Ariel Sharon, former Israeli prime minister, dies following eight-year coma


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Jerusalem, 11 Jan 2014 (Reuters): Ariel Sharon, the trailblazing former Israeli general and prime minister who was in a coma for eight years after he suffering a stroke at the height of his power, died on Saturday aged 85, his family and the government said.

 

Sharon’s son Gilad announced the death at the hospital where his father had been treated. Doctors there had predicted his imminent death after his health declined sharply last week.

 

Ministers in Israel’s right-wing government, and the political opposition, mourned a tough and wily leader who left big footprints on the region through military invasion, Jewish settlement building on captured land and a shock, unilateral decision to pull Israeli troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005.

 

 "The nation of Israel has today lost a dear man, a great leader and a bold warrior," Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said in a statement.

 

 There was no immediate comment on the death from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with whom Sharon’s Likud party successor, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has been holding US-sponsored peace talks.

 

 But in Gaza, the Hamas Islamists whose political fortunes rose with the Israeli withdrawal savoured Sharon’s demise.

 

 "We have become more confident in victory with the departure of this tyrant," said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zurhi, whose movement preaches the destruction of the Jewish state.

 

 "Our people today feel extreme happiness at the death and departure of this criminal whose hands were smeared with the blood of our people and the blood of our leaders here and in exile."

 

 

Comments on this Article
Francis J. Saldanha, Moodubelle / Bahrain Sun, October-30-2011, 1:30
Congratulations to England! This is very poor display from Team India. England deserved to win as they bowled well throughout the Indian innings. On the flip side we flopped in all the 3 departments. Uthappa missed a golden chance to make an impact in this team. And what does that overrated Yusuf did? He can t bat, can’t bowl, and can’t field.... And finally our winning chances were blown away when Raina dropped pietersen. Team India better luck next time!.
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