Martin Sherman: Israel has surged from success to success in virtually every field of human endeavour except in what might turn out to be the most vital: securing its long-term survival as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Martin Sherman: If the Israeli prime minister is not indicted—or if he is indicted and acquitted—then it will be a massive blow to the credibility of the nation’s law enforcement.
Martin Sherman: Despite decades of proven failure, Israel’s doves cling to their fatally flawed dogma, insisting if only Israel would make more concessions, a new epoch of Judeo-Arab peace and prosperity would dawn.
Martin Sherman: During his tenure, Benjamin Netanyahu has accumulated an impressive record of achievement in virtually every field of endeavour: economic, diplomatic, technological. So what explains all the vehemence?
Martin Sherman: It’s not enough to point out the flaws, however fatal, of the “left.” Rather, the “right” must present the public with a plausible and persuasive alternative that does not merely replace a geographic peril with a demographic one.
Martin Sherman: In order to allow non-belligerent Gazans to extricate themselves from their existing humanitarian crisis, they should be offered generous relocation grants to allow them and their dependents the opportunity to seek more prosperous and secure lives elsewhere.
Martin Sherman: Unless the violence in Gaza is terminated permanently, Israel may face the grim prospect of the Negev being depopulated by Jews who will abandon the region for safer locations.
