Remembering Ariel Sharon: Israel’s Lonely Warrior
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon passed away at 85, after nearly a decade in a coma. TIME looks back at the career of the soldier turned political strongman.
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Israeli army Southern Command General Ariel Sharon with Defense Minister Moshe Dayan during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973 on the western bank of the Suez Canal in Egypt. His derring-do during this war sealed his reputation.
