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Tour of Duty: When Leonard Cohen Serenaded Ariel Sharon on the Battlefield

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Cacophony in an Israeli Government Can Be Beautiful. Just Ask Ariel Sharon

Netanyahu's Shredded Docs: Making Files Disappear Is a Tradition for Israeli Leaders Netanyahu's Shredded Documents: Making Files Disappear Is a Tradition for Departing Israeli Leaders

Ariel Sharon's 'Secret Plan' for the Palestinians

Was Ariel Sharon a Warmonger or Man of Peace? New Israeli TV Series Reaches a Surpri Was Ariel Sharon a Warmonger or Man of Peace? New Israeli TV Series Reaches a Surprising Conclusion

Then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon tours the West Bank, March 22, 1982.

40-year-old Document Reveals Ariel Sharon's Plan to Evict 1,000 Palestinians 40-year-old Document Reveals Ariel Sharon's Plan to Evict 1,000 Palestinians From Their Homes

Documents about the missing Yemenite children affair at the Israel State Archives, 2016.

From Rabin to Eichmann: Thousands of Files Missing From Israel's State Archive From Rabin's Assassination to Eichmann Trial: Thousands of Files Missing From Israel's State Archive

Ariel Sharon tours Nitzanim as part of preparations for the Gaza disengagement.

When Ariel Sharon Took Gideon Levy to Gaza to Convince Him Withdrawal Is a Mistake When Ariel Sharon Took Gideon Levy to Gaza to Convince Him That Disengagement Is a Mistake

Attorney Eli Zohar in 2015.

Eli Zohar, Lawyer Who Represented Former Israeli Prime Ministers, Dies at 79

Netanyahu announces his intent to annex parts of the West Bank at a press conference, September 10, 2019.

The Gift That Never Stops Letting Israel Avoid Peace

A drawing of Arnon Milchan at center stage on the cover of TheMarker's magazine section, June 2019.

Nukes, Planes, Champagne: How Israeli PMs Worked for Billionaire Hollywood Mogul Nukes, Planes and Champagne: How Israeli Prime Ministers Have Worked for Billionaire Arnon Milchan

File photo: Businessman Meshulam Riklis and his wife Tali Sinai, Tel Aviv, November 4, 2011.

Meshulam Riklis, Israeli-American 'Corporate Takeover Artist,' Dies at 95 Meshulam Riklis, Israeli-American Billionaire and 'Corporate Takeover Artist,' Dies at 95

Memorial plaques displayed in the prime minister's residence.

Memorial Wall for Israeli PMs Ignores Rabin's Assassination, Olmert's Premiership

Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on September 16, 2018

The Shameful Deal That Haaretz Is Offering Netanyahu

Ariel Sharon and Menachem Begin visiting the captured Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, June 1982.

The IDF Papers That Show What Sharon Hid in the Lebanon War The Israeli Army Papers That Show What Ariel Sharon Hid From the Cabinet in the First Lebanon War

Clockwise from right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon.

Four Israeli Prime Ministers, 20 Years of Corruption. Why?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, February 13, 2018

Police Recommended Indicting Netanyahu, So What Happens Now? The Israeli Police Recommended Indicting Netanyahu, So What Happens Now?

Israeli journalist Uri Avnery meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat in Beirut, Lebanon, July, 1982.

How a Mossad Plot to Kill Yasser Arafat Nearly Cost Me My Life

The West Bank settlement of Ganim in 2005, the land where Ganim once stood in 2017.

Why Did Israel Leave Northern Samaria? Israel Must Reexamine Why Northern Samaria Was Included in the 2005 Disengagement

Ariel Sharon and Menachem Begin visiting the captured Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, June 1982.

With Sharon Gone, Israel Reveals the Truth About the Lebanon War With Ariel Sharon Gone, Israel Reveals the Truth About the 1982 Lebanon War

Then-Prime Minister Designate Benjamin Netanyahu listens to then-outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Jerusalem, March 31, 2009.

'Racist, Homophobe, Bully, Fascist': Sons of Israeli Leaders Trade Barbs on FB 'Racist, Homophobe, Bully, Fascist': Sons of Israeli Leaders Trade Barbs on Facebook

Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon attends the Foreign Security committee meeting in Jerusalem, November 7, 2005.

Executive Privilege |

Sharon and Eshkol Also Took Classified Documents Home Ehud Olmert Was Not the First Israeli PM to Get in Trouble for Taking Classified Documents Home

Sharon rides an armored personnel carrier, near Beirut, Lebanon, in June, 1982.

CIA in 1985: Jewish Extremists to Attack Israeli Leaders to Thwart Peace CIA Warned in '85: Jewish Extremists May Attack Israeli Leaders to Thwart Peace With Palestinians

Ariel Sharon, then defense minister, with troops in Lebanon in early 1980s.

Israel's Blood-sucking War Remembering Israel's Blood-sucking War

Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu in 2009.

If Netanyahu Can Accept Gifts From a Friend

U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 2, 2017.

Trump's Surprising Statement on Israeli Settlements in Context Settlements and 'The Ultimate Deal': Trump's Surprising Statement on Israel in Context

Israelis at a Yitzhak Rabin memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, November 5, 2016.

Commemoration of Israeli Leaders Highly Disorganized, Unequal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and business magnate Arnon Milchan in 2005.

Netanyahu's Gifts: Suddenly the Israeli Right Is Quiet

The community of Nitzan in southern Israel, home to some 500 families of evacuees from Gush Katif in Gaza, 2016.

Gov't to Invest NIS 24m in Public Buildings for Gaza Evacuees Israel to Invest More Than $6 Million in Public Buildings for Former Gaza Settlers

Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu, in 2015.

Sara Netanyahu's Lawyer Had an Unfortunate Moment of Honesty

Netanyahu and his wife Sara at their residence in Jerusalem, March 20, 2013.

What Will Netanyau Do if His Wife Is Indicted? If His Wife Sara Is Indicted, Netanyahu Will Face His Greatest Political Dilemma

Avigdor Lieberman waits for the arrival of the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief in Jerusalem, August 29, 2011.

We Fear Lieberman Because He Embodies Israel’s Darker Side

Avigdor Lieberman waits for the arrival of the European Union's Foreign Policy Chief in Jerusalem, August 29, 2011.

Lieberman Versus the IDF Lieberman's First Battle as Defense Minister Will Be Against the IDF

Aryeh Eldad - once the IDF's chief medical officer and later an MK of for the National Union

Aryeh Eldad: I Don’t Believe Netanyahu Right Wing Ideologue Aryeh Eldad Refuses to Believe a Word Netanyahu Says

PM Benjamin Netanyahu arriving at the weekly cabinet meeting on April 10, 2016.

PM Deserves Credit for Drop in Violence, for Not Interfering Netanyahu Deserves Credit for Drop in Palestinian Attacks, if Only for Not Interfering

The Panama Papers: Politicians, Criminals, and the Rogue Industry That Hides Their Cash

Panama Papers: Israeli Firms, Shareholders Listed in Docs Detailing Offshore Holdings Panama Papers: Hundreds of Israeli Companies, Shareholders Listed in Leaked Documents Detailing Offshore Holdings

Demonstrators in Jerusalem call on government to airlift Falashmura from Ethiopia, March 20, 2016.

Falashmura Aliyah as a Cautionary Tale

Ariel Sharon as defense minister in June 1982, outside Beirut.

To Understand Ariel Sharon, Study His Mother To Understand Ariel Sharon, Look to His Mother

Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, congratulating incoming Mossad chief Meir Dagan at the Prime Minister's Office, October 2002.

Dagan's Most Daring War Was the One He Helped Prevent Meir Dagan's Most Daring War Was the One He Helped Prevent

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surveys his kingdom, November 18, 2015.

Ten More Years of Netanyahu?

Emil Grunzweig (second from right) shortly before his murder, Feb. 10, 1983.

Revisiting Peace Activist Emil Grunzweig's Murder Revisiting Israeli Peace Activist Emil Grunzweig's Murder, 33 Years Later

Ahmad Chalabi, the head of the Accountability and Justice Committee speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Baghdad, Iraq, May 5, 2010.

The Iraqi Champion of American Pro-democracy Interventionism

Israel's Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Why Israeli Courts Can't Stand Up to Corruption

An anti-disengagement protester being removed from Gush Katif in 2005.

Shifting Terminology Shifting Terminology: Israelis No Longer Talk About Peace

Palestinians hurl stones at an Israeli tank during clashes in front the demolished Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, September 6, 2005.

Gaza Disengagement Showed Arrogance of Unilateralism Gaza Disengagement Showed the Dumb Arrogance of Unilateralism

Ariel Sharon, center, inspects temporary housing built for settlers about to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip at the Nitzanim construction site in southern Israel July 5, 2005.

Gaza Disengagement Was Act of Self-preservation Sharon’s Gaza Disengagement Was a Necessary Act of Self-preservation

Police evacuating settlers from Gush Katif during the 2005 disengagement.

Disengagement, 10 Years Later: How Little Things Change

A protest organized by V15 over Netanyahu's bottle deposit scandal, January 29, 2015.

Anti-Netanyahu NGO Campaign Is Legal Despite Likud Accusations, anti-Netanyahu NGO Campaign Is Legal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Dec. 8, 2014.

Netanyahu's Mouse Brain As the Election Approaches, Bibi Is Using His Mouse Brain

Netanyahu, in the Knesset, stands by an exit sign.

Curtain Coming Down on Bibi’s Rule Curtain Coming Down on Netanyahu’s Rule

Youth groups mark 19 years since Rabin's assasination at a second memorial rally at Rabin Square, Tel Aviv. November 8, 2014.

Forgetting the Real Yitzhak Rabin

Members of the Temple Mount Faithful enact preparations for a rebuilt Holy Temple

The Temple Mount Has Gone Mainstream

Leora Glatt Berkowitz in court.

Court Rejects Appeal Against Haaretz Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Source-leaking Case Against Haaretz

Chemi Peres (right,) co-founder of Pitango Venture Capital.

Peres’ Son Launches Fund to Invest in MidEast Shimon Peres’ Son Launches Fund to Invest in Middle East

Evacuation of Gush Katif.

Education Min.: Disengagement Achieved Nothing Education Min. Booklet: 2005 Gaza Disengagement 'Accomplished Nothing’