Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in hospital under anesthetic and on a respirator after suffering a "significant stroke," officials said. Powers were transferred from Sharon to Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the officials added. Sharon is running for a third term as prime minister, and many Israelis feel he is vital to carrying forward peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but he has now suffered two strokes in less than a month.
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It seems that every time some progress is made toward peace that something happens to thwart it. I wish him the best.