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