It's made headlines across the Middle East....former Isreali Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is now in a life-theatening condition and unlikely to rally.
Hospital officials here in Jerusalem say he is suffering from a malfunction of several of his organs, including the kidneys.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ZEEV ROTSTEIN, DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL, SAYING:
"Mr Ariel Sharon is hospitalised in our hospital for the last seven years shows some signs of deterioration during the following two days
The world media watches and waits, for news of the 85 year-old, who has been in a coma and a vegetative state since a stroke in 2006
(SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER AIDE TO SHARON, RAANAN GISSIN, SAYING:
"We don't know, there is no doubt that there is a deterioration in his condition in his kidneys and so forth and some assessment of doctors is that this is a matter of time of days maybe hours that Ariel Sharon will not be with us. This is a very sad moment for me because I was his