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Where did Ariel Sharon grow up?

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Ariel Sharon was born in Kefar Malal, Palestine (now in Israel), and grew up in a family of Russian immigrants in the region during the period of British rule. His formative years were shaped by his involvement in the secular, socialist Labour Zionist movement and the Haganah, an underground Zionist militia he joined at age 14.12