Dr. Martin Sherman

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Fabricating Genocide

The truth has been turned on its head. Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization whose charter calls for the murder of all Jews on the planet, this genocidal organization is given a pass.

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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. Opinion.

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Malevolent Macron has no claim to the moral high ground

Given France’s gruesome post-WW II colonial history—from North Africa through East Asia to Oceania—it has a feeble claim to any moral superiority and is hardly in a position to pontificate to Israel over Gaza. Opinion.

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Is 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.

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Iran: State disintegration, not regime change

Israel cannot rely on regime change to ensure its security. It 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. Opinion.

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Emmanuel the Egregious

Macron 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 and a way to preserve French trade with Iran. Op-ed.

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Is Israel on the cusp of civil war?

The only way to prevent a civil war in Israel is to acknowledge its impending outbreak, so that steps can be taken to forestall it. Opinion.

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Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords

The Abraham Accords were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of Trump’s first administration; he has made it clear that his new administration will seek to expand them- Forbes, March 8, 2025. Opinion.

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Gaza-Trump, truth and …“transfer”

The Trump proposal comprises a point of singularity reflecting a sharp break from past trends, and a sober recognition of the futility of the past pursuit of some mythical Palestinian Arab “peace partner.” Opinion.

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The alliance that alarms the Ayatollahs

As Iranian regime inches closer to its desired doomsday weapon, the rationale for a countervailing triaxial alliance between the US, Israel and Azerbaijan has never been more compelling. Opinion.

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Trump, Macron and Greenland: A contrived conflict?

It is hard to fathom why France should display such ire at the Trump proposal to procure Greenland since the idea is hardly new, having been raised several times in the far off and recent past without setting off any outrage. Opinion.

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An emerging strategic axis: Washington-Jerusalem-Baku

Trump's administration should factor the unique model of Judeo-Muslim collaboration between Israel and Azerbaijan, which transcends prevailing geopolitical divisions, into its foreign policy aimed at engendering enhanced international stability. Opinion.

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A sense of Déjà vu

All the current “mainstream” proposals for the “Day After” in Gaza represent the triumph of misguided hope—or at least, misconceived correctness—over bitter experience. Op-ed.

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Macron on the wrong side of history

The election of Donald Trump and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria will compel a recalibration of recalibration of France’s past policies. Opinion.

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Malicious malign Macron

France's adversarial attitude towards both Israel and America has regrettably been long abrew. Opinion.

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Something rotten in the land of the Tricolor?

While France is the origin of the principles of modern democracy, it has also shown a disturbing affinity for tyranny. Opinion.

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November: Persian preferences

Translated into Persian, the search for peace and regional stability—the oft-aired aspiration of the Biden-Harris administration—means giving Tehran the bomb. Opinion.

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Kamala’s unsavory supporters

Some of Kamala Harris’s supporters constitute yet another ominous omen in the perturbing accumulation that the prospect of her victory portends. Opinion.

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Inverted morality-The eclipse of good by evil

Today’s grotesque endeavors to justify Hamas’s bestial barbarism should be repudiated and ridiculed. Opinion.

America 2024: Is antisemitism “the point?”

Rather than side unreservedly with Israel after the brutally barbaric onslaught on it, the Democratic party & the Biden administration chose to take unprecedented measures against the elected government of a friendly nation. Opinion.

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Fickle Feckless France: Egalite, fraternite …antisemitisme

The French Foreign Ministry advanced two claims as the rationale for its decision to support the ICC—both equally risible and ridiculous. Opinion.

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Today’s antisemitism—A perverse inversion of victim & victimizer

World opinion must be made to understand that the plight of Gazans today is the result of, not the reason for, the smoldering Judeophobic hate on their part.

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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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A sense of betrayal

Past deeds of heroism are no justification for present acts of subversion. Op-ed.

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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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Law enforcement in Israel - Something to worry about.

Legal proceedings are carried out with scant regard for the law. factual evidence is ignored, charges fabricated. With court approval Op-ed.

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Liberman—Clumsy clutz or Cosa Nostra capo?

There are only two possibilities regarding Min. Liberman's involvement in the "Yisrael Beyteinu affair"-neither bodes well for Israel.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.