

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Yair Lapid -Thinking the unthinkable

As the official reasons given for the 2022 gas deal with Lebanon unravel, who can be blamed for "heretical" alternative explanations? Op-ed

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Mika - Malicious, mendacious, and misleading

Israel and its democracy are indeed facing an unprecedented and unimaginable threat. One of those threatening it is Mika Almog. Op-ed.

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Obviating elections

If the protests succeed in obstructing the judicial reforms, democratic rule will be replaced by mob rule - in an Orwellian dystopia. Op-ed.

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Au Contraire

"It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change" – Alice in Wonderland.

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Conspicuous by their…presence

Palestinian flags, on unabashed and unhindered display at demonstrations against Israel's judicial reform, reveal their real motive. Op-ed.

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Death—Courtesy of the Israel Supreme Court

The initiative by the new government to enact a far-reaching judicial reform is an inevitable result of the erosion of public trust. Op-ed.

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Peace - A dictatorial and deceptive word

By not engaging in a decisive offensive against its adversaries, Israel backs away from conflicts it can win, risking one that it cannot.

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Palestine: The perverse—and perplexing—paradox

Why do professed liberals persist in support for an entity that would comprise the negation of all the values they allegedly cherish? Op-ed.

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"Palestine"—Two countervailing hypotheses

Do the Palestinian-Arabs genuinely wish to establish a state of their own?  Or do they really wish to dismantle the state of the Jews?.Op-ed

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A tale of two narratives

The Zionist narrative has demonstrable validity over the irreconcilable counter-narrative of the Palestinian-Arabs, so it must prevail.Op-ed

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The perils of Palestine: A multi-dimensional menace to Israel

A Palestinian state will be a multi-dimensional existential threat to Israel whether one considers height, width, length, or depth. Op-ed.

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Israel's paradox: Tactical brilliance vs strategic imbecility

Israel must forgo Arab amitié. for different goals. The most it can get is to be barely accepted; the least is to be greatly feared.Op-ed

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No one will come

International agreements involving abdication of strategic assets in exchange for vague 'assurances' of future support are worthless.Op-ed.

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The fatal flaw in Israeli strategic thinking

Israel has failed to conceptualize the conflict with the Palestinian Arabs correctly. Failed comprehension has brought failed policy. Op-ed.

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2020 polls in retrospect: Not impossible, but implausible

Any fair-minded person must feel increasingly compelled to question the authenticity of the 2020 US election results. Op-ed.

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You couldn't make this up!!

There may be things more depraved than an Israeli minister soliciting funds for a self-declared mortal foe, but none come to mind. Op-ed.

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An Israeli tragedy

It will take a long time, maybe decades, to repair the damage caused by the machinations used to ensconce the current coalition. Op-ed.

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Netanyahu vs Olmert—Comparing chalk & cheese

Perhaps someone under criminal indictment should not be prime minister, but abuse of the legal system to prevent it is far worse. Op-ed.

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Arab violence – Root causes and red herrings

Difficult socioeconomic conditions in haredi society have not caused the crime afflicting Arab society. Why assume that is the cause? Op-ed.

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Tyrants, tax-havens and territory

Israel may soon face a huge expanse of territory controlled by radical Islamists, stretching from Greater Tel Aviv to Iraq and beyond.Op-ed.

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Lapid on Gaza - Stupid is as stupid does

Lapid’s Gaza policy proposal is one more display in an appalling catalogue of his ignorance and a grave indictment of Israeli voters. Op-ed.

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Naftali Goldfarb or Gonen Bennett?

In a single act of duplicity and deceit, Bennett provided the left with broad access to positions of government control and influence.Op-ed.

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Escalating antisemitism - the blame Israel bears

There is a symbiotic link between the abysmal conduct of Israel’s public diplomacy and the crescendo of Judeophobic frenzy worldwide.Op-ed.

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Gaza - Déjà vu…all over again?

The Gaza problem was created by the belief that the Palestinian Arabs could have self-governance.Op-ed.

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Et tu, Ahmad—The illusion of Arab loyalty

The situation can not be seen as one centering on the question of individual rights but of collective survival—and must be treated as such.

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Something to worry about…

The deadlock in which Israel’s political system is mired is in large measure the result of judicial disregard—or distortion—of the law.Op-ed

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When generals stray into politics…

Despite the resounding failure of the idea, 3 former IDF generals urged Biden to “keep open a path to an eventual two-state solution.”Op-ed.

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Jordan’s “House of Cards”–The implications for Israel

Israel could find, along its lengthiest border, no longer a pro-Western monarchy, but an extreme, hostile Muslim regime. Op-ed.

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Because of Biden…Bibi

Few, if any, countries face the truly daunting array of challenges that Israel does. There is no time for on the job training. Op-ed.

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Biden—The first frightful month

The apparent inability of its electorate to separate policy from personality may drive the US to the cusp of 3rd world status. Op-ed.

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Has the Democrats’ push to depose Biden begun?

An approaching scenario in which Biden, exposed as both frail and mendacious, concedes the presidency to his radical Vice President. Op-ed.

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Targeted killings: The legality vs. the morality

The most galling reaction to the targeted killing of Iranian scientist Fakhrizadeh came from John Brennan, Obama's CIA Director. Op-ed.

US and Israeli Jews are deeply divided on life and death issues

Our kinfolk in the U.S.are either indifferent or bent on support for a candidate committed to policies helping Israel's enemies. Op-ed.

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Indicting Netanyahu—The unintended consequences

The release of taped phone conversations shows that the political initiative to indict the PM on contrived charges will rebound on plotters.

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Replacing RBG – Delinquent Democrats deserve no quarter

There is infuriating irony in the fact that the Democrats committed the transgressions they attribute to their Republican adversaries.Op-ed

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Oslo as political Kryptonite

Labor's fall from the heights of political hegemony to the depth of political oblivion is a fitting fate for pushing the Oslo Accords.Op-ed

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Israel’s national imperative: “Keep your powder dry.”

Normalization with the UAE has significant benefits for Israel, but it is premature to talk of amity rather than enmity in the region.Op-ed.

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Why the “Right” insists on bringing knives to gunfights

Although in power for much of the post-Oslo era, it is clear that the Right has not internalized the exigencies of political warfare.Op-ed.

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The Israel-UAE pact: Sacrificing substance for ceremony?

Despite all the potential payoffs Israel-UAE normalization may entail, the agreement is really a prop for a much bigger drama. Op-ed.

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Commanders against Israel’s sovereignty: Look us in the eye…

A cursory analysis of the “Commanders for Israel’s Security” plan reveals it as a political manifesto drafted by amateur politicians. Op-ed.

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De-Americanizing America

Ever greater circles of Americans are in a movement bent on jettisoning a paradigm that brought success for one that wrought failure. Op-ed

Judicial overreach and the sovereignty imperative

Excessive judicial intervention into the purview of the legislature may have some unintended consequences. Op-ed.

How the George Floyd factor may affect Iran's presence in Syria

Will a tragedy in Minneapolis determine the fate of Tehran's political order and its military deployment across a ravaged Syria? Op-ed.

INTO THE FRAY: Duma-Guilt by conjecture?

One issue raised by the cloud of doubt enveloping the Duma proceeding is the possibility that the real murderers may still be free. Opinion.

INTO THE FRAY: A choreographed coup—with the law as a prop

It is imperative to restore the judiciary to its duly assigned place in a properly functioning democracy-adjudicating, not legislating.Op-ed

The imperative to annex and the irrelevance of innocence

Are those against sovereignty entrapped in an Oslowian time-warp? And has the legal establishment destroyed its credibility again?

INTO THE FRAY: Pipes vs. Pipes in the New York Times

Daniel Pipes has been scrupulously strict in avoiding any action-oriented prescriptions to achieve his “Israeli Victory”; until now. Op-ed.

INTO THE FRAY: Haaretz – One outrage too far?

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