[net-gold] Ariel Sharon Dies at 85: Former Israeli Prime Minister Epitomized Country's 'Warrior' Past
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Ariel Sharon Dies at 85: Former Israeli Prime Minister Epitomized
Country's 'Warrior' Past
By Glenn Frankel
Saturday, January 11, 2013 8:05 AM
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ariel-sharon-dies-at-
85-former-israeli-prime-minister-epitomized-countrys-warrior-past/
2014/01/11/8da0ce6c-ffd3-11df-b0ed-379d1148ca53_story.html
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Ariel Sharon, a monumental figure in Israels modern history who epitomized
the countrys warrior past even as he sought to become the architect of a
peaceful future, died Jan. 11 of organ failure eight years after a massive
stroke left him in a vegetive state at the height of his political power
in 2006.
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His death, at 85, was confirmed by a senior official in the Israeli prime
ministers office and Dr. Shlomo Noy of the Shedba Medical Center at Tel
Hashomer near Tel Aviv, where Mr. Sharon had spent his last years.
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As a soldier, defense minister and prime minister, Mr. Sharon fought or
commanded forces in every one of Israels military conflicts for more than
half a century, beginning with its 1948 independence war, and was author
of the ill-fated 1982 invasion of Lebanon. As a politician, he built the
infrastructure of the countrys controversial settlement campaign in the
occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, then stunned friend and foe alike by
dismantling part of the project he had long championed.
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Through it all, Mr. Sharon commanded center stage, insisting at times that
he alone knew what was best for the state of Israel and persevering over
six decades to finally emerge as prime minister in 2001, after countless
humiliations that would have long killed off the careers of less
determined men. At the time of his stroke in January 2006, he was in the
process of seeking to extend his time in office by forging a new centrist
political movement based upon his personal popularity.
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The man who chose the title Warrior for his autobiography was for much of
his career the darling of the Israeli right, which chanted Arik, King of
Israel! invoking his nickname and comparing him to the legendary biblical
King David.
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For decades, he used that support to undermine governments of both the
rival Labor and his own Likud parties and advance his personal political
agenda. But in later years, as he first organized Israels withdrawal of
Jewish settlements from Gaza and made plans for pullbacks from parts of
the West Bank, the right denounced him as a traitor.
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World leaders react to former Israeli PM Sharon's death
Ashley M. Williams, and Jessica Durando,
USATODAY
1:13 p.m. EST January 11, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/
2014/01/11/world-reaction-ariel-sharon-death/4415643/
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President Barack Obama released a statement saying, "Michelle and I send
our deepest condolences to the family of former Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon and to the people of Israel on the loss of a leader who
dedicated his life to the State of Israel."
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The president reaffirmed the nation's commitment to Israel's security.
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Vice President Joe Biden will lead U.S. delegation to Sharon's memorial
service, according to Reuters. In a statement, Biden said he and Jill
Biden were saddened to hear about the death.
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Former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary
Clinton echoed Biden's sentiments.
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"Ariel Sharon gave his life to Israel--to bring it into being, to sustain
and preserve it, and at the end of his long service, to create a new
political party committed to both a just peace and lasting security," the
Clintons said in a statement.
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Former president George W. Bush called Sharon his friend and a "warrior
for the ages."
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The Posts View
Ariel Sharons vision for Israel remains unfulfilled
By Editorial Board
Saturday, January 11, 2013 12:32 PM
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/
ariel-sharons-vision-for-israel-remains-unfulfilled/
2014/01/11/23af6fa4-749c-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html
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Mr. Sharon shifted to political wars in the 1970s. With his shock of white
hair and sizeable girth, he was an intimidating figure who pursued every
goal with ferocity. He won the adoration of many Israeli Jews who believed
they were perpetually under siege and admired such a relentless champion.
Mr. Sharons expansive view of Israels military might have brought him to
perhaps his greatest disaster, the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The decision
to crush the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon was not Mr.
Sharons alone, but he did bear indirect responsibility, as a commission
later put it, for permitting Phalangist militiamen to massacre
Palestinians in the shantytowns of Sabra and Shatila, a bloody and
shameful stain.
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One of Mr. Sharons most lasting legacies was the expansion of Jewish
settlement building in the West Bank. He conceived of settlements as
attractive bedroom suburbs of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The communities
expanded dramatically under his supervision during the 1980s and early
1990s, defying U.S. objections and Palestinian protests.
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As prime minister in the early 2000s, Mr. Sharon reached a final
battlement. He concluded, as Yitzhak Rabin had before him, that Israels
future security lay in ceding land to the Palestinians and disengaging the
two peoples. Mr. Sharon gave up the Gaza Strip in 2005, began building a
separation barrier in the West Bank, started the centrist Kadima party and
was leading Israel toward a decisive disengagement from Palestinian lands
when he fell ill.
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The delicate case of Ariel Sharon
By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE
1/11/14 11:30 AM EST
Updated: 1/11/14 1:14 PM EST
Politico
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Faced with the intense difficulty of what to say about Ariel Sharon, the
former Israeli prime minister who died early Saturday after eight years in
a coma, President Barack Obama didnt say much.
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The statement from Obama who never met Sharon, and wasnt yet even running
for president when he fell into a coma, mentioned nothing about the
Israeli leaders own complicated history with war and peace, remarking only
in sending our deepest condolences that he was a leader who dedicated his
life to the State of Israel.
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In diplomacy, theres no such thing as a simple eulogy. For some, its a lot
easier not a lot of people struggled over what to say about Nelson
Mandela last month, for example. But Sharon is a different case.
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The U.S. has been drawn more into the Middle East in recent months due to
negotiations over Syria and Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
and the general stance the government has toward the Arab world. That
means every word could reverberate much longer and much farther than the
next few days.
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Obamas statement looked forward, without Sharon.
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There was also Israeli politics to deal with, particularly Benjamin
Netanyahu, who since returning as Israels prime minister in 2008 has often
been seen as sensitive about comparisons to his old rival. With Kerry in
the next few weeks preparing to deliver a peace framework hes been
haggling over for almost a year with Netanyahu and Palestinian President
Mahmud Abbas, the American approach to Sharon could matter to Netanyahu,
and thus the fledgling peace efforts most of all.
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Sharons the man who was the great Israeli military hero, the defense
minister forced to resign, the Israeli prime minister whose return many
despised and later embraced. The last, along with Israeli President Shimon
Peres, of the founding generation of Israeli politicians, there at the
creation of the state in 1948 and throughout the 65 years since.
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Hes the man wholl forever be associated in the minds of many Palestinians,
as well as Israelis and Americans, with the 1982 Sabra and Shatila
massacre, which left, by some counts, 3,500 civilians dead. Hes also the
man who 20 years later surprised many by making the most substantial steps
toward peace since Yitzhak Rabin, including withdrawing from Gaza in 2005.
Hes a man who embodied a swaggering Jewish nationalism more than even most
Israelis, yet hes also a man who struck many as more sensitive than most
to the idea of equal political rights for Arabs.
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Ariel Sharon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_sharon
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Ariel Sharon (Hebrew: About this sound ????? ?????, Arabic: ????? ??????,
Ari?e-l Sharo-n, also known by his diminutive Arik, ?????, born Ariel
Scheinermann, ????? ????????; 26 February 1928) is an Israeli statesman
and retired general, who served as Israel's 11th Prime Minister.
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Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its inception in 1948. As
a paratrooper and then an officer, he participated prominently in the 1948
War of Independence, becoming a platoon commander in the Alexandroni
Brigade and taking part in many battles, including Operation Ben Nun Alef.
He was an instrumental figure in the creation of Unit 101, and the
Retribution operations, as well as in the 1956 Suez Crisis, the Six-Day
War of 1967, the War of Attrition, and the Yom-Kippur War of 1973. As
Minister of Defense, he directed the 1982 Lebanon War.
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During his military career, he was considered the greatest field commander
in Israel's history, and one of the country's greatest ever military
strategists.[1] After his assault of the Sinai in the Six-Day War and his
encirclement of the Egyptian Third Army in the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli
public nicknamed him "The King of Israel" and "The Lion of God".[1]
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After retiring from the army, Sharon joined the Likud party, and served in
a number of ministerial posts in Likud-led governments in 197792 and
199699. He became the leader of the Likud in 2000, and served as Israel's
Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. In 1983 the Kahan Commission,
established by the Israeli Government, found that as Minister of Defense
during the 1982 Lebanon War Sharon bore "personal responsibility" for the
massacre by Lebanese militias of Palestinian civilians in the refugee
camps of Sabra and Shatila, for his having disregarded the prospect of
acts of bloodshed by the Phalangists against the population of the refugee
camps, and not having prevented their entry.[2] The Kahan Commission
recommended Sharon's removal as Defense Minister, and Sharon did resign
after initially refusing to do so. In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Sharon
championed construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip. However, as Prime Minister, in 200405 Sharon orchestrated Israel's
unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Facing stiff opposition to
this policy within the Likud, in November 2005 he left Likud to form a new
Kadima party. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering
a stroke on 4 January 2006.[3] His stroke occurred a few months before he
had been expected to win a new election and was widely interpreted as
planning on "clearing Israel out of most of the West Bank", in a series of
unilateral withdrawals.[4][5][6]
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Contents
1 Early life
2 Military career
2.1 Battle for Jerusalem and 1948 War of Independence
2.1.1 Unit 101
2.2 1956 Suez War
2.3 Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War
3 Early political career
3.1 Beginnings of political career
3.2 1982 Lebanon War and Sabra and Shatila massacre
3.2.1 Legal findings
3.3 Political downturn and recovery
3.4 Campaign for Prime Minister, 20002001
4 Prime minister
4.1 Unilateral disengagement
4.2 Disengagement from Gaza
4.3 Founding of Kadima
4.4 Alleged fundraising irregularities and Greek island affair
4.5 Incapacitation and end of political career
5 Recognition
6 References
7 Further reading
8 External links
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