Gilad Sharon

Gilad Sharon has an MA in Agricultural Economics and Management from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In addition to writing a column in Yedioth Ahronoth, he is the author of a bestselling biography of his father, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, entitled "Sharon: The Life of a Leader." Married and the father of four, Sharon lives on the family's Shikmim Farm, which he has managed for thirty years. He is a member of the Likud party and serves as a major in reserve duty in an elite IDF unit.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, last year. It’s ridiculous that the Israel-Jordan peace deal gives the kingdom a special role at the Temple Mount, says the writer.

Jews are the owners of the Temple Mount - opinion

 GILAD (left) and Omri (second from left) Sharon attend their father’s funeral at the former prime minister’s ranch in the Negev, January 2014.

Gilad Sharon: From my parents’ memorial service

 REUVEN ADLER, one of the founders of the Adler-Chomsky advertising agency, poses for a photo in 2004.

Reuven Adler: My brilliant friend


The illusion of cash in exchange for calm: The stick works, the carrot doesn't

Anyone who thinks that concessions and economic development will take the edge off the hostility of Hamas and its desire to annihilate us doesn’t know their neighbors.

 HAMAS SUPPORTERS attend an anti-Israel rally as rockets are displayed on a truck in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip in May.

What Israel needs to address to recover from the pandemic - opinion

It’s obvious to all of us that things could be much better. So how do we make that happen?

A CORONAVIRUS-SHAPED balloon floats on the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv on Friday.

Israel's political system favors the minority over the majority - opinion

Anyone who does not strive to reform the screwed-up system is no better than a criminal.

‘HELLO, CAN I speak with Yanki, please?’ Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky seen at his home in the city of Bnei Brak, in December 2020.

It is time for electoral reform in Israel

Small or sectoral parties would no longer be able to hold a gun to the prime minister’s head, and the interests of the majority of the Israeli public.

THE HEAD OF the party that received the most votes should be declared prime minister.

Why is Netanyahu like the 'ungiving tree'?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gets rid of everyone who shows any potential.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement ahead of the start of his trial at the District Court in Jerusalem in May.

Israel must lead with courage during the coronavirus crisis – opinion

The recommendations of medical professionals are brushed aside in favor of political considerations, and large sectors of the population have no faith in the government.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at his office in Jerusalem on September 13.

The Likud is a party in paralysis running scared

It only takes one bad man to commit a wrongful act, but it takes a lot of cowards to look on and keep silent.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before entering the court room where he is facing a trial for alleged corruption crimes, in Jerusalem, on May 24.

The aggressors are free, the defender is locked up

Eitan and Leah Ze'ev establish farms on government land and hand them over to someone else to work.

Hineni Farm in Kiryat Gat supported by Jewish National Fund-USA

Peace with the UAE mustn't come at the cost of Israel's vital interests

Sophisticated weaponry in Arab hands is a bad idea. It’s too dangerous.

El Al's inaugural flight to the United Arab Emirates.

Coronavirus quarantine diary: the snows of Kilimanjaro

It was only when we were on our way down that I learned we were coming home to quarantine, despite the small number of cases of coronavirus in Africa.

Mount Kilimanjaro