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Reminiscing about the young lion (Ariel Sharon)

On most afternoons, veterans from Israel's 1948 war of independence can be found around a table at a cafe in central Tel Aviv.

They are contemporaries of Ariel Sharon, the lionized Israeli prime minister who lies in a coma after suffering a massive stroke.

For them, the end of Mr. Sharon's political career also signals something of a swan song for their generation, which came to Israel in the shadow of two world wars and then fought for the country's birth and survival.
Read entire article at Washington Times