Israel’s Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon (4th L) walks past Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat (2nd L) during the Middle East peace summit at the Wye River Conference centre October 21, 1998, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO). Sharon, the former Israeli general and prime minister who was in a coma for eight years after he had a stroke at the height of his power, died on January 11, 2014 aged 85, Israeli Army radio said, quoting a relative of his family. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/GPO/Handout (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS PROFILE OBITUARY) ATTENTION EDITORS – FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. ISRAEL OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ISRAEL