Ariel Sharon - Biography Chapters

1928-1947 Childhood and Youth

1948 Independence War

1953 Retribution Acts (Pe'ulot Tagmul)

1956 The Sinai War

1956-1967 Difficult Years

1967 Six-Day War

1967-1970 Defense Strategist

1971 War against Terrorism

1973 End of Military Career?

1973 October War (Yom Kippur War)

1975-1977 A Rookie Politician

1977-1982 Settlements vs. Peace

1981 Israel attack Iraq's nuclear plant

1982 The Lebanon War

1990-1992 Construction Bulldozer

2000 Visit to the Temple Mount

2001 Ariel Sharon Prime Minister Elect

2004 Ariel Sharon's Disengagement Plan

2005 Ariel Sharon's Stroke Drama

2006 Ariel Sharon Died - Fact or Rumor?

2006 Latest News on Ariel Sharon's Condition

2006 Ariel Sharon - Israel Prize Nomination

Latest News on Ariel Sharon's Health and Medical Condition

November 6, 2006

• YNET News - Sharon's condition improves: Leaves ICU; Sheba medical center announces that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was treated for serious infection, reports improvement in his cardiovascular performance

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November 3, 2006

• YNET News - Former Prime Minister Sharon's condition deteriorates; Sharon transferred to ICU after being diagnosed with infection and deterioration in his cardiovascular performance. Hospital says Sharon's condition stable

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August 29, 2006

• YNET News - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon transferred from intensive care unit after lung and kidney functions improve
• The Jerusalem Post - Sharon's condition greatly improves
• Israeli Insider - Sharon's condition improves after he suffered pneumonia
• MedIndia.net - Ariel Sharon Moved out of ICU After Improvement in Kidney Functions

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August 15, 2006

• YNET News - Hospital: There has been no change in Ariel Sharon's condition following the announcement on a deterioration in his condition

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August 14, 2006

• CNN - Condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has worsened

• BBC - Ariel Sharon's condition worsens

• Washington Post - Hospital Says Sharon's Condition Worse

• ABC News - Sharon's Condition Deteriorates Further; Ariel Sharon's Condition Has Deteriorated Further

• YNET News - Sharon’s condition deteriorates; Former PM suffers from infection in both lungs, brain takes turn for worse

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 July 26, 2006

• CNN - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred to the intensive care unit
• CBS News - Ariel Sharon Rushed To Intensive Care; Former Israeli Prime Minister To Get Dialysis; Kidneys Failing
• YNET News - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was transferred to an intensive care unit, after a germ found in his blood; condition remains serious but stable

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July 24, 2006

• USATODAY - Stroke experts say Sharon's life in danger after condition worsens
• ABC News - Stroke Expert: Ariel Sharon's Life in Danger

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July 23, 2006

• CNN -  Hospital: Ariel Sharon's condition worsens
• ABC News - Ariel Sharon's Condition Worsens
• BBC - Ariel Sharon's condition worsens
• CBS News - Ariel Sharon's Condition Worsens; Former Israeli Prime Minister's Kidneys Failing While In Coma
• YNET News - Ariel Sharon's condition worsens
• The Jerusalem Post - Ariel Sharon's health deteriorating

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June 1, 2006

• Israel Insider - Former Prime Minister Sharon opening eyes for several hours at a time

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May 28, 2006

• CNN - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon who has been comatose for months, was transferred to a long-term care facility
• YNET News - Former prime minister Ariel Sharon transferred to rehabilitation unit at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer
• Israel Insider - Sharon moved from hospital to long-term care facility

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April 24, 2006

• YNET News - Knesset to form committee to decide on Sharon's treatment funding

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 April 21, 2006

• Huffington Post - Doctors Admit They May Have Caused Sharon's Strok

• Israel Insider - Doctors admit "great failure" in treating Sharon with blood thinners

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 April 12, 2006

• CNN - Three months after he suffered a massive stroke, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been declared permanently incapacitated
• Israel Insider - Cabinet declares Sharon permanently incapacitated

• YNET News - Government bids Ariel Sharon goodbye: Ailing prime minister declared permanently unfit to head country after 100 days in hospital
• Scotsman.com - Sharon power days officially over

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 April 10, 2006

• YNET News - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is undergoing a C.T. brain scan at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

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April 9, 2006

• Huffington Post - Sharon to Be Declared Incapacitated, Officially Ending Tenure as Prime Minister

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 April 5, 2006

• YNET News - Ariel Sharon undergoes successful surgery; a piece of bone which had been removed from PM’s skull during first operation after stroke returned

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 April 4, 2006

• CNN - Doctors postponed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's scheduled surgery of a respiratory infection
• YNET News - PM Sharon to undergo surgery; Doctors to close hole made in Sharon's skull before prime minister's transfer to rehabilitation center

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 April 3, 2006

• YNET News - Israeli Cabinet will declare Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "Permanently incapacitated"

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March 3, 2006

• YNET News - Prime minister Ariel Sharon may still wake up, says Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director-general of Hadassah Medical Center

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March 2, 2006

• YNET News - Medical team rules Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will not be transferred for rehabilitation; Sharon will remain at Hadassah's intensive care unit

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February 23, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a procedure to remove excess liquid from his stomach

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February 22, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition remained critical but stable the morning after he underwent emergency abdominal surgery
• YNET News - Sharon undergoes minor procedure; Routine CT scan reveals fluid accumulation in Prime Minister's abdomen; physicians carry out procedure to drain fluids. Sharon's condition still serious but stable

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February 12, 2006

• MSNBC - Sharon’s recovery chances dim after surgery

• Scotsman.com - Sharon 'out of danger' following urgent surgery
• USA TODAY - Sharon still critical after intestinal operation
• FOX News - Sharon Loses Part of Large Intestines in 4-Hour Surgery

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February 11, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's life is in "no immediate danger" after emergency surgery for alarming damage in his intestinal tract
• BBC - Doctors struggle to save Sharon
• BBC - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has undergone nearly four hours of "successful" surgery
• Israel Insider - Sharon survives surgery, "not in immediate danger" despite vegetative state
• YNET News - Hospital: PM not in immediate danger; Sigh of relief: Prime Minister Sharon undergoes emergency surgery Saturday, doctors remove about one third of PM's large intestine; Sharon rushed into surgery after his condition deteriorates overnight

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 February 2, 2006

• Scotsman.com - Sharon food line implanted

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 January 29, 2006

• YNET News - Well-known international specialist examines Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
• NewsFromRussia - No change in condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

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  January 25, 2006

• Specialists meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's doctors; Hadassah hospital brings in specialists to examine additional methods of trying to wake Sharon

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 January 24, 2006

• Israel Insider - Doctors concealed Sharon's condition from public after first stroke

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January 22, 2006

• YNET News - CT scan: Sharon no longer bleeding; Hospitalized prime minister undergoes routine test; results similar to last week's scan

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January 18, 2006

• CNN - Doctors replaced the breathing tube of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a procedure a hospital spokesman called "successful"
• CNN - Medical experts say Ariel Sharon's eyelids flickering isn't a sign that he is waking from his medically induced coma

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January 17, 2006

• FOX News - Ariel Sharon's Condition Remains Unchanged
• YNET News - Hadassah says Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical but stable condition

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 January 16, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who is being treated for a massive stroke, moved his eyelids

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 January 15, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a tracheotomy to help wean him off a respirator as he lies in a coma
• YNET News - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon undergoes a successful surgery to replace breathing tube connecting to ventilation machine
• Israel Insider - Ariel Sharon's condition still critical; medical test shows activity on both sides of the brain

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 January 14, 2006

• CNN - Tests showed activity in both sides of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain, but he remains comatose
• Scotsman.com - Sharon in 'frightening' state

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 January 13, 2006

• Israel Insider - Hope fading for Sharon as he fails to stir, despite end of sedation

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January 12, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon underwent a brain scan that revealed he no longer needs a tube to drain excess blood from his brain
• YNET News - Sharon's latest CT scan encouraging; Doctors pleased with latest test, prime minister still in serious but stable condition
• NewsFromRussia.com - Sharon's condition gradually improves as Israel returns to politics
• Israel Insider - As Sharon coma persists, debate intensifies over medical decisions

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 January 11, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon continued to show improvements as he recovers from a major stroke, moving his left hand
• YNET News - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has shown improvement in limb movement, responding to pain in a better way than before
• Scotsman.com - Sharon still critical but out of immediate danger
• Scotsman.com - Sharon to come off sedatives
• Israel Insider - Sharon's sons turn to music to help stricken father
• SomethingJewish - Doctors are still far from being able to assess the damage sustained by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon
• YNET News - Sharon's 'lost sister' calls from America; Prime minister's sister inquires about brother's health; two siblings were estranged for many years

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 January 10, 2006

• CNN - Medical experts predict a grim future for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
• YNET News - Prime minister's condition improves: Medical sources tell Ynet Sharon moved left arm and leg, movement of right limbs more vigorous
• Scotsman.com - Sharon shows limited signs of recovery
• Scotsman.com - Bid to bring Sharon out of coma
• Israel Insider - Sharon shows improvement, but still no evidence of cognitive function
• Israel Insider - Haaretz: Sharon had brain disease; mistreatment may have caused stroke
• YNET News - Will Mozart help Sharon? Prime minister's sons play tapes of PM's favorite composer on doctors' advice
• YNET News - Will Ariel Sharon open his eyes?

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 January 9, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon responded to pain stimulus by slightly moving his right arm and leg
• YNET News - doctors have started rousing Sharon from induced coma by reducing anesthetic drugs; the prime minister is able to breathe on his own while connected to a respirator
• Scotsman.com - Israel holds breath as doctors waken Sharon from coma
• Scotsman.com - Ariel Sharon out of coma

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 January 8, 2006

• CNN - Doctors at Hadassah Hospital have decided to begin trying to bring Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of a medically induced coma
• YNET News - Doctors conduct new brain scan of Ariel Sharon

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January 7, 2006

• YNET News - One of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's surgeons says likelihood of Sharon staying alive 'very high'
• YNET News - PM's CT scan shows slight improvement

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 January 6, 2006

• CNN - Bleeding in Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain has been stopped and scans show improvement after a third round of surgery to treat a major stroke
• BBC - An emergency operation on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has stopped bleeding in his brain, but he remains in a critical condition
• BBC - In pictures: Ariel Sharon's health crisis
• SomethingJewish - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken back into the operating room for the third time
• Pravda - Israel prepares for new era as Ariel Sharon clings to life

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 January 5, 2006

• CNN -  Doctors battling to save Sharon; Israeli prime minister to remain sedated
• YNET News - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clings to life; undergoes seven-hour surgery overnight
• CNN -  Sharon fights for life after stroke; Power transferred to Israel's deputy prime minister
• YNET News - Hospital source: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's brain badly damaged; Hospital source offers grim prognosis
• Washington Post - Prime Minister Sharon in 'Induced Coma'
• Guardian Unlimited - Sharon's condition critical after surgery
• BBC - Israeli PM suffers serious stroke
• FOX News - Israeli PM Ariel Sharon Suffers Massive Stroke
• YNET News - Hospital: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to remain anesthetized
• YNET News - Why wasn't Sharon airlifted to hospital?
• 14:06 YNET News - Hadassah hospital: PM in stable condition
• 11:09 YNET News - PM's Office: Sharon's condition is stable
• 06:46 YNET News - PM undergoes series of tests, rushed back into surgery room
• 06:16 YNET News - Hospital spokesperson: PM is alive
• 02:50 YNET News - Olmert assumes PM duties
• 01:01 YNET News - Hospital spokesman: Sharon still in surgery

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 January 4, 2006 - Second Stroke

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered massive bleeding in his brain from a type of stroke called a cerebral hemorrhage
• Wikipedia
• The Jerusalem Post - Doctors point to 'significant' improvement in CAT scan
• WebMD - Israel's Ariel Sharon Suffers Stroke
• 23:47 YNET News - Hospital director-general: Sharon suffered brain hemorrhage
• 23:36 YNET News - Hospital director-general: Sharon suffered serious stroke
• 23:33 YNET News - Olmert designated as temporary Sharon replacement
• 23:32 YNET News - Hadassah Ein Karen Director-General to deliver official statement on PM's condition
• 23:10 YNET News - PM rushed into emergency room
• 23:05 YNET News - PM aide: Sharon conscious
• 22:59 YNET News - PM arrives at hospital
• 22:47 YNET News - Hospital preparing for possibility PM suffered another stroke
• 22:39 YNET News - Prime minister's office: Sharon conscious and well
• 22:20 YNET News Initial report: PM evacuated to Jerusalem hospital

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January 1, 2006

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will have an operation Thursday to repair a small hole in his heart

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December 26, 2006

• People's Daily Online - Sharon's health record to be unveiled

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 December 22, 2006

• THE AGE - Sharon's diet becoming a weighty matter

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December 20, 2005

• CNN - A grinning Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walked out of hospital, less than 48 hours after suffering a mild stroke in the brain

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December 19, 2005

• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon expected to be released from hospital and fully recover after a mild stroke
• CNN - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken to a hospital after suffering a mild stroke
• Scotsman.com - Stroke won't hold me back says Israeli leader Sharon

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December 18, 2005 - First Stroke

• BBC - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a stroke

• The Jerusalem Post - Sharon deemed 'fit to function' as PM

Ariel Sharon Biography Books

Ariel Sharon: A life

by Nir Hefetz and Gadi Bloom

Review: The Jerusalem Post

Warrior: An Autobiography

by Ariel Sharon and David Chanoff
Review: ForeignAffairs.org

Politicide: The Real Legacy of Ariel Sharon

by Baruch Kimmerling

Review: ForeignAffairs.org

Ariel Sharon (Biography)

by Norman H. Finkelstein

Ariel Sharon Web Biographies

Official biography - Israel's PMO

Wikipedia

BBC

Ynet

NY Times

The Jewish Agency

Mid East Web

Jewish Virtual Library

Ariel Sharon in Zionism & Israel

Ariel Sharon Web Resources

Recent articles by Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon's Last Interview - Nikkei

Peace Maker or Peace Breaker - CNN

Amos Oz on Ariel Sharon - Ynet

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