Name: Ariel Sharon
Born in p>1928 to a Jewish peasant family in Sharon Valley, Tel Aviv, Israel, Sharon's family's original surname was Schneiman, and later it was changed to Sharon Valley, where the family is located.
In p>1966, Sharon was appointed as the commander of the training unit of the Israel Defense Forces. In 1967, he was promoted to major general.
In p>1981, Sharon was appointed as the Minister of National Defense by Premier Bei Jing. On September 2, 1999, he was elected as the new leader of Likud Group.
In the eyes of the overwhelming majority of Israeli people who yearn for peace, Sharon will always be a combative "Hawk".
In the eyes of the overwhelming majority of Israeli people who yearn for peace, Sharon will always be a combative "Hawk".
Ariel Sharon, who was aggressive since childhood, was born in 1928 to a Jewish peasant family of Caffard Malal Moshaf in Sharon Valley, 1 miles away from Tel Aviv, Israel. This is one of the earliest Moshaf (an agricultural cooperative established by Jews on the basis of private land lease farming system) in Palestinian areas. Sharon's family's original surname was Schneiman, but later it was changed to Sharon Valley where the family was located.
Sharon has been very aggressive since childhood. In 1942, at the age of 14, Sharon joined GADNA, a Jewish youth paramilitary organization. While studying in Tel Aviv High School, Sharon majored in agriculture, politics and military affairs. During this period, he became a member of HAGGANAH, a Jewish underground armed organization. In 1945, Sharon began to receive formal military training as a training object for future Jewish army officers. In 1947, Sharon became the instructor of Hagana, responsible for the security of Jewish settlements and collective farms.
"growing up" in the war On May 14th, 1948, according to the relevant resolutions adopted by the United Nations on November 29th, 1947, the British mandate over Palestinian areas came to an end and the State of Israel was proclaimed. Less than 24 hours later, the Arab Coalition forces composed of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and other countries launched an attack on Israel. The newly formally established Israel Defense Forces immediately engaged in fierce fighting, and the first Middle East war broke out. At the beginning of the war, Sharon was promoted to platoon commander of the Alessandroni Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces. In the war, Sharon showed his extraordinary military talent.
In p>1949, Sharon transferred to the military intelligence department of the Israel Defense Forces, and was responsible for collecting information about Arab guerrillas active in Syria and Lebanon in northern Israel. From 1952 to 1953, Jewish settlements in Jerusalem were often attacked by Arab guerrillas from Jordan, and Sharon was responsible for directing Israeli commandos to take retaliatory military actions in Jordan. On this basis, Sharon was responsible for the formation of the 11st Special Commando of the Israeli Army. At the same time, Sharon entered the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, majoring in Middle East history and Far East history.
In p>1956, when the Second Middle East War (Suez Canal War) broke out, Sharon, who was brave in fighting, commanded Israeli paratroopers to capture the strategically important Milla Passage, which made great contributions to the Israeli army's final occupation of Sinai Peninsula. However, because of his repeated violations of military orders during the war, the Israeli military leadership was so disgusted with him that he could not be promoted for several years in a row.
In p>1957, Sharon, who felt that he was unpopular in the Israeli army, went to England to "change the environment" and studied military theory at the Cumberland Military Academy in England. Sharon returned to Israel in 1958 and was appointed as the brigade commander of an army brigade. At the same time, he returned to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to study law until he graduated in 1962. In 1962, Sharon was finally promoted and was awarded the rank of brigadier general of the army. At the same time, he was appointed as the brigade commander of an armored brigade. In 1964, Sharon was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Northern Military Region of the Israel Defense Forces. In 1966, Sharon was appointed as the commander of the training force of the Israel Defense Forces. In 1967, Sharon was promoted to the rank of Major General. In the same year, the third Middle East War (the Six-Day War) broke out, and Sharon commanded the Israeli army to recapture the control of the Milla Passage on Sinai Peninsula and captured the Suez Canal Corridor. In 1969, Sharon became the commander of the Northern Military Region of the Israel Defense Forces.
Because he knew that he was unpopular in the Israeli army, Sharon felt that he had little chance of being appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Israeli army. He couldn't help but feel a little frustrated and applied for retirement in June 1972. However, after the fourth Middle East War (Yom Kippur War) broke out in 1973, the militant Sharon could not help but go into battle again and command the Israeli army on the front line of Sinai Peninsula. In this war, Sharon commanded 27, Israeli soldiers to cross the Suez Canal and invade Egypt, which stopped the passive beating of the Israeli army, reversed the war situation in one fell swoop, and drew a fairly satisfactory full stop for his military career. After the Yom Kippur war, Sharon finally took off his military uniform and began to turn to political development.
Entering politics is still aggressive. From 1973 to 1974, with the support of Likud, Sharon was elected as a member of Knesset. In December 1974, Sharon resigned as a member of parliament, and left Likud Group to become the commander of Israel's reserve forces. Six months later, Sharon was appointed as his senior security adviser by former Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. In 1976, Sharon formed the "Peace Zion Party" and won two seats in the general election, but this small party soon disintegrated on its own. From 1977 to 1981, Sharon was re-elected as a member of the Knesset and formally joined the Likud Group. During this period, Sharon was appointed Minister of Agriculture by former Israeli Prime Minister Bei Jing and served as Chairman of the Resettlement Committee. He planned to build a large number of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza, which quickly doubled the number of Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Sharon's purpose was to try to block the connection between the West Bank and the Palestinian autonomous territories in the Gaza, making it difficult for Palestine to survive.
In p>1981, Sharon was appointed as the Minister of National Defense by Bei Jing, who was the second prime minister. In 1982, Sharon, who had been hard to change his belligerent temper for many years, took an adventurous action and sent troops to Lebanon, intending to drive all Palestinian refugees in Lebanon into Jordan. As a result, in September of that year, two Palestinian refugee camps in Sabra and Chatila in Lebanon were massacred, and hundreds of Palestinian women and children fell at the gunpoint of Israeli soldiers, which made the Israeli government unanimously condemned by the international community. In 1983, after investigation, the Israeli Knesset Investigation Committee held that Sharon, as the Minister of National Defense, was directly responsible for these two massacres in Palestinian refugee camps, so Sharon was forced to take the blame and resign and be transferred to a ministerial position.
from p>1984 to 199, when Israel's Labor Party and Likud Coalition government were in power, Sharon was appointed Minister of Industry and Trade by the then Prime Minister of Israel's Labor Party, Simon Perez. However, because of his opposition to Likud leader Chamil's policy of promoting the Middle East peace process, Chamil resigned as Minister of Industry and Trade after he became Prime Minister of Israel in 199, and was appointed Minister of Construction and Housing in the same year. During his tenure as Minister of Construction and Housing from 199 to 1992, Sharon tried his best to build Jewish settlements in the West Bank to accommodate Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union who poured into Israel after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union.
In June p>1992, the Likud Party was defeated in the general election, and the Labor Party government led by Rabin came to power again, and Sharon and his Likud Party turned into opposition. In 1996, Likud won again in the general election. As a "new force" of Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu defeated Simon Perez, a senior politician of the Labour Party, and became the Prime Minister of Israel. After Netanyahu took office, he customized the position of "Infrastructure Minister" for Sharon, a veteran of Likud Group, and appointed Sharon as Foreign Minister on October 9, 1998. On May 17th, 1999, the Likud Party was defeated again in the general election. After Netanyahu was defeated by Barak, he resigned as the leader of the Likud Party. On September 2nd of the same year, Sharon was elected as the new leader of the Likud Party.
■ Unique personality: push your luck. Some Israeli political commentators believe that Sharon's personality characteristics can be summarized in one word-push your luck. After Barak took office, he took drastic measures to promote the Middle East peace process and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which made Sharon extremely uneasy and tried his best to obstruct and destroy it in the Israeli parliament and the media. On September 28th, 2, Sharon's action of sabotaging the Israeli-Palestinian peace process reached its extreme-forced visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which was regarded as a "sacred place" by Palestinians under the protection of bodyguards, thus triggering the latest round of bloody conflict between Israel and Palestine, which lasted for several months and showed no signs of ending, resulting in nearly 4 deaths.
regarding the middle east peace process, Sharon has always adhered to the position of "peace for peace" and opposed the position of "land for peace". In Sharon's eyes, all Arab countries pose a threat to Israel's security. He resolutely opposes "the establishment of an autonomous Palestinian state on Israeli territory". Sharon showed unusual enthusiasm for building as many Jewish settlements as possible. He believed that if more than 2 million Jewish settlers were placed in the West Bank and the Gaza, Israel would be able to obtain adequate security. Sharon has always been proud that he has never shaken hands with Palestinian leader Arafat, and publicly denounced Arafat as a "liar and executioner" in an interview with The New Yorker magazine.
■ Attitude has gradually changed to pragmatism. However, after the signing of the Oslo peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, Sharon still adopted a more pragmatic attitude, admitting that he "cannot change history" and accepting the reality that Palestine will eventually establish a state. In order to win the support of the Israeli people as much as possible, Sharon has repeatedly stressed that he wants Israel and Palestine to "live in peace." As for Barak's government's failure to make progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Sharon believes that this is all because Barak has "made too many concessions", so that the Palestinian people's appetite has been hung too high. Sharon resolutely opposes Barak's plan to hand over 95% of the land in the West Bank and almost all the land in the Gaza to Palestine, claiming that he will never give another inch of land to the Palestinians after he takes office.
Sharon has always suspected that the United States is keen to intervene in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, and thinks that the wishful thinking of the United States is to force Israel to return to the sideline of the third Middle East war in 1967. Sharon also resented the United States' excessive interference in Israel's domestic affairs, quipped that Americans should not treat Israelis as "family members" too much, and called on Israelis not to "condescend like beggars" in front of Americans, opposed the Israeli economy's excessive dependence on American aid, and advocated that the Israeli economy should develop and grow as independently as possible. Sharon's hostile attitude towards the United States has made it difficult for successive American governments and most American politicians, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, to have a good impression on Sharon. When Sharon was forced to resign as Secretary of Defense in 1983 because of sending troops to Lebanon to make trouble, many officials of the US government even applauded. When Sharon visited the United States in May 1991, American government officials even refused to meet Sharon at the White House, which made Sharon lose face. But interestingly, the wealthy Jewish group, which has a strong influence on American politics, is a staunch supporter of Sharon.
With regard to Sharon's coming to power, the international community generally distrusts the aggressive and adventurous Israeli "Hawk". Many people who care about the Middle East peace process worry that Sharon's coming to power will fuel the tension in the Middle East, and its disastrous consequences will be far more serious than those brought by him as a general, a member of parliament and a minister. "For any Arab and any Muslim in the Middle East, it only means one thing," said Palestinian negotiator Erekat. "That is that Israel's door to peace is closed."