Ariel sharon

On this day: Second Intifada triggered following Ariel Sharon's visit to Temple Mount

In total, more than 1,000 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorist attacks, which included suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings, and car ramming.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Will Israel's 2026 election represent Liberman’s swan song? – opinion

The chair of Yisrael Beytenu still has one more goal to achieve before he bids farewell to his illustrious political career.

|ByORI WERTMAN
Shaul Mofaz at a Kadima rally, 2009.

'My Israeli Journey': Shaul Mofaz recounts battles, politics, and family - review

My Israeli Journey one of the most accurate, non-academic records of the years in which Mofaz served in the IDF and in his post-army service to his country.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An Israeli flag flutters, with Ma'aleh Adumim is visible in the background, in the West Bank, August 14, 2025.

Israel grants legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, including two vacated in 2005 disengagement

The move follows government approval on Wednesday for the construction of 764 housing units across three settlements in the West Bank.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS

Going all the way

JUNE 16, 2016ByILAN EVYATAR
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman addresses the media in Jerusalem

Arik and Meir

From the groves of Gaza to the Mossad

MARCH 23, 2016ByGILAD SHARON
Meir Dagan

Arik and Lily: The valley and the mountain

In every heart, there is room for only one great pain.

MARCH 3, 2016ByGILAD SHARON
Ariel Sharon

Netanyahu blasts Ariel Sharon at memorial marking former PM's death

PM, who quit Sharon's government to protest Gaza withdrawal, said leaving the Strip did not achieve the former premier's goals of bringing about security and peace.

FEBRUARY 29, 2016ByGIL STERN STERN HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Senior Likud figures snub Ariel Sharon official remembrance ceremony

After spending eight years in a coma following a stroke, Sharon passed away at the age of 85.

FEBRUARY 26, 2016ByMAARIV ONLINE
Then-premier Ariel Sharon attends a cabinet meeting in 2005

We have the only right

NOVEMBER 2, 2015ByLAWRENCE POLYAKOV
The Jerusalem Post

Analysis: Israel security is in the eye of the beholder

Though the statistics tell a somewhat different tale, the current spate of terrorist attacks is denting Netanyahu’s image as ‘Mr. Security.’

OCTOBER 10, 2015ByHERB KEINON
Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Samaria Brigade Headquarters in the West Bank.

Archives reveal: Commanding officer blasted Ariel Sharon's Yom Kippur War 'dereliction of duty'

Defense Ministry releases archival letters in which Maj.-Gen. Shmuel Gonen calls for former PM to stand trial.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015ByBEN HARTMAN
Ariel Sharon (2nd R) confers with comrades during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, October 10, 1973

Ariel Sharon's tractor on eBay for $20,000

Farm vehicle previously owned by late, former prime minister is up for bid on public auctioning website.

AUGUST 25, 2015ByJULIE STEIGERWALD
The tractor previously owned by late, former prime minister Ariel Sharon

This Week in Israeli History: Last Residents of Gush Katif Evicted, Guy Hever MIA and Emmanuel Moreno

AUGUST 19, 2015ByEYTAN MEIR
The Jerusalem Post