Suffered minor stroke at 8 pm local time
Was unconscious entering hospital.
Regained consciousness and is undergoing tests.
Prognosis unknown
Age 77
Weight Obese
Job function: Israeli Prime Minister since 2001
What this means is unknown. Sharon is known as a source of stability and of the past of Israel.
from CNN
The 77-year-old leader was wheeled into the hospital on a stretcher and was not lucid, according to CNN Correspondent John Vause, citing Israeli media. The hospital's deputy director said doctors were trying to determine whether Sharon had suffered a stroke but said he was conscious.
http://www.cnn.com/...
From the BBC
Leading neurologists have been asked to come to the hospital, Israeli television reports.
...The veteran Israeli politician, who has been prime minister since 2001, recently announced he was leaving the right-wing Likud party he helped found.
He has drawn supporters from both right and left for his new party, Kadima (Forward).
Polls suggest Kadima will come out on top in new elections scheduled for March.
Mr Sharon's health scare came from out of the blue, the BBC's Matthew Price says, but the life of the Israeli leader is a stressful one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4540550.stm
Ducktape Fatwa has this up at Booman Tribune
http://www.boomantribune.com/?op=displaystory;sid=2005/12/18/133928/60
One question brought up is what this means for the possible consolidation of power of Benjamin Netanyahu.