Iron Dome battery deployed to central Israel
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
An Iron Dome anti-missile system battery was deployed to central Israel.
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sharon
Israel observes Memorial Day with siren, ceremonies
Jewish Journal
April 15, 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a national memorial ceremony for Israel\’s fallen soldiers that no one will succeed in destroying Israel.
Sharon marks five years in coma
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2011
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in a coma five years after suffering a massive stroke. There were no official events Tuesday to mark the five-year anniversary of the stroke, which ended Sharon\’s political career. But he was briefly remembered Monday at a Likud Party briefing and in a column written by former colleague Tzachi Hanegbi in The Jerusalem Post.
Ariel Sharon moved to ranch first time since coma
Jewish Journal
November 12, 2010
Ariel Sharon was moved to his ranch for the first time since he fell into a coma in January 2006.
Northern Israel needs investment to bolster it — security and development are linked
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2008
The graffiti on the Galilean bomb shelter that greeted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wasted no words: \”Wake up Sharon, Olmert\’s in a coma.\”
Ehud Olmert: A political time line
Jewish Journal
August 2, 2008
From Knesset member to Jerusalem mayor to prime minister, Ehud Olmert\’s political life
Holy Moly! Robertson Apologizes
Jewish Journal Staff
January 19, 2006
Last week, The Rev. Pat Robertson apparently decided that he\’d better have the government of Israel on his side, too, especially if he wants to build a sprawling evangelical center on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Clear Ideological Focus Marks Olmert
Leslie Susser
January 12, 2006
Olmert was one of the chief architects of Sharon\’s main foreign policy achievement — last summer\’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. When Sharon broke away last November from his ruling Likud Party to form a new centrist party, Kadima, Olmert was one of the first to follow him.
AFTER SHARON
Gidi Grinstein
January 12, 2006
Though a regional economic and military superpower, Israel had been powerless in the world of negotiations to address the clearly identified threat to its survival. The Palestinians had the ability to hold Israel hostage by refusing to agree to any settlement that would end Israel\’s occupation.
Not All Wish Sharon Well
Jewish Journal Staff
January 12, 2006
An Israeli commission of inquiry held Sharon, who was Israel\’s defense minister at the time, indirectly responsible for not anticipating the carnage. Sharon was forced to resign, which, at the time, seemed to end his political career.
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