Ariel Sharon was Israel — with all of its gumption, innovation, determination, virtues and faults. He was a man of extremes, both as a warrior and as a Prime Minister. He manifested the quintessential ...

JERUSALEM, May 5 -- The day after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a Passover seder in the Israeli coastal resort of Netanya, killing 29 people and injuring dozens more, Prime Minister ...

He cemented his reputation in 1967 as a general commanding an armored division in the Six Day War that raced across the Sinai to the Suez Canal, and again in 1973 commanding a division in the Yom ...

JERUSALEM, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A maverick in war and politics, Israel's Ariel Sharon reshaped the Middle East in a career marked by adventurism and disgrace, dramatic reversals and stunning rebounds.

Tuesday afternoon, Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister of Israel. Here's why it's not as bad as you think. It's time to stop being optimistic and to start being realistic. Now is not the time for ...

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - As Israel prepares to bury former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, it might also be saying goodbye to the last man capable of enacting the sort of tough decisions needed to secure ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel will take steps to set up a security border unless Palestinians move quickly toward peace. Early years: Ariel Scheinerman was born in 1928. In 1942, he ...

Vice President Joe Biden praised the political courage of late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday and called him a “complex man” at a memorial ceremony for the statesman who died Saturday.

Anne Applebaum fairly criticized London Mayor Ken Livingstone for his slurs against a journalist, but she couldn't help deriding Mr. Livingstone's characterization of Ariel Sharon as a war criminal ...