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Ex-Israeli PM Sharon in critical condition

Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon is in critical condition. He has been in a coma since 2006. Ref. Source 6

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Ex-Israel PM Ariel Sharon faces 'imminent' death: hospital:

The long-time leader of the rightwing nationalist camp in Israeli politics, Sharon suffered a massive stroke on January 4, 2006, slipping into a coma from which he has never recovered. Ref. Source 4

Ariel Sharon History & Civil Business Politics

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died at age 85, eight years after a stroke left him in a coma-like state, according to Israeli Army Radio.

Sharon spent more than half a century defining events in the Middle East. He was considered one of Israel's finest military commanders and was involved with nearly every major conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

From the '70s to the '90s, he encouraged the building of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He was a top leader in the Likud Party for 15 years and prime minister from 2001 to 2006. Ref. CNN

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Would Sharon Have Brought Peace To Israel


Journalist Dan Ephron, who interviewed Sharon, reflects on that very complicated question.

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Ariel Sharon remembered as a blood thirsty war criminal:

Sharon was commonly dubbed the "Butcher of Beirut" For his association with some of the worst atrocities during Lebanon's 1975-1990 Civil War. Ref. Source 5

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Ariel Sharon's body to lie in state

The body of Ariel Sharon, Israel's hard-charging former prime minister and general arrived at Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem on Sunday, where it will lie in state a day after he died aged 85. Ref. Source 6

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In war or withdrawal, Sharon marched to his own drum

A maverick in war and politics, Israel's Ariel Sharon reshaped the Middle East in a career marked by adventurism and disgrace, dramatic reversals and stunning rebounds. Ref. Source 5

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Irfan Yusef: Sharon Ready To Answer To His Maker


It is the 7th century. The populace of Medina, a city in the Arabian peninsula, are living under siege. Almost all the Arab tribes outside Medina are plotting the destruction of the city-state.Some plotters also exist within the...
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