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JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a “significant” stroke Wednesday, a hospital official said, after Sharon was taken to the hospital from his ranch in the Negev desert.
Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said Sharon suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, is under general anesthetic and is receiving breathing assistance and was being taken for treatment. Cabinet Secretary Yisrael Maimon said Sharon’s authorities have been transferred to his vice premier, Ehud Olmert.
In a brief statement outside the hospital, Mor-Yosef said Sharon had suffered “a significant stroke,” adding that he was “under anesthetic and receiving breathing assistance.” A few minutes later, Mor-Yosef emerged to say that initial tests showed Sharon had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, or bleeding inside his brain.
Addressing reporters in English, Mor-Yosef said Sharon had “massive bleeding and was being transferred to an operating theater.”
Who Is Ehud Olmert – Israel’s Acting PM »»
Ehud Olmert is Israel’s Acting Prime Minister
According to Israeli Law for a maximum of 100 days. In worse case scenario for present condition of Ariel Sharon, this period would cover the planned general elections set for March 28, 2006. The planned withdrawal of the Likud minister in the present cabinet of Ariel Sharon will most likely be reversed, to keep the Israeli nation united in the major event of today.
(WIKIPEDIA) Ehud Olmert was born September 30, 1945 in Binyamina, Israel.
From 1993 to 2003, Ehud Olmert served for two terms of office as Mayor of Jerusalem, during which time he devoted himself to the initiation and advancement of major projects in the city, the development and improvement of the education system and the development of road infrastructure. He also spearheaded the development of the light rail system in Jerusalem and the investment of millions of shekels in the development of mass transportation options for the City.
On August 7, 2005, Olmert was appointed as acting Finance Minister of Israel, replacing Benjamin Netanyahu, who had resigned in protest against the planned Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Olmert, who had originally opposed withdrawing from land captured in the Middle East War of 1967, and who had voted against the Camp David Peace Accords in 1978, is a vocal supporter of the Gaza Pullout. “I voted against Menachem Begin,” Olmert said in after his appointment. “I told him it was a historic mistake, how dangerous it would be, and so on and so on. Now I am sorry he is not alive for me to be able to publicly recognize his wisdom and my mistake. He was right and I was wrong. Thank God we pulled out of the Sinai.”
By Daniel Seidemann
(1998) — In recent months, Jerusalem’s Mayor Ehud Olmert has been engaged in a well oiled public relations campaign geared to set the stage for the “demolition derby” planned by himself in East Jerusalem. Mr. Olmert intends to demolish tens, if not hundreds of illegally built homes in the Palestinian sector of the city, and has even expedited the establishment of a police unit specially detailed to maintain order at the demolitions.
As part of his marketing campaign, Olmert appeared before the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in July of 1997, before whom he offered justifications and statistics intended to convince the Knesset members of the vital need to engage in the mass demolitions. An examination of the statistics presented by Mr. Olmert at this session is worthwhile, and can teach us much about the man and the city he heads.
The Orient House is the Palestinian national gathering place for Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem. As the PLO Headquarters in the occupied city, the Orient House aspires to develop Arab East Jerusalem as the capital of the emerging Palestinian state and is today the only Palestinian establishiment in the city to wave the Palestinian flag.
Israeli Cabinet defies EU over Jerusalem – 14 March 1999
… Until the Israeli occupation in Arab East Jerusalem ends, the Orient House will continue to advocate Palestinian aspirations of independence, dignity and freedom.
On the 10th of August 2001 Israeli Authorities again illegally occupied and closed the Orient House. The Israeli army and police have confiscated all the computer equipment, files, data and valuable confidential information regarding issues on Jerusalem, which were intended to be used in negotiations with the Israeli government.
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
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