Body of Ariel Sharon lies in state at Israeli parliament before funeral

Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's body lay in state on Sunday outside parliament in Jerusalem, where thousands of Israelis waited to bid farewell to the maverick warrior-statesman who reshaped the Middle East. Sharon died at the age of 85 on

(CNN) — Ariel Sharon, whose half century as a military and political leader in Israel was marked with victories and controversies, died Saturday after eight years in a coma, Israeli Army Radio reported. Sharon was 85. Sharon died at Sheba Medical

"Ariel Sharon was a Jewish hero, and we mourn the death of our heroic patriot," said Rabbi Aryeh Katzin, whose Russian American Jewish Experience organization planned to host a nonreligious memorial service in Brighton Beach at 5 p.m.. "He was a 

Former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, who through his long career was a renowned warrior, champion of Jewish settlements and, eventually, an advocate of a more conciliatory approach toward Palestinians, died Saturday. Israel's president, Shimon Peres, 

"Ariel Sharon was a Jewish hero, and we mourn the death of our heroic patriot," said Rabbi Aryeh Katzin, whose Russian American Jewish Experience organization planned to host a nonreligious memorial service in Brighton Beach at 5 p.m.. "He was a