Ariel Sharon 1928-2014 31 photos He spent most of his life battling Arab enemies and promoting Jewish settlement on war-won lands.

Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, right, stands near but does not look at, or shake hands with, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Wye Plantation, Maryland, in this Oct. 21, 1998 photo.

Ariel Sharon, a monumental figure in Israel’s modern history who epitomized the country’s warrior past even as he sought to become the architect of a peaceful future, died Jan. 11 of organ ...

Ariel Sharon, the tough Israeli leader who was the mastermind behind the disastrous invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza strip, has died, XX years after ...

Sharon, born Ariel Scheinerman to Russian immigrants on Feb. 27, 1928, lived his life in the bloody crucible of the Israeli-Arab struggle.

Sharon encouraged new Jewish settlements, but was always pragmatic. Ariel Sharon places his hand on the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in the Old City of Jerusalem on February 7, 2001.

Ariel Sharon rarely worried about all the controversy. The left called him a murderer for his military exploits. The right called him a traitor for pulling out of Gaza. Yet it was a feature of his … ...

Posted Sept. 23, 2002. “ But Out: Ariel Sharon demonstrates how to look like you’re saying yes when you’re really saying no,” by William Saletan. Posted May 16, 2002.