Former Israeli Prime Minister dies at 85
Modern Day Jewish Hero Ariel Sharon finally died after a long 8 year coma. He suffered a massive stroke in 2006 and has been in a coma ever since. He was 85. Sharon died at Tel Hashomer hospital just outside Tel Aviv, where his family had gathered at his bedside over the past several days as his vital organs reportedly deteriorated. Sharon was a man of great courage and strength, and godly people everywhere should mourn the death of this heroic patriot. Sharon devoted his life to serving the State of Israel (Judea), and defended the country during many of the nation’s most difficult battles. He was determined to do whatever he felt was best for the security of Israel, and the Jewish people, often at odds with the United States's liberal State Department led pro Palestinian faction, as well as many liberal Jews in America, the West and the nation of Israel.
Sharon, a long-serving Israeli political and military leader, was a founding member and former head of the Likud party, previously served for over thirty years in the Israeli Defense Forces, rising to the rank of Major General, and achieving fame within Israel for his actions in the 1967 Six Day War and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
His actions in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 confirmed his military greatness, and won him national acclaim as a savior of his people on the Holiest Day of God's year. On 6 October 1973, the Egyptian army attacked across the Suez Canal. Israeli reserves, struggled to contain the Egyptian advance. It was the classic military nightmare – a two-front war without enough men or materiel for both. For Israel to survive, the Egyptians had to be beaten quickly in the south so the IDF could redeploy against the Syrians in the north, who seemed on the point of breaking into Galilee. Just stopping the Egyptian advance wasn’t going to be enough – it had to be decisive.
Sharon bided his time but as soon as he had located a gap between two Egyptian formations he attacked into it (Napoleon’s favourite tactic), crossed the Suez Canal and proceeded to wreak havoc on Egyptian lines of communication. The Egyptians had thought they were winning only to discover Sharon’s tanks behind them threatening Cairo. Like many of history’s best commanders, Sharon had ignored his orders coming from above, and won the day. To many, this move made him the man who saved Israel.
Some recent reports indicate that Sharon’s doctors have detected brain activity. There is speculation that he can hear. If so, we can only wonder– what occupied his thoughts? Is it his boyhood days, or the Suez Crossing? His two wives, both of whom preceded him in death? His son, Gur, whose tragic death at a young age diminished the Six Day War victory for his father?
No one knows… Except of course — God. I think God will someday welcome Mr. Sharon into His Kingdom that is coming to this Earth.
