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12 unusual facts about Ariel Sharon


Avigdor Ben-Gal

In June 1997 he was called to testify in a libel suit that Ariel Sharon brought against the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz for their claim that he had concealed his plans for an operation into Lebanon in 1982 - during which Ben Gal was still leading the Northern Command.

Efrim Menuck

Menuck has been an outspoken critic of the Israeli government; the liner notes for Yanqui U.X.O. criticize Ariel Sharon's 2000 visit to the Temple Mount.

Isaac Herzog

Although he did not win a seat in the 1999 elections, Herzog served as government secretary in Ehud Barak's cabinet until 2001 when Barak was defeated by Ariel Sharon in a special election for Prime Minister.

Herzog managed to win a seat in the 2003 election as a member of the Labor Party, and was appointed Minister of Housing and Building at his request when Labor joined Ariel Sharon's coalition government on 10 January 2005.

Jeteur de pierres

The song accuses the Western world, Ariel Sharon, the United States and the Western media of supporting the occupation and of the Palestinians' plight, and furthermore the rest of the world for not doing anything to help resolve the situation.

Jibril Rajoub

After Wazir's assassination by Israeli commandos, he became a close lieutenant of Arafat, and was allegedly behind a 1992 plot to assassinate Ariel Sharon.

Leonardo Boff

He opposed the Iraq War and considered George W. Bush and Ariel Sharon's leadership to be similar to that of "fundamentalist terrorist states."

Mohammad Barakeh

In February 2005, Barakeh was threatened by Kahanist activist (and now-outlawed Kach party leader) Baruch Marzel over his pivotal support for Ariel Sharon's evacuation compensation bill, a move that paved the way for Israel's unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank.

Sharon government

The Sharon government refers to the Israeli government when it was led by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

South Asia Faculty Network

One of their key contributors is Vijay Prashad, who attained notoriety for launching a diatribe against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his visit to India.Prashad made numerous anti-Semitic canards against Jews and allegations of "Jewish Lobby" conspiracies and "Jews secretly collaborating with Hindu Nationalists" and how "Hindus are becoming like the Jews", evoking anti-Hindu conspiracy canards.

Whitney Fitzsimmons

Previously Fitzsimmons was a news presenter for Australia Network and anchored major world events such as the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the Palestinian elections and the end of Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon's political career.

Yoel Hasson

Between 2001 and 2005 he also served as an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.


2003 in the Palestinian territories

June 4 – "Road map" for peace: Israeli Prime Minister Sharon promises to dismantle illegal settlements in the West Bank, while new Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas renounces all terrorism against Israel.

2014 in Israel

January 11 - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of the State of Israel's 11 (born in 1928)

Adam Keller

In April 2004 he was a member of a Gush Shalom delegation who visited Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat at his headquarters in Ramallah to protest at what they claim was an Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, threat against Arafat's life.

Combat Engineering Corps

In the 1973 Yom Kippur War the combat engineering battalions attached to Ariel Sharon's armored division bridged the Suez Canal during "Operation Knights of Heart", while carrying tanks and paratroopers across the canal with Gillois amphibious tank-carriers.

Havlagah

Ariel Sharon, shortly after his election as Israeli Prime Minister in the 2001 elections, expressed an unexpected response to the Palestinian terrorism, declaring that "Restraint is Power".

Moshe Arens

He returned to Israel in February 1983 after being appointed Minister of Defense, replacing Ariel Sharon, who had been forced out of office following the Kahan Commission's report on the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

Moussa Arafat

A power struggle between rival Palestinian factions emerged in Gaza and the West Bank in anticipation of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw troops and settlers from the occupied territory by the end of 2005.

Nurit Peled-Elhanan

She has criticized Israeli textbooks as being anti-Palestinian and accused George W. Bush, Tony Blair, and Ariel Sharon of fostering anti-Muslim views.

Orla Guerin

Former Director General of the BBC Greg Dyke wrote: "I have no doubt that the decision by the BBC to pull their Middle East correspondent Orla Guerin out of the region and send her to South Africa was part of the normal rotation of BBC news correspondents around the world. However it was pretty bad timing to announce it within days of Director General Mark Thompson's visit to Israel where he had a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon".

Qibya

In October 1953 Qibya was the target of an Israeli raid known as the Qibya massacre by Unit 101 commanded by Ariel Sharon which resulted in the death of 67 or 69 unarmed civilians and large-scale destruction of the village.

Yehudit Naot

After retaining her seat in the 2003 elections, she was appointed Minister of the Environment in Ariel Sharon's government.