From a BBC round-up of Arab reaction to Sharon’s stroke:
One Palestinian listed what he described as Mr Sharon’s crimes and then said he wished the Arab world had a leader like him.
Several Arab papers sound a similar note.
“Courage and objectivity require us to admit that Ariel Sharon has lived all his life for his people’s benefit,” a commentary in Jordan’s al-Dustur reads.
“If he were an Arab leader and behaved as he has done in Israel, he would have been the idol of the masses from the Atlantic to the Gulf.”
