Former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday after eight years in a coma, prompting a flood of tributes in Israel but contempt from Palestinians. He was 85. “He’s gone,” ...

FILE - In this Sunday May 16, 2004 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pauses during a news conference in his Jerusalem office regarding education reform. Israeli media outlets are ...

Sharon died eight years after a debilitating stroke put him into a coma. His body was to lie in state at the parliament on Sunday before he is laid to rest at his ranch in southern Israel on Monday, ...

JERUSALEM - DECEMBER 27: (FILE) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen as he takes part in the lighting of a Hanukkah candle at his Jerusalem office December 27, 2005 in Jerusalem, Israel. Prime ...

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told lawmakers Tuesday he will move some Jewish settlements as part of an emerging plan for Israel to impose a border in the West Bank without negotiations ...