Ariel Sharon

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv dies at 102; ultraorthodox religious arbiter

2012-07-19 00:00:00

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, considered one of his generation's most influential religious arbiters, died Wednesday at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center. He was 102 and had been in declining health. Elyashiv's rulings left a deep mark on many...

Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister

2012-07-01 00:00:00

JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir, the onetime underground Jewish fighter and long-serving Israeli prime minister whose unyielding belief in the right of Jews to all of the biblical Land of Israel often exasperated U.S. policymakers, has died. He was 96....

Yaffa Yarkoni dies at 86; Israeli singer

2012-01-02 00:00:00

Yaffa Yarkoni, a singer who entertained Israeli soldiers on the front lines for half a century and later reaped public censure for her outspoken criticism of the military's treatment of Palestinians, died Sundayof Alzheimer's disease in Tel Aviv. She...

Mofaz takes leadership of Israel's Kadima party

2012-03-27 21:40:40

PASSINGS: Christoph Schlingensief, Franz Schurmann

2010-08-26 00:00:00

Christoph Schlingensief Controversial German theater director Christoph Schlingensief, 49, a controversial German theater director and performance artist, died of lung cancer Saturday. His death was announced by organizers of the Ruhr Triennale cultural...

ISRAEL: A cautionary tale of officers, gentlemen and snakes

2010-08-23 16:32:30

MIDDLE EAST: While waiting for the peace talks to begin ...

2010-09-09 21:32:32

Monster Mash: Larry Gagosian ready to debut Paris gallery; Ariel Sharon sculpture stirs controversy

2010-10-19 16:32:52

MIDDLE EAST: Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal says pressure should be increased on Israel

2010-11-05 16:32:25

ISRAEL: New chief named to take over Mossad from Meir Dagan

2010-11-30 21:32:21

ISRAEL: Pilot and astronaut father share final resting place

2009-09-17 08:53:05

ISRAEL: Nobel laureate Ada Yonath irks right wing, feminists

2009-10-14 16:32:18

In Springfield: Homer meets his real father; Lisa battled Rev. Lovejoy over the teaching of creationism in school. Beyond Springfield: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke and enters a coma; Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans.

2012-02-16 13:09:55

Whitney and husband Bobby Brown meet Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

2012-02-11 19:00:35

A picture of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is set ablaze at Taksim Square during a protest against Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

2010-06-02 00:00:00