Jetpak: Ariel Sharon
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e1a232ac-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2f"I do believe Ariel Sharon is a man of peace"
George W BushUS president, speaking in 2002
What impact will Sharon crisis have?
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Israeli PM Sharon rushed to hospital
Ariel Sharon, 77, the Israeli Prime Minister has been admitted to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem after suffering what doctors are calling a serious stroke.
January 4 stroke
On January 4, 2006, 22:50 Israel Time (UTC 2), Sharon suffered a massive hemorrhagic stroke, with bleeding in the brain, and was evacuated by ambulance to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem to undergo brain surgery. His prognosis was reported as "extremely bleak" after the surgery, and he was placed on a respirator in intensive care. Hadassah director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef reported at 14:00 Israel Time, following the seven-hour surgery, that the bleeding had stopped: "All the parameters are according to expectations after an operation of this type." Sharon's status is "stable but still severe." The doctors estimate his chances for recovery as being "very low." Sharon's brain is reported to have suffered "extensive damage." On the morning of January 6, he will undergo a CT test, but only on sunday will doctors attempt to revive him to begin assessing the mental and motoric ramifications of the stroke.
Israelis woke up to the news that their prime minister, Ariel Sharon, had suffered a massive stroke and brain haemorrhage
Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, general director of Hadassah hospital, tells reporters Sharon is in intensive care.
"The gravity of Sharon's condition reshuffles all the political cards " Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot
By Saul Hudson WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's bid to resolve the Middle East conflict and forge a Palestinian state will likely grind to a halt without Ariel Sharon running Israel and setting the pace for the White House. "Israeli policy is going to go nowhere and as a consequence American policy goes into suspended animation," said Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East program at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Doctors prolong Sharon sedation
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to be kept heavily sedated as he fights for his life after suffering a major stroke on Wednesday.
Doctors in Jerusalem say they will keep the 77-year-old leader in an "induced coma" for up to 72 hours.
The issue of Israel's borders remains unsolved
This is not the first time that Ariel Sharon has had a stroke.
