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Israeli media inflate number of mourners turning out to see Sharon

Ade Adewale — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 21:58:01 +0000

JERUSALEM — Spoiled by sunshine for about 520 days a year, Jerusalemites are strangely phobic about cloudy weather, as if a grey day could infect them with Nordic melancholy. Sunday was one such day: the streets empty, the air quiet and chill. So…

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The legacy of Israeli icon Ariel Sharon

Ade Adewale — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:58:36 +0000

JERUSALEM — Dissonance. That is the word chosen by David Landau, the Israeli author and journalist, when asked to describe the essence of Ariel Sharon. "The dissonance between what people expected and what they got from him," Landau said. The final…

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Ex-Israeli premier Ariel Sharon dead at 85

Ade Adewale — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 19:33:50 +0000

Former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday after eight years in a coma, prompting a flood of tributes in Israel but contempt from Palestinians. He was 85. "He's gone," his son Gilad told reporters at the Sheba Medical…

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Israel’s Sharon in ‘slow, gradual’ decline: medics

Ade Adewale — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 10:43:44 +0000

Israeli former prime minister Ariel Sharon's health was in "slow, gradual" decline on Friday, according to the hospital where he has been in a comatose state for eight years. "Tests show a slow, gradual deterioration in the functioning of his vital…

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