PHOTOS: Ariel Sharon memorial and funeral in Israel
January 13, 2014
Mourners place flowers and pay their last respects to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his funeral at Havat Hashikmim on January 13, 2014 in Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 462438451 )
Israeli military deliver the coffin of the body of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to lie in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. A memorial service was held today, followed by a funeral near Sycamore Farm, the former prime minister's residence. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died Saturday after suffering from a multiple organ failure. Sharon, 85, was hospitalized in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and has been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 461966209 )
A woman cries as former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 462008995 )
Israeli generals salute the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as it lies in state at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images) ( 461966825 )
A man prays as former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 462015897 )
Israelis line the route as a military vehicle carries the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his funeral at his family farm, Havat Shikmim, in Southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Israel said its final farewell to the late Ariel Sharon on Monday, staging a state ceremony outside the parliament building before taking his flag-draped coffin on a cross-country procession to its final resting place at his home in southern Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ( Mideast Israel Ariel Sharon )
The sons of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Gilad, 4th left, and Omri, 5th left, attend their father's funeral near Sycamore Farm, Sharon's residence in southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Sharon was laid to rest Monday at his ranch in southern Israel as the nation bid a final farewell to one of its most colorful and influential leaders- a man venerated by supporters as a warrior and statesman but reviled in the Arab world as a war criminal.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool) ( Mideast Israel Ariel Sharon )
Israeli army officers carry the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his funeral near Sycamore Farm, Sharon's residence in southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool) ( Mideast Israel Ariel Sharon )
Workers prepare the grave of late former PM Ariel Sharon next to his wife Lili Sharon's grave on January 12, 2014 in Havat Hashikmim, Israel.(Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 461958799 )
Members of an Israeli honour guard prepare ahead of the arrival of Israeli military delivering the coffin of the body of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to lie in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 461966211 )
An Israeli woman stands in line as she waits to pay her last respects to Ariel Sharon out side the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), where his body is lying in state on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 461967335 )
An Israeli man lights a candle as former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 462008985 )
Israelis stand in line to pay their last respect to Ariel Sharon outside the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), where his body is lying in state on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 461967329 )
Israel's President Shimon Peres (C-R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) offer their condolences to the family of late premier Ariel Sharon as Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman looks on (C-L) during a state memorial service at the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem on January 13, 2014, as Israel was burying one of its most skilled but controversial political and military leaders who was hailed internationally for his tireless dedication to the Jewish state. Sharon died at the age of 85 following eight years in a coma. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images) ( 525982061 )
Israel's President Shimon Peres lays a wreath on the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as it lies in state at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images) ( 461966833 )
From L to R: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L), Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Defence Minister Moshe Yalon attend a state memorial service for the Jewish state's former premier Ariel Sharon at the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem on January 13, 2014, as Israel was burying one of its most skilled but controversial political and military leaders who was hailed internationally for his tireless dedication to the Jewish state. Sharon died at the age of 85 following eight years in a coma. (GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images) ( 525982637 )
People gather as former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 461967345 )
An Israeli military officer arranges the wreaths laid on the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as it lies in state at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images) ( 461966829 )
A member of the Israeli military lays his hand on the coffin of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as it lies in state at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images) ( 461966827 )
A man sits next to a portrait of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as his body lies in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 462008981 )
A woman takes a picture as former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies in state at Knesset Plaza on January 12, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel.(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 462015889 )
US Vice President Joe Biden (R), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) and his wife Sara and Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (L) during a state memorial service for Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Israel's parliament, the Knesset on January 13, 2014 in Jerusalem, Israel. A military ceremony for Ariel Sharon was held in at Latrun before he was buried near Sycamore Farm, the former Prime Minister's residence, beside the grave of his wife Lili. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ( 462350349 )
An honor guard carries wreaths in front of the coffin of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon during the state memorial service at the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) in Jerusalem on January 13, 2014. Israel paid homage to Ariel Sharon at a memorial service honouring one of its most skilled but controversial leaders who was hailed internationally for his dedication to the Jewish state. (GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images) ( 525979853 )
Israelis arrive to the funeral ceremony of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on January 13, 2014 in Havat Hashikmim, Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) ( 462448045 )
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays tribute during the funeral of late former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his burial site at Sycamore Farm, on January 13, 2014 in Havat Hashikmim, Negev, Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Kobi Gideon / GPO via Getty Images) ( 462428041 )
People observe the burial ceremony for Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Havat Hashikmim on January 13, 2014 in Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 462437285 )
People observe the burial ceremony for Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Havat Hashikmim on January 13, 2014 in Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 462437073 )
People observe the burial ceremony for Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Havat Hashikmim on January 13, 2014 in Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 462441463 )
A mourner wearing a yarmulke, reading 'Ariel Sharon Hero of Israel' pays his last respects at the grave of Israel's former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during the funeral at Havat Hashikmim on January 13, 2014 in Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images) ( 462438439 )
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) lays a wreath during the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Sycamore Farm, on January 13, 2014 in Havat Hashikmim, Israel. Former PM Ariel Sharon's died on Saturday aged 85 in Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv and had been in a coma since January 4, 2006. (Photo by Baz Ratner - Pool/Getty Images) ( 462442847 )
An Israeli touches the soil of the grave of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's where he was buried earlier in the day next to his second wife Lily, on January 13, 2014 at the family ranch Havat Shikmin, near the Israeli city of Sderot in the southern Negev desert. (JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) ( 525987641 )
A Jewish Orthodox man prays at the grave of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's where he was buried earlier in the day next to his second wife Lily, on January 13, 2014 at the family ranch Havat Shikmin, near the Israeli city of Sderot in the southern Negev desert. Sharon died on January 11, at the age of 85, after spending eight years in a coma that struck him at the height of a decades-long career which saw him lauded as a military hero and statesman, but also reviled as a warmongering criminal. (JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) ( 525987666 )
Israeli soldiers carry wreaths of flowers for the burial ceremony of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon's as his body arrives at the grave site where his second wife Lily is buried, on January 13, 2014 at the family ranch Havat Shikmin, near the Israeli city of Sderot in the southern Negev desert. (JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images) ( 525981798 )
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