Former minister Shulamit Aloni dies at the age of 85.

[Israeli]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4480558,00.html

Former MK Avshalom Vilan (Meretz) commended Aloni for her fearlessness.

"She was a special breed, a brave woman who fought by herself against the entire system, and over the years she confronted the religious establishment for the rights of citizens and women."

Peace Now said her death was heartbreaking to the leftist movements.

"The pillar of fire has been extinguished," a statement read "Aloni was always a step ahead of the camp. Her ethical world and her courage changed the face of the Left in Israel and the public in general.

"She fought without bias for the values and positions that she stood for."

Sharon and Shulamit in the same year and same month at the same age .... which one will be remembered most ?

She was an exceptional woman ....she spoke the truth and was slandered for it .

The absolute opposite of Arik Sharon ... one a Right wing Zionist ...the other a Left wing post zionist .

RIP Shulamit.....all the eulogies from Bibi and Moshe Ya'alon even from Shimon Peres would make you smile ....if not laugh out loud .

[Israeli]

1. The legacy of Shulamit Aloni, our fearless teacher....

Shula made us aware of civil and human rights, the inequality of women, the plight of the gay community and the darkness of the occupation. Her legacy was great, but she didn't leave behind enough heirs.

By Yossi Sarid

Shula made us aware of civil rights for the first time, and it's her creed that we passed onto the generations that followed. Not only the state has rights, as we were taught, and the state is not a deity, demanding sacrifice and worship. I seriously doubt today's Education Ministry would allow tender souls to be corrupted by her civics books, which have not lost their worth.

She was one of the first to make us aware of the occupation. That untold region beyond the hills of darkness, in which only a few ever bother to take an interest. The day will come when the state of occupied territories and occupying settlers will consume the state of Israel, which will then cast off the form of democracy and take the shape of apartheid.

Who but Shula could single-handedly start a movement that for decades onward would have an actual impact on the quality of living in Israel? One can picture our political landscape without other, superfluous parties, but not without Meretz, for all its ups and downs. Never letting her convictions be scattered to the wind, Shula has sown them with her spirit in every virgin soil.

And above all, "you've got nothing to fear." And indeed she feared not. What she had to say she said, even when you didn’t want to listen. You may have lost out on her, but Shula won herself integrity and an inimitable image.

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.570417

This is the woman that shira and others on here called a liar .
Shame on you all .