FAMOUS ISRAELI

ARIEL SHARON
Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel?s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a persistent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006.

ITZHAK PERLMAN
Itzhak Perlman was born in 1945 and is an Israeli-born violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is regarded as one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th and early-21st centuries.