Israeli journalist (he reports for the Jerusalem Post, Maariv, and the New York Post), Uri Dan has written a biography of his close friend, entitled Ariel Sharon: An Intimate Portrait. Released in October of 2006, the 292 page volume may be better described as a series of vignettes. I am much disappointed in the person Sharon evolved into. One of his last decisions as prime minister was the ill-fated Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Rather than bringing about peace, the result has been thousands of terrorist rockets raining down on the Israeli communities of Sderot (at least one of them landed a few feet from the Sderot Public Library, resulting in the hospitalization of several Israelis), Ashkelon, Nahal Oz, and others. But Ariel Sharon still intrigues me..he is still somebody I admire, warts and all.
As for Uri Dan, he is a terrific writer, and despite the fact that he is an Israeli, he has always maintained a journalistic objectivity when reporting about events in the Middle East (compare that to the biased dispatches of the Gaza-based Palestinian stringer, Ibrahim Barzak). In fact, when reporting, Dan is a bit too objective for my taste. He's taken to sometimes calling Palestinian TERRORISTS...militants. I wish he'd stop doing that.
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