Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dead at 85
Alex Kolomoisky / AP
An
Israeli powerhouse, Sharon has been a central figure in the nation's military
and political history.Launch slideshow
By
Martin Fletcher, Correspondent, NBC News
snip] It was a total about-face for one of Israel's greatest right-wingers. But before he could continue with his plan, on Jan. 4, 2006, at the height of his political power, he was struck down by a massive stroke and remained in a coma until his death.
snip] He'll be remembered as the last of his generation of Israeli fighters and founders," Dedi Cohen, a 38-year-old lawyer, told Reuters in Tel Aviv.
"He was a bulldozer who got things done. I know he was controversial, but he had values. He stood for something. That's missing today," Cohen said.
His decision to pull out of Gaza was still considered controversial.
"As a prime minister he took a very brave step in leaving the (Gaza) settlements. He did something unexpected that was very surprising for a right-wing prime minister, for the better," Anat Harel, 25, a computer science student in the southern town of Ashkelon told Reuters.
But in the Gaza Strip, Sharon was still reviled by many Palestinians.
"Ariel Sharon is going the same direction as other tyrants and criminals whose hands were covered in Palestinian blood," Hamas leader, Khalil al-Hayya, told Reuters.
And there was no sympathy either in the occupied West Bank.
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SHARON UNDERWENT 7 HOUR POLICE INTERROGATION ON OCT. 30-03
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SHARON UNDERWENT 7 HOUR POLICE
INTERROGATION ON OCT. 30
Posted By: Rosalinda
Date: Saturday, 1 November 2003, 11:23 p.m.
Date: Saturday, 1 November 2003, 11:23 p.m.
In Response To: ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE
(IDF) TO THROW SHARON IN TRASH??? (Rosalinda)
WIESBADEN, Oct.
31 (EIRNS)--ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARONUNDERWENT A SEVEN-HOUR POLICE INTERROGATION ON OCT. 30, IN
CONNECTION WITH FINANCIAL SCANDALS, involving foreign and covert
money made available to Sharon, his family, and the Likud.
The investigations, which could determine Sharon's fate
and also have serious implications for Sharon's backers
in the U.S. and other countries,
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THE
UPHEAVALS ARE JUST BEGINNING http://www.theantechamber.net/cache/39064.htm
Rosalinda -- Saturday, 1 November 2003, 6:35 p.m.
Rosalinda -- Saturday, 1 November 2003, 6:35 p.m.
ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (IDF) TO THROW
SHARON IN TRASH??? http://www.theantechamber.net/cache/39064.htm
Rosalinda -- Saturday, 1 November 2003, 11:14 p.m.
Rosalinda -- Saturday, 1 November 2003, 11:14 p.m.
SHARON UNDERWENT 7 HOUR POLICE
INTERROGATION ON OCT. 30
Rosalinda -- Saturday, 1 November 2003, 11:23 p.m.
Rosalinda -- Saturday, 1 November 2003, 11:23 p.m.
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Nov 16, 2005 - ... and the current
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