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 ...

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.

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

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

Ariel Sharon, the Israeli general and statesman who parlayed his legendary military achievements into a long, tumultuous political career that culminated in his 2001 election as prime minister ...

Americans of a certain age may remember the well-dressed but pudgy figure of Ariel Sharon, then an Israeli minister without portfolio, on the steps of the U.S. Federal Court building in New York ...

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 … ...

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 ...

Former Israeli prime minister and storied general Ariel Sharon, who was at the height of his power when he suffered a stroke in 2006 and fell into an irreversible coma, died Saturday at the age of 85.

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.