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4 days ago · Ariel Sharon (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן [aʁiˈ(ʔ)el ʃaˈʁon] ⓘ; also known by his diminutive Arik, אָרִיק; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
5 days ago · Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount. On 28 September, Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon and a Likud party delegation guarded by hundreds of Israeli riot police visited the Temple Mount, which is widely considered the third holiest site in Islam.
Jun 27, 2024 · The Knesset held a special plenary sitting Monday evening in memory of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on the second anniversary of his passing, in the presence of President Reuven Rivlin and Sharon`s sons and other family members.
Jun 25, 2024 · Knesset Speaker Edelstein said Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85, was a ”hero of Israel, a courageous military leader and (political) leader who grew out of the fire of wars and the heroism of battle.” ”I recall what he said when he eulogized Moshe Dayan: `The gates of Israel were never ...
3 days ago · The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, [60] the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. The majority of combat between the two sides took place in the Sinai Peninsula and ...
Jun 8, 2024 · Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem (1993–2003) and as prime minister of Israel (2006–09). He became a chief architect of Ariel Sharon’s 2005 policy of disengagement from the Gaza Strip and was a founding member of the centrist Kadima party established that same year.
Jun 13, 2024 · When Ariel Sharon withdrew more than eight thousand Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, his principal aim was to consolidate Israel’s colonisation of the West Bank, where the settler population immediately began to increase.
