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Ariel Sharon buried at Negev home, after Knesset and IDF honors
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Published: 13.01.14, 08:49
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1. So very few regular people attending is a sure sign
Al   (01.13.14)
that his legacy was forever tainted by the Gaza withdrawal debacle. At the very time of his funeral, the IDF is on full guard against rockets from Gaza. How ironic is that?
2. Your Live Feed
Volvi   (01.13.14)
Im watching from Australia Arutz 1 & 2 and your live feed and I have to say Ynet live feed is the best of the 3, no delay, no buffering and I have huge bandwidth. So congrats Ynet.
3. Does a leader have to die
David ,   Jerusalem   (01.13.14)
for knesset members to finally not be ashamed of their Jewish origins by wearing a kipa?
4. 1
Phil ,   Tel Aviv   (01.13.14)
Gaza was "unguardable" 10,000 settlers to 1.5M Arabs. Are you sure? Sharon's masterstroke was to retreat from Gaza, save Israeli soldier's lives and build the security fence / bolster the population in Judea & Samarea which rose from 250K in 2006 to nearly 600K today. And those rockets from Gaza are basically ineffective. Even last year during Gaza war, very few Israelis died whereas Gaza was a smoking hole. Meanwhile, Gaza is still more or less surrounded by Israel and can't do much without us knowing. Not that ironic really....
5. 1... but really?
Will ,   Tel Aviv   (01.13.14)
Gaza was "unguardable" 10,000 settlers to 1.5M Arabs. Are you sure? Sharon's masterstroke was to retreat from Gaza, save Israeli soldier's lives and build the security fence / bolster the population in Judea & Samarea which rose from 250K in 2006 to nearly 600K today. And those rockets from Gaza are basically ineffective. Even last year during Gaza war, very few Israelis died whereas Gaza was a smoking hole. Meanwhile, Gaza is still more or less surrounded by Israel and can't do much without us knowing. Not that ironic really....
6. 1... yes but...
Gil ,   Tel Aviv   (01.13.14)
Gaza was "unguardable" 10,000 settlers to 1.5M Arabs. Are you sure? Sharon's masterstroke was to retreat from Gaza, save Israeli soldier's lives and build the security fence / bolster the population in Judea & Samarea which rose from 250K in 2006 to nearly 600K today. And those rockets from Gaza are basically ineffective. Even last year during Gaza war, very few Israelis died whereas Gaza was a smoking hole. Meanwhile, Gaza is still more or less surrounded by Israel and can't do much without us knowing. Not that ironic really....
7. 1 not quite correct
Bill ,   Tel Aviv   (01.13.14)
Gaza was "unguardable" 10,000 settlers to 1.5M Arabs. Are you sure? Sharon's masterstroke was to retreat from Gaza, save Israeli soldier's lives and build the security fence / bolster the population in Judea & Samarea which rose from 250K in 2006 to nearly 600K today. And those rockets from Gaza are basically ineffective. Even last year during Gaza war, very few Israelis died whereas Gaza was a smoking hole. Meanwhile, Gaza is still more or less surrounded by Israel and can't do much without us knowing. Not that ironic really....
8. Excellent Live Feed
Volvi ,   MELBOURNE   (01.13.14)
Kol Hakavod from Australia to all your team for an excellent coverage for this event. Your anchor-woman and man were very good. Todah rabah lachem dash m'eretz rechokah. PS. That eerie music during transportation actually was well suited. worked well.
9. Israel, You are BEAUTIFUL!
Linda Rivera ,   Florida, USA   (01.13.14)
Israel – The Most GLORIOUS NATION that EVER INHABITED this EARTH John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote to a friend: “I insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation…they are the most glorious nation that ever inhabited this earth”
10. ONLY a few dozen people showed up to Sharon's funeral
Shameful   (01.13.14)
Almost a million people attended Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's funeral. (More would have attended had the police not blocked it.) and only a few dozen showed up to Ariel Sharon's funeral from the thousands of people expected. What happened? Must be that Israelis are more enthralled by Torah than by heads of state.
11. IDF Glorious Defenders of Israel and the Free World!
Linda Rivera ,   Florida, USA   (01.13.14)
Mohammadan cowards use human shields; hide behind women and children and fire rockets from hospitals, mosques and densely populated areas so that if Israel ever retaliates and there are casualties, the Mohammadans scream bloody murder and accuse Israel, but it is they, the Mohammadans who are GUILTY of the deaths of their own people. Col. Richard Kemp, a British commander in Bosnia and Afghanistan stated: “The Israel Defense Forces did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare. ” (Guardian-UK)
12. only a few dozen people showed up
Scott ,   Ramat Gan   (01.13.14)
Although Sharon was a war hero a champion of the settlement movement, the disaster he brought to thousands of residents of Gush Katif & the instability he caused in the south has tainted his legacy.
13. 4 5 6 7 try as you may you can bott yourself
Al   (01.13.14)
to oblivion, the facts remain the same. Sharon's legacy will be one who may have been a great general (debatable at best) but a horrific wannabee statesman. The proof that rockets are fired freely and willfully from Gaza is a testament to his very poor military planning and thinking. History will not judge him kindly. He could have been great only he chose not to be.
14. The Gush Katif refugees also want to go him
Lila ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (01.13.14)
So Gilad, your father went home, eh? There are 10,000 good Jews whose lives, communities and homes your father destroyed who would also like to go back home. Instead, he threw them out into hotels, their belongings ruined by leaking containers in the rain, many still living in caravans for 8 years, jobs, entire careers lost. And you're happy HE'S home? Mourn your fellow Jews, daddy's victims as well.
15. 10: You couldn't see HaShem and the angels there
Rivkah   (01.13.14)
because you don't know HaShem. The world loves its own, so crowds of people (not angels) went to Rabbi Ovadia's funeral since the rejection of Yahoshua HaMashiach by the Orthodox Jewish masses is a rejection of HaShem. So HaShem was not at Rabbi Ovadia's funeral in my opinion, unless he was secretly Messianic. Would you rather have a funeral with HaShem and His angels present or a funeral with people who reject their Mashiach and His Father, who won't even call on Yahovah by name which is an offense to Him. Proverbs 30:4,5 says the Lord has a NAME and He has a Son who has a NAME. The Rabbis and their followers who refuse to say the NAME of the Creator of the Universe and who refuse to honor His Son by NAME are an offense to Him and will not enter His eternal kingdom since the only gate to that realm is belief in the Son.
16. Linda Rivera: Excellent posts! Thanks for writing!
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17. How beautifully Giilad Sharon's hair has greyed. Omri should
Rivkah   (01.13.14)
let his beautiful hair grow out, the heritage of their mother, beautiful hair.
18. All men will die and be judged by the G-d of Israel.........
Joshua ,   Jerusalem   (01.13.14)
Which side of Israel do YOU want to be on?
19. 14 Lila: When HaShem's plan for Gaza is accomplished, you
Rivkah   (01.13.14)
and others will understand the genius of Ariel Sharon's political as well as military accomplishments. Read the book of Zephaniah in the Holy Scriptures to see that Gaza is a city of destruction in the latter days of Gentile world rule. NO ONE WILL SURVIVE. Ariel Sharon bowed to HaShem's will and people hated him for that since they hate HaShem in his motives and actions. The judgment of HaShem on the losses of the 10,000 Jews who should have been paid by the world community that forced the pullout of Gaza, was Hurricane Katrina when the same percentage of Americans lost their homes as the percentage of Jews pulled out of Gaza in relation to the population of Israel. Although it was HaShem's will for the Jews to be pulled out of an ancient Philistine city (Palestinian), the non payment of the Jews pulled out was an offense to Him. So America that forced the pullout through Prime Minister Sharon was judged. But that is not enough for you, is it?
20. No.15, Yahoshua NEVER EXISTED!
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (01.13.14)
Outside of the hearsay Bible, there is no tangible evidence that anyone named Yahoshua HaMashiach ever lived. The Romans have no record of his trial or execution. And no one knows who Mark, Matthew, Luke and John were. These were anonymous writers. It‘s all myth! When you do some intelligent research, the truth will set you free from the lies.
21. 20 Rich, Toronto, Canada: The Roman Annals describe Yahoshua
Rivkah   (01.13.14)
HaMashiach, contrary to your misinformation. He is described as having hair the color of new wine (reddish blonde like King David and Ariel Sharon in his youth), his eyes grayish blue and lively and his hair parted in the middle of his head, the most beautiful person on earth. The Shroud of Turin is a radiographic image of the resurrection body of Yahoshua the HaMashiach which burned into the cloths (head and body cloths made of white linen of the Egyptian herringbone weave of ancient skilled craftsmen and women) by the radiation released when His life was given back to the body by the Ruach HaKadosh. The many analyses of the Shroud of Turin places the flowers and seeds and spices from the Middle East of that age. The whips with bone fragments that tore into the skin in the back of the body of Yahoshua Ha Mashiach exactly fit historically preserved whips of that era. Read Proverbs 30:4,5 and Isaiah chapter 53. Only Yahoshua of Nazareth could have fulfilled ALL the prophecies since the geneological records the Second Temple were burned by the Romans. Proverbs 30:4,5 says, "What is His Name, and what is His Son's Name if you know it? Every Word of Eloah is tried; He is a shield to those taking refuge in Him." Isaiah chapter 53 has many prophecies of the Mashiach that could only have been fulfilled by Yahoshua of Nazareth, King of the Jews which Governor Pilate himself wrote on a wood piece above the crucifixion of Yahoshua's body in three languages. The ancient historian Josephus wrote of Him, too. You have been brainwashed by HaSatan who is the master deceiver. Study to show yourself approved of HaShem in this matter or perish since only those who honor the Son Yahoshua enter the eternal kingdom.
22. Arik sharon's passing
jeb stuart ,   fredericksburg usa   (01.13.14)
With Arik's passing may have gone the last chance to negotiate a genuine peace and for Palestine to meet its own responsibilities of creating a nation of its own without demanding the destruction or dismantlement of Israel and a Jewish Homeland that is an equal nation, and potential partner, Two days ago Abbas responded to news of Sharon by announcing he and Palestinians will never accept an Israeli state. Arik was tough and hard in an era when survival of the Homeland required it. He may be judged poorly today by the modernist 21st Century ticky tact crowd but he was much more than his detractors and bigots will allow. Sympathies to the family and to Israel for its great loss.
23. wiil, phill, bill, etc,
i ,   j   (01.13.14)
The rockets are so ineffective that the site of the funeral was sandbagged to the West, and an adequate firepower put in place to protect the precious heads in attendance We can't have a state affair with the atmosphere common to Sderot.
24. Farewell Arik!
Calev Yehoshua ,   Dar es salaam, Tanza   (01.15.14)
A true son of the land whose deeds for the liberty of his people we all cherish. You belong to the generation of true heroes and heroines of Israel who dedicated their entire lives for the survival and prosperity of this noble country and its people. Your fellow heroes and heroines such your mentor Moshe Dayan, Yigael Yadin, Ben Gurion, Golder Meir and so forth now awaiting for you to cross over Jordan river after completing the long walk. Farewell Arik
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