'Sharon is facing a serious threat to his life, and if he is not treated with kidney dialysis he could die within several days.'
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon died on Saturday at a hospital near Tel Aviv after being in a comatose state for the past eight years following a stroke. He was 85.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006, is in a critical condition after "serious deterioration" in his health with vital organs failing over the past few days, his doctor said on Thursday.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, hailed as a military hero at home and loathed in the Arab world as a war criminal, was on Monday laid to rest at his family ranch in southern Israel after a state funeral.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was facing "imminent" death with doctors pessimistic about his life-threatening condition, the hospital where he has been in coma since a 2006 stroke said on Sunday.
'The Vajpayee government is bringing ignominy and shame upon itself by honouring a fanatical leader like Mr Sharon.'
In his invitation the Israeli prime minister told his Indian counterpart that he would be 'among friend' in Israel.
'I promised President Bush three years ago not to attack Arafat, but I am no longer bound by that promise,' he said.
The Indian prime minister described his Israeli counterpart's visit as an important landmark in bilateral relations.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee said India has not diluted its stand on the Palestinian cause.
Sharon was ailing from an undiagnosed disease in his brain blood vessels.
'India understands our point of view, that is why they invited our foreign minister to visit India before Sharon's visit,' says the Palestinian ambassador to India.
Sharon, Musharraf may hold historic summit
Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to India is set to establish a strong business platform at the highest level between India and Israel, Avigdor Itzchaky, director general, Prime Ministers Office, Israel, said.
Ariel Sharon was not at home at the time of the incident.
Ariel Sharon's three-day visit, the first by any Israeli PM, will be the first highest level contact between the countries after the then Israeli president Ezer Wiezman's 1997 tour.
Whether the ceasefire holds will depend on the militant Palestinian outfits and the rightwing in Israel.
Defence ministry sources said George Fernandes gave the assurance to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
'But we must make sure it should not be seen as if we are distancing ourselves from our Arab friends. We should not accept the communal tinge some terrorist groups may like to exploit,' says former foreign secretary Salman Haider.
Israel has acceded to requests by the Palestinian Authority in this regard.
Busloads of evacuation troops arrived at the gates of Netzarim on Monday for the historic emptying of the last remaining Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, even as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon spoke of expanding existing settlements in West Bank.
An article in the magazine on Dr Singh by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said, "The man in the blue turban, despite his great success, has remained approachable and ready to listen and instinctively sympathetic to the underdogs of society."
'Arafat for years led the ideology that it is possible to achieve by the force of arms and the path of terror what might have been achieved by negotiation,' Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said.
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