Ariel Sharon Biography
- Title:
- Former Prime Minister of Israel
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“Seven months ago, my Government approved the Roadmap to peace, based on President George Bushs June 2002 speech. This is a balanced program for phased progress toward peace, to which both Israel and the Palestinians committed themselves. A full and genuine implementation of the program is the best way to achieve true peace. The Roadmap is the only political plan accepted by Israel, the Palestinians, the Americans and a majority of the international community. We are willing to proceed toward its implementation: two states Israel and a Palestinian State living side by side in tranquility, security and peace.”
Address by PM Ariel Sharon at the Fourth Herzliya Conference, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, Dec 18, 2003
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Israeli Prime Minister, 2001-2006
- Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1998-1999
- Israeli Minister of Energy and Water Resources, 1996-1999
- Member of the Israeli Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, 1992-1996
- Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction, 1990-1992
- Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor, 1984-1990
- Israeli Minister of Defense, 1981-1983
- Education:
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- LLB, 1962, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Other:
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- Suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on Jan. 4, 2006 and remained in a persistent vegetative state until his death on Jan. 11, 2014
- Appointed Head of the Southern Command Staff, 1969
- Commander of an armored division, 1967 War
- Head of the Army Training Department, 1966
- Appointed Head of the Northern Command Staff, 1964
- Served as Infantry Brigade Commander and then Infantry School Commander, 1958-1962
- Appointed commander of a Paratroop Corps in 1956 and fought in the Sinai Conflict
- Founded and led the “101” special commando unit which carried out retaliatory operations, 1953
- Commanded an infantry company in the Alexandroni Brigade during the 1948 War
- Instructor for the Jewish Police, 1947
- Joined the Haganah, 1945
- Also known as Arik Sharon
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