Ariel Sharon

Benjamin Netanyahu to visit India in January 2018 as India-Israel bilateral ties continue to strengthen

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will be on a four-day visit to India starting 14 January, a little more than six months after Narendra Modi visited the Jewish state.

Narendra Modi's Israel tour: Benjamin Netanyahu to pay reciprocal visit to India by year-end

Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to pay a reciprocal visit to India by the year-end, a senior official in the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

Israel's Supreme Court sentences ex-PM Ehud Olmert to jail for 18 months on bribery charge

Israel's Supreme Court upheld one bribery conviction and dismissed another bribery charge against former premier Ehud Olmert

PM Modi meets Netanyahu, discusses defence cooperation, West Asia

In a rare meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed a wide range of issues including defence cooperation and the situation created by the Islamic State (IS) in West Asia.

Israel: Gunmen believed to have fired rockets at Sharon's funeral, killed

Israel killed two Gaza gunmen in an air strike on Wednesday, blaming one of them for firing rockets across the border during former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's funeral last week.

Israel's Ariel Sharon laid to rest in military funeral

Ariel Sharon was laid to rest Monday at his ranch in southern Israel as the nation bid a final farewell to one of its most colorful and influential leaders — a man venerated by supporters as a warrior and statesman but reviled in the Arab world as a war criminal.

Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon buried at family ranch

Israel honoured Sharon with a three-part state funeral, beginning in the Knesset (Parliament) plaza and ending with his burial at his Sycamore Ranch, the family home in the Negev.

Hundreds of VIPs, dignitaries attend state memorial for Ariel Sharon

Hundreds of Israeli VIPs and international dignitaries attended a state memorial ceremony for the late Ariel Sharon on Monday

'May God torture him': Palestinians cheer death of 'bitter foe' Ariel Sharon

Palestinians widely loathed Sharon as the mastermind of crushing military offensives against them in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza and as the architect of Israel's biggest settlement campaign on lands they want for a state.

Joe Biden to lead US delegation for Ariel Sharon's memorial service

Expressing deepest condolences to the family of Ariel Sharon and to the people of Israel, US President Barack Obama said Vice President Joe Biden will lead the American delegation to the memorial service of the popular former Israeli premier.