Ariel Sharon

{{Audio|He-Ariel Sharon.ogg|Ariel Sharon}} (Hebrew: אריאל שרון, born February 27, 1928) is a long-serving Israeli political and military leader, and has been Prime Minister of Israel since March 2001, the eleventh holder of that office. He is also leader of Likud, the largest party in the governing coalition of political parties in the Israeli Knesset (parliament). He was born Ariel Scheinermann and is also often known by his nickname Arik.

References

• Ben Shaul, Moshe, Ed. Generals of Israel. Tel-Aviv: Hadar Publishing House, Ltd., 1968.
• Council for Arab-British Understanding (2001). The Complaint Against Ariel Sharon. Retrieved 4 December 2004.
• Israel's Generals: Ariel Sharon (17 June 2004). BBC-4 television series.
• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1983). Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the events at the refugee camps in Beirut - 8 February 1983. Retrieved 4 December 2004.
• Ruling from the Belgian Court of Cassation (12 February 2003). Taken from International Campaign for Justice for the Victims of Sabra & Satila.
• Ruling from the Belgian Court of Cassation (12 February 2003). Untranslated.
• OK, needs some help with this one! Some sort of PDF that is "a survey conducted by Tel Aviv University's Jaffe Center in May 2004 found that 80% of Jewish Israelis believe that the Israel Defense Forces have succeeded in militarily countering the Al-Aqsa Intifada, indicating widespread faith in Sharon's hard-line policy"