Ariel Sharon

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  • Last exit before Armageddon

    The U.S. still has a chance to broker a lasting peace in the Middle East. But to do so, it must go beyond merely denouncing terrorism and push through a political solution.
    By Gary Kamiya March 30, 2002

  • "I'm under fire!"

    Arafat allies cower as Ariel Sharon's army storms Ramallah's "presidential compound," and the U.S. sends mixed messages about the escalation.
    By Ferry Biedermann March 30, 2002

  • Bush's Middle East Band-Aid

    Israeli politicians and analysts say that the U.S.'s sudden involvement is cosmetic and only designed to pave the way for an attack on Iraq.
    By Aluf Benn March 22, 2002

  • Storm before the calm

    Israel is using the remaining days before Cheney arrives to smash the camps and cities of the West Bank and Gaza -- and militants and noncombatants alike are dying.
    By Ferry Biedermann March 14, 2002

  • Ariel Sharon's most powerful weapon: George W. Bush

    How did a Texas oilman end up being a fervent supporter of the hard-line Israeli prime minister?
    By Aluf Benn March 8, 2002

  • The war of the camps

    Israel says its invasion of Palestinian refugee camps is designed to stop terrorism and show militants they have nowhere to hide. Palestinians say innocent people are being killed and vow revenge.
    By Ferry Biedermann March 2, 2002

  • Ariel's unlikely ally

    When hard-line Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon got in political trouble on the eve of his trip to Washington, who did he turn to? Yasser Arafat.
    By Aluf Benn February 7, 2002

  • Who killed Elie Hobeika?

    In Beirut, they're blaming Ariel Sharon for the death of the Lebanese warlord and war criminal -- but in this bloody parlor game, there's a culprit for every political taste.
    By Paul Wachter January 26, 2002

  • "What is there to talk about?"

    That's what Ariel Sharon wondered at a meeting with the press. And after an Israeli girl's bat mitzvah party ends in bloodshed, many others are asking the same question.
    By Ferry Biedermann January 19, 2002

  • Beyond tribalism

    Controversial Israeli historian Tom Segev says a new generation of Israelis is moving beyond Zionism -- but there will be no peace until old warriors Sharon and Arafat are gone.
    By Suzy Hansen December 8, 2001

  • "Ultimately, there isn't a military solution"

    An American expert on the Israeli-Palestinian crisis says that a political solution must be reached -- but he isn't optimistic.
    By Gary Kamiya December 4, 2001

  • The Arafat question

    As angry Israelis call for the removal of the Palestinian leader, others caution that the alternative would be far worse.
    By Flore de Préneuf December 4, 2001

  • Is Ariel Sharon on the verge?

    U.S. support for the Israeli government is waning and the prime minister's strange bedfellows left-right ruling coalition is agitated. Will Sharon become the war against terrorism's first victim?
    By Aluf Benn October 25, 2001

  • "Now it's really war"

    With at least 24 Palestinians dead and several West Bank and Gaza cities under Israeli control, the fiercest military assault since 1994 shows no signs of abating.
    By Flore de Préneuf October 22, 2001

  • The crossroads

    The murder of an Israeli extremist by Palestinian extremists pushes both Sharon and Arafat to the brink -- and threatens to doom the peace process.
    By Flore de Préneuf October 18, 2001

  • Arafat's bin Laden nightmare

    When the Palestinian leader opened fire on his own street protesters, it was the latest volley in his long battle with movement extremists.
    By Noah Sudarsky October 12, 2001

  • The bloody Jordan river now flows through America

    A sword will hang over the U.S. until we convince Israel to make peace with the Palestinians.
    By Gary Kamiya September 17, 2001

  • Brinkmanship of blood

    Pushed to the edge by rage and revenge, Palestinians and Israelis stare into the abyss of war.
    By Flore de Préneuf June 6, 2001

  • Is the honeymoon over?

    A historian says that American Jews are increasingly disenchanted with Israel and its policies, and more wrapped up in their own concerns.
    By Suzy Hansen May 4, 2001

  • Dragged back into the fight

    As the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians threatens to engulf the region, the Bush administration is no longer able to stay on the sidelines.
    By Ben Barber April 19, 2001

  • Where's Arafat?

    His intransigence helped elect Ariel Sharon, and violence rages on. Can Yasser Arafat lead the Palestinians out of crisis?
    By Flore de Prineuf March 8, 2001

  • Colin Powell rolls up his sleeves

    On his trip to the Middle East next week, Bush's secretary of state will face an escalating conflict that he never intended to mediate.
    By Ben Barber February 16, 2001

  • Can Sharon make peace?

    Aggressive diplomatic moves and a conciliatory victory speech encourage some observers. Others just say Arafat got what he deserved.
    By Fiona Morgan February 9, 2001

  • King David was a nebbish

    And Exodus never happened and the walls of Jericho did not come a-tumbling down. How archaeologists are shaking Israel to its biblical foundations.
    By Laura Miller February 7, 2001

  • Will Ariel Sharon bulldoze the peace process?

    His election as Israel's prime minister was expected, but it's too soon to tell how he will steer Middle East relations.
    By Flore de Préuneuf February 7, 2001
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