Ariel Sharon (Hebrew:  ××¨×™××œ שרון‎, Arabic: أرئيل شارون‎, Ariʼēl Sharōn, also known by his diminutive Arik, אַריק, born Ariel Scheinermann, אריאל שיינרמן‎; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli statesman and general, who served as the 11th…