Stav Shaffir once wrote guidebooks and studied music. Now she’s a history-making politician known for her anti-corruption campaigning and scathing attacks on the Israeli right. Can she bring the “politics of hope” to Israel?
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fought in the country’s war of independence and was one of the dominant figures in Israel’s history. So why did so few people show up to pay their respects when his coffin was on display this weekend? Reporter Daniel Estrin has some possible reasons.
Former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon has died after spending nearly eight years in a coma that followed a stroke. Sharon was highly controversial — both loved and hated. And few individuals in recent memory have had as much of an influence on the recent history of the Middle East.