Israelis were on Sunday paying their last respects to Ariel Sharon, whose controversial life inspired admiration and provoked revulsion and whose death drew emotional reaction even after eight years in a coma. Celebrated as a military hero at home, recognized as a pragmatic politician abroad and despised as a bloodthirsty criminal by the Palestinians and the Arab world, the former premier was nothing if not a polarizing figure.
The white-haired former general had been in coma since January 4, 2006, following a massive stroke which felled him at the height of his political career. Ahead of his funeral on Monday, Sharon's coffin was laid in the plaza outside the Knesset, or parliament, from 1000 GMT for the public to pay their last respects.
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