Israeli PM suffers serious stroke

Enoch · Jan 6, 2006

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Sharon would squash Bibi like a bug because the majority of Israelis supported Sharon and the Gaza pullout.

Joseph Botwinick </font>[/QUOTE]Much has happened since the Gaza pullout that many people have seen the objective of the Palestinians and their so called peace. The façade is over and many have seen reality.

Enoch · Jan 6, 2006

AP

The following blog is from Jerusalem where AP staffers Aron Heller and Sara Toth covered the story of Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's health crisis.

FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 7 p.m.

IN A TAXI, JERUSALEM

Cabbie Shlomo Avital makes his last drive from Hadassah on his way home for the Sabbath. He's not much different than those he has driven today, reflecting on the life of Sharon, a man he's met twice and deeply respects.

"He was first of all a person, and that's what people loved about it," he said. "I didn't always agree with him, but I always admired him. He's the last of the Mohicans."

-- Aron Heller

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FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2 p.m. local

HADASSAH HOSPITAL, JERUSALEM

Sharon is going into surgery again after complications in a CAT scan. As if an omen, the skies suddenly become overcast.

The mood is darker, too. Hospital officials are edgier, less inclined to talk. The security is tighter, now no cellphones, or recording devices are allowed inside.

The prime minister's chain-smoking advisers shuffle nervously in the main lobby. Even Raanan Gissin, Sharon's energetic spokesman, seems downcast.

Now there are more journalists than ever: Hebrew, English, Arabic, Russian and other languages mixing in the air as live reports are broadcast to the entire world.

At 6 p.m., Mor-Yosef returns to announce that Sharon has survived his second brain operation.

-- Aron Heller

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FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 7 a.m. local

HADASSAH HOSPITAL, JERUSALEM

His eyes baggy, shoulders stooped and hands nervously clasped, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef emerges again to face the snapping cameras and the eager reporters. Hadassah's director delivers a brief statement in Hebrew, followed by one in English, that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has survived the night, before quickly disappearing again into the hospital.

It's a drill that has been repeated several times since Sharon arrived about 33 hours ago after suffering a massive stroke. In this time, Mor-Yosef has become more than just the face of the hospital, he has become a window to the world, a seemingly shy doctor uneasy with the task bestowed upon him of conveying the somber news.

The contrast between the interior and exterior of the hospital is striking. Outside, a major media frenzy unfolds. Inside, an eerie quiet, with patients, visitors and medical staff going about their daily business. Aside from the barricaded ward on the seventh floor, the only reminder of the drama unfolding around comes from the televisions blaring live broadcasts in the lobbies of each floor.

In the basement, some 25 religious men pray as usual at the hospital synagogue. Only today, many said, the man lying unconscious seven floors above was in the back of their minds.

It seemed so for everyone in the hospital. Sharon's condition has been the water-cooler talk here ever since he arrived, with doctors, patients and visitors speculating about the status of the prestigious guest.

The seventh floor of the hospital, where Sharon lies, is a virtual fortress. with all entrances sealed, armed policemen and guards evicting anyone not permitted there.

-- Aron Heller

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KenH · Jan 6, 2006

"Significant improvement".

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