For Israel , it has been a typically tumultuous year : Ariel Sharon , then the prime minister , collapsed into a coma on Jan. 4 , the radical Islamic group Hamas won Palestinian elections later that month , and Israel fought a monthlong war in Lebanon this summer .
Ariel Sharon
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Ariel Sharon
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Ariel Sharon
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