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W hile Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fights for his life, the world waits as a larger than life Mideast drama unfolds. Just who is Ariel Sharon and how will his vision of this ancient land play out if he passes from the scene? What follows are a series of articles regarding this extraordinary man including some written by Sharon himself.
A Biographical View of Ariel Sharon
A Brief Biography:
Ariel (“Arik”) Sharon was born at Kfar Malal on February 27, 1928. He served in the IDF for more than 25 years, retiring with the rank of Major-General. He holds an LL.B in Law from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1962). Read More click here
Wikipedia
Ariel Sharon (born February 27, 1928 is the eleventh and current Prime Minister of Israel, serving from March 2001. A long-serving Israeli political and military leader, he was a founding member and former head of the Likud party, and previously served for over thirty years in the Israeli Defense Forces, rising to the rank of Major General, and achieving fame within Israel for his actions in the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In late 2005, he broke from Likud and founded a new party, Kadima, which is currently garnering support through public campaigns in anticipation of the election of a new Knesset in March 2006. Read More click here
BBC Profile
Ariel Sharon has a thick skin and is proud of it. He does not care who loves or hates him - be they Israelis or Arabs. Read More click here
In the Shadow of Sharon
It is too early to assess Ariel Sharon's legacy. To be sure, he will be remembered as one of Israel's great field commanders, the wily, bulldozing general who cracked the Egyptian bastion at Um Katef-Abu Awgeila in 1967 and led the crossing of the Suez Canal in 1973, turning the tables in the Yom Kippur War. With greater ambiguity, he will go down as the defense minister who orchestrated the 1982 invasion of Lebanon that, paradoxically, set Yasir Arafat on the road to Oslo and (however insincerely) peace with Israel. Read More click here
Life After Ariel Sharon
When Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced two months ago that he was leaving the right-wing Likud Party, which he had embodied for three decades, one thing seemed certain: his new centrist party, Kadima, would be far more about one man - himself - than any one idea. Read More click here
Robertson Suggests Stroke Is Divine Rebuke
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 5 (AP) - The Protestant broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land." Read More click here
To Arabs in the Street, Sharon's a Butcher; Some Others Show Respect
CAIRO, Jan. 5 - To the Arab world at large, the image of Ariel Sharon is permanently fixed as the "Butcher of Beirut," and the most widespread sentiment on Thursday to the prospect of his dying seemed to be regret that he might pass away peacefully in bed.
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