Israel’s political leaders mourn ‘great warrior, extraordinary leader’ Ariel Sharon: Israel’s Soldier and Strongman, 1928-2014
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS:
Israel’s political leaders mourn ‘great warrior, extraordinary leader’Ariel Sharon: Israel’s Soldier and Strongman, 1928-2014.
Ariel Sharon died Saturday after having spent the last eight of his 85 years on life support. Incapacitated by a coma that followed a massive stroke, Sharon’s last hours were spent with members of his family at his bedside. Outside, an Israeli nation watched with one eye on the news and another on the past, re-assessing the qualities of a leader whose lifetime spanned the life of the nation.
The long illness, out of public view, seemed to transform how Israelis viewed Sharon. In active life, he had always been a warrior first — a profoundly polarizing one, in the thick of every major conflict during the nearly six decades Sharon spent either in the Israeli military or running it. As an invalid, the hard edges disappeared.Read the full story here and here.
Related: Last Prophecy of Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri (2006).
Before he passed away in 2006 at the age of 108, he left a note for us. Per his request, the note was read a year after his death. In it Rabbi Kaduri states that he met the Messiah, who will come shortly after the death of Ariel Sharon.
He also said that the name of the Messiah is Jesus Christ.
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