Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon was an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel's 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a coma since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006. 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. As Minister of Defense, he directed the 1982 Lebanon War. 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. 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". After retiring from the army, Sharon joined the Likud party, and served in a number of ministerial posts in Likud-led governments in 1977–92 and 1996–99. He became the leader of the Likud in 2000, and served as Israel's Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. In 2005, he was voted the 8th-greatest Israeli of all time. #RIP Ariel Sharon - עליו השלום (alav hashalom)

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