Eye on the Middle East Mar/Apr 2006

When Israel’s prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was stricken with a devastating, career-ending stroke in January, an era came to an end. Sharon was the last of the giants who have fallen to the ravages of time and the stress of living perpetually on the edge of personal and national survival. Although some will disagree, Sharon was an inspirational national hero who was willing to risk it all for wh