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It began in Neveh Dekalim: How the Gaza Disengagement led to judicial reform

For Religious Zionists, who link Torah, people, and land, the state’s bulldozers felt like a theological betrayal.

A GIRL is evacuated from Neveh Dekalim, Aug. 2005.
 A woman watches tv; illustrative.

Love among the yurts, and the charm of 'Too Much': What to watch on TV in Israel

 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address earlier this year. Recently he affirmed that ‘liberation is a duty, no matter how long it takes.’

Lebanon’s long overdue reckoning - opinion

 THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres and then-prime minister Ehud Olmert attend a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, 2009. Peres and Olmert advocated for an agreement with the Palestinians and the Arab world, the writer notes.

We need to talk about the two state solution - opinion


Returning to Gaza is a big mistake, calls are disturbing - editorial

Calls to return to Gaza settlements are divisive amid current warfare in Gaza and the costs of October 7.

 OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.

Smotrich's vision: From yeshiva bocher to architect of West Bank settlement surge

Smotrich's fantasies are best played out in that venue, not in public life.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Paradigms will need to shift for Sderot to be reborn - analysis

A few months ago, only those considered on the far-right would talk about resettling Gaza. Now, the idea is taking hold.

Israeli police explosive experts survey the remains of a private house after it was hit by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, in Sderot, southern Israel October 15, 2023.

Raanan Gissin, best known as Sharon's spokesman, passes away at 74

A frequent presence on international television channels, the gravel-voiced Gissin with the bushy black eyebrows cast a formidable figure.

 Raanan Gissin, US Embassy in Israel, July 4th 2015.

Ariel Sharon: The complex legacy of Israel’s warrior-statesman

Sharon’s initial reputation was not entirely undeserved, although few doubted his generalship.

 THEN-UN secretary-general Kofi Annan meets with then-prime minister Ariel Sharon at UN Headquarters, in September 2005. Sharon’s post-disengagement UN visit saw world leaders lining up to be photographed with him.

President Herzog honors the memory of Ariel Sharon

In 2006, while serving as prime minister after his military career, Sharon suffered a stroke which ultimately put him into an eight-year-long coma.

 President Isaac Herzog participates in memorial for the late former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his wife Lily.

Is Netanyahu a dreidel or is he being turned into an etrog? - opinion

The media that protected Sharon are now consumed with fear that the reputed strong men of the new coalition are about to destroy democratic rule in Israel.

 THEN-SUPREME Court president Dorit Beinisch chats with her predecessor, Aharon Barak, at a law conference in Jerusalem, 2010

Generals in Israeli politics are no longer hot commodities - opinion

Perhaps voters appreciate that despite Israel’s pervasive security challenges, bravery and proficiency in battle do not in themselves provide the experience for successful national leadership.

 GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

Gilad Sharon: From my parents’ memorial service

I muse over friendship and love: Parents’ love for their children, love between a man and a woman, the evolution of love, how it is born out of natural selection and to what proportions it can grow.

 GILAD (left) and Omri (second from left) Sharon attend their father’s funeral at the former prime minister’s ranch in the Negev, January 2014.

Reuven Adler: My brilliant friend

Reuven Adler was close to the Sharon family for decades. He was a sharp, unerring, and brutal analyst, a winner to the core and someone who didn't quit in bad times.

 REUVEN ADLER, one of the founders of the Adler-Chomsky advertising agency, poses for a photo in 2004.

On This Day: Then-prime minister Ariel Sharon suffers severe stroke

Ariel Sharon was prime minister of Israel from 2001 until 2006.

PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon in 2006.