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Dramatic deterioration in Ariel Sharon's condition
Yaron Kelner
Published: 09.01.14, 17:15
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1. One of history's greatest generals
(01.09.14)
2. the people from Gush Katif are also in bad condition
(01.09.14)
3. #2
Sergio ,   Tel Aviv   (01.09.14)
You never should even go to live there from the beginning. And no i am not leftist i am just realist. Israel is a tiny country with zero power without it's partners. All your national pride will not sustain this country for more then a week if Israel will loose all partners. So get up and start living.
4. Ariel Sharon
Harold ,   USA   (01.09.14)
The more Sharon stays in this situation the more he will be humiliated. Normal human should either live or die.
5. #2
Futuerist ,   Tel-Aviv, Israel   (01.09.14)
Stop feeling sorry for yourselves and move on before its too late.
6. #3
oleg ,   F. Lauderdale USA   (01.09.14)
Sergio if Israel is so small and bad why are you still in Tel Aviv ? Israel has no partners or friends so what we never did and we survived wars, terror attacks, cultural & economics boycotts and embargos. And in 65 years we became a nuclear power and a beacon of inventions to the world. American, EU and Chinese companies try to buy or steal our jewels. Take an Alitalia plane back to Italy.
7. the end
rm ,   NL Amsterdam   (01.09.14)
I think the medical team has overachieved and has probably kept Sharon alive longer than is considered humane or realistic. The old warrior has been in coma for many years. They need to let him go.
8. #4 Humilating
murat ,   Antalya/Turkey   (01.09.14)
someone who is about to pass away is one of the most scathing abuse ever. As some humiliated Arafat by saying he has aids.
9. So Omri & Gilad's gravy train is about to end.......Too bad
General Tsao ,   Israel   (01.09.14)
I understand they have been the recipients of Sharon's pension as ex-Prime Minister as well as retired Army General... as well as the recipients of the benefits of his continued salary to his .... Bemet. Sharon's chauffer gets 20,000 a month to drive Omri & Gilad to the hospital... etc. etc. And the state pays all his medical bills... No WONDER they wanted him to be kept alive as long as possible.
10. Sharon Temple Mount stunt cost world 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.09.14)
11. he should have been allowed to die years ago
zionist forever   (01.09.14)
He has been kept alive artificially for years, his body broken and his brain a vegetable with no hope of recovery so he & his family should not have been put through this for 8 years. He was one of the greatest generals the IDF ever had nobody can deny that. As PM up until the Gaza people thought he was the best PM we had in years. He destroyed Arafat made him an irrelevance in the eyes of the world. Gaza was a political gamble that failed but in politics everything is a gamble sometimes they pay off sometimes they don't. Maybe our generation are not the ones to judge Sharon because most have been affected in some capacity by his actions over the years maybe only a post Sharon generation can be impartial judges.
12. To Harold-the-Compassionate
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (01.09.14)
"Normal human should either live or die...?" You must work in rehab? Physical therapy? Ah, perhaps you work for HUD or some other US.gov agency. How pitiful a comment.
13. Arik Sharon my inspiration
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (01.09.14)
Late summer 1982: NY Times headline: SHARON INVADES BEIRUT! Prompted me to quit my job in NYC, march downtown to the Kibbutz Aliyah Desk, and seek to volunteer for Israel. Six months at Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan - the best experience of my life. May G-d bless you and keep you, Arik.
14. So sad to see him go
Sarah ,   The Netherlands   (01.09.14)
without being prosecuted.
15. To: No. 4
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.09.14)
Lead by example, Harold, why don't you? Show us how dying ought to be done.
16. #10 Who cares? Small price to pay
(01.09.14)
17. Why did no one listen to Sharon in 1973?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (01.09.14)
18. so many years ...
Toledano Jean-Pierre ,   Israel   (01.09.14)
He was a great general, who saved Israel in the Yom Kippur war. Also he did what he had to do in the other wars, against Arafat in Lebanon,... He was kept "alive", like a plant. Poor man. He earned since so many years a peaceful passing away!
19. To: Astronaut at No. 12
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.09.14)
I seriously doubt that Harold has the intellect required to pass a civil service exam. You need to read at eighth-grade level for that. Except for the U.S. Department of State, where I believe a fifth-grade reading level is sufficient. But what can you expect from someone who is pompous enough to address his drivel "To All Commentators?"
20. #12
Harold ,   USA   (01.09.14)
Do you what him to stay as a vegetable forever. Try to respect hjumans and not vegetables.
21. To: No. 8
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.09.14)
Would you prefer that we not be truthful about the fact that Arafat (may his name be cursed throughout eternity) died of AIDS? If you'd like, however, we can be respectful of Erdogan and not point out the fact that he needs to change his colostomy bag a little more frequently than he evidently does ... There! Does that make you feel better?
22. Sharon, our son..
Beary White ,   Norway   (01.09.14)
..a man of courage and wisdom, has written his name in the great history of Israel. Thanks.
23. #9 & #10
oleg ,   F.L. USA   (01.09.14)
Both of you are eating under cooked and too spicey chicken that smells. Please drink plenty of Pepto-Bismol boys. The Desert Fox lives forever. Visit the Fort Knox Armour Museum in Anerica. Sharon is considered one of the top 5 tank commanders of all times. Also his tactics are teached at West Point. RESPECT THE GENERAL>>>
24. #8
Harold ,   USA   (01.09.14)
Sharon is the one who said Arafat died of Aids but he was actually poisoned as per Swiss Expert.
25. unlucky number 13
Harold ,   USA   (01.09.14)
So you were one of the murderers of Sabra and Shatila. Remember Sharon was fired for that murderous incident
26. 2
zionist forever   (01.09.14)
Don't judge the man by Gush Katif. Everything inpolitics is a gamble you look at the situation as it is now consider potential outcomes and then decide if your going to take the gamble but until you are PM making those decisions you don't know how your going to act but its very easy to criticize with hindsight. In both his military and political careers he did some things right and others wrong, he was a human being and human beings make mistakes sometimes.
27. To: No. 24
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.09.14)
The French expert and the Russian expert said that he was not poisoned. Of course, the Swiss expert was hired by the Widow Arafat, so neutral he was not ....
28. To: No. 14
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (01.09.14)
Don't you have enough Dutch Nazi collaborators worthy of prosecution?
29. Ariel Sharon Died 6 Years Ago
David H ,   Marietta, USA   (01.09.14)
What you have is a pathetic body. This is a horror no human and no family should have to suffer through.
30. 24.
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.09.14)
Oh do be quiet & stop showing us how very stupid & behind the times you are.
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