CIAO DATE: 06/2014
January 2014
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, at death's door today at age eighty-five after eight years in a stroke-induced coma, incarnated many of the contradictory dimensions of his entire country: courageous, and so unavoidably controversial; steadfast in his core convictions, yet flexible, impulsive, and even unpredictable in carrying them out; supremely self-confident, yet always acutely concerned about his country's security.
Resource link: Ariel Sharon: From Warrior to Man of Peace at Last [PDF] - 59K