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 ...

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that Israel is “closer than ever” to reoccupying the Gaza Strip and ...

Former Minister Erdan sees a clear connection between the Disengagement 20 years ago and the strengthening of Hamas before ...

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon takes part in the lighting of a Hanukkah candle at his office in Jerusalem in 2005. Kevin Frayer / Pool via EPA Leaders across the world paid tribute to former ...

Ariel Sharon passed away on Saturday at the age of 85. There, the old general was laid to rest beside his late wife Lily after a final farewell by his sons Omri and Gilad.

Ariel Sharon, (l), shown here in 2005 with Shimon Peres, was remembered Saturday by the Israeli president as a leader “who loved his nation.” The determined and divisive Sharon was loathed by ...

Ariel Sharon's turbulent military career set the stage for his role as a somewhat unlikely Israeli prime minister. James Bennet, former Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, tells Melissa ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon takes part in a lighting of Hanukkah candles at his Jerusalem office on Dec. 27, 2005, prior to suffering a severe stroke the following year.

Smotrich's remarks come as daily Haaretz reports Netanyahu presented Security Cabinet with plan to seize parts of Gaza amid ...

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.