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Article: Where's Ariel Sharon's Sharon?
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- Jerusalem Post
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- June 7, 2001
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URI DAN
Jerusalem Post
06-07-2001
Headline: Where's Ariel Sharon's Sharon?
Byline: URI DAN
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 08
Thursday, June 7, 2001 -- The first prime minister and defense minister, David Ben-Gurion was fortunate to have in the ranks of the IDF Lieut.-Col. Ariel Sharon, whom he appointed paratroop commander. But Prime Minister Ariel Sharon does not yet have his own special Sharon.
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