以色列爲去世的總理沙龍舉行追思儀式

Israel is holding a state meMorial service for former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who died Saturday at the age of 85.

The service Monday at the country's parliament will be followed by a private funeral at Mr. Sharon's ranch in the Negev desert in southern Israel.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and former British prime minister Tony Blair are among those speaking at the memorial. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said officials from Russia, Germany, Spain, Canada and the Czech Republic are also among those attending the service.

Mr. Sharon's body lay in state for several hours in parliament Sunday as mourners paid their last respects.

He served as Israel's prime minister from 2001 until 2006 when he had a massive stroke that left him in a coma for the last eight years of his life.以色列爲前總理沙龍舉行全國追思儀式。沙龍星期六去世，終年85歲。

追思儀式於星期一在以色列議會大廈舉行，隨後將在以色列南部內蓋夫地區沙龍的農場舉行私人安葬儀式。

美國副總統拜登和前英國首相布萊爾在追思儀式上發言。以色列總理內塔尼亞胡的辦
公室說，俄羅斯、德國、西班牙、加拿大和捷克共和國的官員也出席了追思儀式。

沙龍的遺體星期天在以色列議會大廈安放幾小時，供悼念者瞻仰。

沙龍從2001年擔任以色列總理，直至至2006年中風。在中風後的8年中，他再也沒有恢復知覺。