The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ariel-sharon/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:32:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Ariel Sharon | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ariel-sharon/ 32 32 Twenty years on from Gaza withdrawal, Israel is again mired in the Strip https://www.timesofisrael.com/twenty-years-on-from-gaza-withdrawal-israel-is-again-mired-in-the-strip/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:05:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3620980 For Israelis evacuated in the 2005 disengagement, the war is viewed as an opportunity to undo past mistakes and return; Palestinians fear a long-term reumption of Israeli control

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]]> Herzog must threaten to resign as the government begins to enact a judicial overhaul https://www.timesofisrael.com/herzog-must-threaten-to-resign-as-the-government-begins-to-enact-a-judicial-overhaul/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:36:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2934338&preview=true&preview_id=2934338 The president warned that Israelis are facing a struggle 'that could consume us all'; with the Netanyahu coalition determined to remake the country, he will have to take a stand

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]]> 40 years after the First Lebanon War, Israel’s wounds still aren’t healed https://www.timesofisrael.com/forty-years-later-israels-scars-from-first-lebanon-war-still-havent-healed/ Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:04:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2779994 As country ponders complex legacy of 1982's Operation Peace for Galilee, the fear of getting stuck in hostile territory and the distrust of leaders remain

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]]> Bennett to visit India next month to mark 30 years of diplomatic ties https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-to-visit-india-next-month-to-mark-30-years-of-diplomatic-ties/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 02:24:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2728110 Prime minister to meet with Indian leader Narendra Modi as the two nations seek to expand on increasingly close relations, will also meet local Jewish community

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]]> Colin Powell dead at 84: An Israel admirer, he pushed for compromises for peace https://www.timesofisrael.com/colin-powell-dead-at-84-an-israel-admirer-he-pushed-for-compromises-for-peace/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:39:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2634311 Former US secretary of state who brokered 'road map' to Mideast peace, which still informs much of US policy in region, was also 1st military chief to speak Yiddish as 2nd language

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]]> Mossad spy chief on 9/11: We realized rules for fighting terror had to change https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-spy-chief-on-9-11-we-realized-rules-for-fighting-terror-had-to-change/ Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:35:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2614298 Efraim Halevy was meeting the PM when the news came in: 'Sharon told me something has happened. You should be in your office'

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]]> Israel again tears down contested Palestinian hamlet in Jordan Valley https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-again-tears-down-contested-palestinian-hamlet-in-jordan-valley/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 16:13:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2578080 Courts have ruled that Khirbet Humsa, thrice demolished by authorities in recent months, was built illegally in an Israeli military firing zone

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]]> 47 years on, Defense Ministry releases color footage of Yom Kippur War https://www.timesofisrael.com/47-years-on-defense-ministry-releases-color-footage-of-yom-kippur-war/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:07:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2402505 Soldiers on the Suez, actor Chaim Topol visiting troops, top brass visiting the Egyptian front among scenes in high-quality video released from military archives for first time

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]]> Twenty years since the Al-Aqsa Intifada, what do Palestinians hope for now https://www.timesofisrael.com/twenty-years-since-the-al-aqsa-intifada-what-do-palestinians-hope-for-now/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 09:54:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2399863 Optimism generated by the Oslo Accords has long since given way to grave pessimism regarding the possibility of ever resolving the conflict

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]]> A reluctant settler examines the Gaza disengagement in her fiction https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-reluctant-settler-examines-the-gaza-disengagement-in-her-fiction/ Sat, 01 Aug 2020 06:32:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2354796 Daniella Levy, an immigrant from the US, eyes the Jewish settlements, the traumatic 2005 pullout, and the meaning of home in a multi-narrative new novel, 'Disengagement'

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]]> Israel is on precipice of losing option of two-state solution, say US advisers https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-is-on-precipice-of-losing-option-of-two-state-solution-say-us-advisers/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:45:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2215731 Authors ambassador Dennis Ross and David Makovsky warn that Israel is nearing the point of no return with Palestinians, in a live interview with ToI editor David Horovitz

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]]> Justice minister rant on ‘biased’ prosecution seems partly taken from Wikipedia https://www.timesofisrael.com/justice-minister-rant-on-biased-prosecution-seems-partly-taken-from-wikipedia/ Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:16:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2173519 In citing example of 2003 AG probe into leaked information from police investigation, Amir Ohana's speech appears to repeat online encyclopedia almost verbatim

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]]> Is Israel past the age of heroic leaders? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-israel-past-the-age-of-heroic-leaders/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 07:37:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2158985 In a new book, Dennis Ross and David Makovsky recall iconic moments of Israeli decision-making... and ask if Israelis still have what it takes to separate from the Palestinians

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]]> Fearing shortages, Dayan mulled drafting young, old in 1973 war, papers show https://www.timesofisrael.com/fearing-shortages-dayan-mulled-drafting-young-old-in-1973-war-papers-show/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:21:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2160928 Defense Ministry declassifies an intel report from the day before the Yom Kippur War, transcripts from IDF General Staff meetings, and a phone call that relieved a general of duty

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]]> What Israel still needs to learn from Ariel Sharon https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-israel-still-needs-to-learn-from-ariel-sharon/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:44:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2142740 He was a hawk who put the needs of the state above his own politics, even when that led him to withdraw from Gaza

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