Zionist icon Sharansky marks 30 years of freedom from Soviet prison
Sharansky was regarded at the time as a symbol by everyone — the political left and right, religious and secular.
THEN PRIME MINISTER Shimon Peres greets newly released Prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky at Ben-Gurion Airport where he was flown from Germany after being freed from a Soviet prison, exactly 30 years ago on Thursday or February 11, 1986.Updated: