1 Outgoing Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (L) looks at newly appointed foreign minister Tzipi Livni during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 2 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, is escorted by a bodyguard as he arrives to a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 3 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the empty chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as he opens a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 4 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pauses as he opens a special cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had surgery overnight to replace his breathing tube, the hospital where he is being treated said in a statement Wednesday morning. Sharon, who has been in a coma since suffering a stroke Jan. 4, remains in critical but stable condition, the statement from Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital said. (AP Photo/David Silverman, Pool) 5 Outgoing Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (L) greets newly appointed foreign minister Tzipi Livni during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 6 Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni speaks a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 7 Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni smiles during a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 8 Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attends a ceremony at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert filled out his cabinet, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 9 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen in Jerusalem in this January 5, 2005 file photo. Sharon underwent a surgical procedure overnight to change a respiratory pipe after a technical problem was found, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Nir Elias/Files 10 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits between minister Tzachi Hanegbi (L) and ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's empty chair during a special cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 18, 2006. Olmert filled out his cabinet on Wednesday, appointing members from his centrist Kadima party to top posts two weeks after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was incapacitated by a stroke. REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool 11 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert answers a question during a press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 12 In this photo made available by the Israeli Government Press Office, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, greets the European Union's External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, right, during a meeting in Jerusalem Tuesday Jan. 17, 2006. On the second day of her visit to the region Ferrero-Waldner met with Olmert to express the EU's concern over the health of Ariel Sharon.(AP Photo/Amos Ben-Gershom, GPO) 13 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,center, leaves a press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 14 An Orthodox Jewish walks past Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 15 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with Israeli President Moshe Katsav at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 16 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, is greeted by Israeli President Moshe Katsav as he arrives for a press conference at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 17 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert listens to a question during a meeting at the President's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that he hopes to resume talks for a final peace agreement with the Palestinians after Israel's March 28 election. Olmert took over from Ariel Sharon as Israel's leader following Sharon's Jan. 4 stroke. Olmert-watchers say he is more amenable to talks than was Sharon, who didn't consider the Palestinians to be trustworthy negotiating partners. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 18 Doctor Felix Umansky (L), the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor Yosef speak to the press at the hospital in Jerusalem. Sharon blinked his eyes as a tape of his grandson was being played but medics treating Israel's coma-stricken premier said it was too early to assess the significance of the development.(AFP/File/Menahem Kahana) 19 An ultra-Orthodox Jew is seen through the glass outside the entrance to the emergency ward of Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated. Sharon blinked his eyes as a tape of his grandson was being played but medics treating Israel's coma-stricken premier said it was too early to assess the significance of the development.(AFP/Pool/File/Jonathan Weizmann) 20 Palestinians walk outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke.(AP Photo/Oded balilty) 21 Israelis who immigrated from France point upwards trying to guess in which room Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke.(AP Photo/Oded balilty) 22 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec. 1, 2005, file photo. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file) 23 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec. 1, 2005, file photo. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file) 24 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives to a question and answer session with Israeli news editors at the Journalist's Association in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Dec. 1, 2005, file photo. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family told doctors Monday he twitched his eyelids, but hospital officials said it's too early to say whether the movement is a sign of recovery from a devastating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, file) 25 A man walks past Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem, January 16, 2006. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 26 A woman is reflected in the mirror of a bike at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 27 A doctor carries X-ray charts outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 28 An ambulance driver waits outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 29 A doctor and a companion walk outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 30 Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef (L) walks outside where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 31 An Orthodox Jewish looks from the security entrance of Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 32 A nurse looks out from a window at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 16, 2006. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 33 Kadima members, including Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center left, are seen during a party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 34 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, talks with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 35 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert listens during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 36 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, right, and Kadima members, from left to right, Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz, Jacov Edrey and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni applaud during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 37 Ariel Sharon is seen at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, March 28, 2005. Sharon opened his eyes twice on Monday after family members played a tape of his grandson's voice, aides said, raising hopes the 77-year-old stroke victim may be emerging from a coma. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 38 An Israeli flag flutters in front of the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem. (AP/Emilio Morenatti) 39 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, March 28, 2005. The hospital treating Sharon denied a report on Monday the comatose leader had opened his eyes for the first time since a massive stroke on January 4. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 40 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gestures during a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 41 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, gestures as he walks with Infrastructure Minister Ronni Bar'On, right, as a bodyguard looks as they arrive at a Kadima Party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Ariel Sharon's Kadima Party on Monday chose Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for him as party chairman, Army Radio reported. Olmert will lead the party into March 28 elections. Polls show Kadima dominating the balloting, despite Sharon's incapacitation by a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 42 An Israeli flag flutters in front of the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Sharon will undergo a tracheotomy Sunday night to help wean him off a respirator that has been helping him breathe since he suffered a massive stroke Jan. 4, hospital officials said. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition Sunday evening ahead of the surgery, the hospital said in a statement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 43 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, seen here in August 2005, underwent a successful tracheotomy at the Jerusalem hospital where he has spent the past 11 days in a coma, the hospital said.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) 44 In this photo made available by the Israeli Government Press Office, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with British Telecom Chief Executive Ben Verwaayen, right, in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Israel's attorney general directed Ehud Olmert to continue serving as acting prime minister Sunday as doctors prepared to perform a tracheotomy on Ariel Sharon, who has been unconscious since suffering a devastating stroke 11 days ago.(AP Photo/Avi Ohayon, GPO) 45 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk into the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 15, 2006. Sharon is expected to undergo a tracheotomy Sunday night unidentified hospital officials have said. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition Sunday evening ahead of the surgery, the hospital said in a statement. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 46 A woman passes a roundabout traffic sign at Hadassah hospital, where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 13, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 47 Israel's acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Olmert has formally submitted the proposals to cabinet colleagues at only their second regular meeting since premier Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke 11 days ago.(AFP/Pool/Jim Hollander) 48 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the vacant chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 49 Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Ehud Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 50 Israel's Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz (L) chats with Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (R) who is expected to be named today as the new Foreign Minister, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 51 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to the vacant chair of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 52 Israel's interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 53 Israel's Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert opens the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 15, 2006. Olmert will remain Israel's interim prime minister until a March 28 general election, barring a change in the condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, political sources said on Sunday. They said Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz planned to declare later in the day that Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4, was in a state of 'protracted temporary incapacitation', effectively extending Olmert's tenure as his replacement. REUTERS/Jim Hollander/Pool 54 An Orthodox Jewish man pushes himself on a wheelchair outside Hadassah hospital, where the critically ill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 14, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 55 Israeli security men stand guard in front of a wall covered with electoral posters as part of the campaigns for the parliamentary election in the divided West Bank town of Abu Dis. Ariel Sharon remained in a coma 10 days after a massive stroke amid increasing worries over his health, as cabinet colleagues prepared to approve Palestinian voting in annexed east Jerusalem.(AFP/Awad Awad) 56 Ariel Sharon, seen here in August 2005, remained in a coma 10 days after a massive stroke amid increasing worries over his health, as cabinet colleagues prepared to approve Palestinian voting in annexed east Jerusalem.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) 57 A billboard showing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen backdropped by buildings in Jerusalem, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Ariel Sharon is still receiving a small amount of sedatives and remains comatose in critical but stable condition, a hospital official said Saturday, 10 days after the Israeli leader suffered a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 58 An Orthodox Jewish man pushes himself on a wheelchair outside Hadassah hospital, where the critically ill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 14, 2006. Doctors tending to Sharon are concerned that the Israeli prime minister has not shown signs of emerging from a coma and may take longer than hoped to regain consciousness, hospital sources said on Friday. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 59 Comic actor Asi Levi portrays Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef, caught in front of microphones in his bathroom, during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet' at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. The show's title translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country'. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 60 Comic actor Asi Levi portrays Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef, caught in front of microphones in his bathroom, during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet' at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. The show's title translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country'. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 61 Comic actor Dov Navon (L) portrays a television reporter and Asi Levi plays Hadassah hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef during a taping of the top-rated Israeli satirical show 'Eretz Nehederet', which translates from Hebrew to 'A Wonderful Country', at a television studio in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. The character of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon usually makes an entrance on the show, but the character did not appear this week out of respect for the prime minister who is critically ill. Picture taken January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 62 Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Hadassah Hospital director, and anaesthesiologist Yoram Weiss (L) brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, January 10, 2006. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 63 Israeli Shimon Peres, the Labor Party elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who abandoned his party to join ailing Israeli Prime Minsiter Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima , arrives surrounded by security to a convention in Tel Aviv Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Ariel Sharon's centrist Kadima party has steadily gained support since the prime minister's Jan. 4 massive stroke, according to polls published Friday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit ) 64 Israeli Shimon Peres, the Labor Party elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who abandoned his party to join ailing Prime Minsiter Ariel Sharon's new party Kadima, makes a toast before speaking at a convention in Tel Aviv, Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Ariel Sharon's centrist Kadima party has steadily gained support since the prime minister's Jan. 4 massive stroke, according to polls published Friday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit ) 65 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a vote at the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, March 28, 2005. Sharon's doctors are worried that they have not yet been able to wake him from an induced coma after he suffered a massive stroke, an Israeli news Web site reported on Friday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 66 An unidentified woman looks out from a window at the Hadassah hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem Friday Jan. 13, 2006. Sharon's condition remains unchanged, critical but stable, according to a statement early Friday from Hadassah hospital. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 67 Doctors treating Ariel Sharon, seen here in 2005, said a scan carried out found no more traces of blood in the Israeli premier's brain following last week's massive stroke(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon) 68 Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem March 27, 2005. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke, medical sources said. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 69 Surrounded by bodyguards and aides Israel's Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives at a polling station to vote in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 70 Israeli Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Three of the rightist Likud party's four cabinet ministers resigned on Thursday in a move ordered by Netanyahu but that had been put on hold after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke last week. The resignations will have no direct impact on the viability of Israel's caretaker government, led by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ahead of a March 28 general election. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 71 Israeli Likud parliament member and candidate Gilad Ardan run during a heavy rain to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Three of the rightist Likud party's four cabinet ministers resigned on Thursday in a move ordered by Benjamin Netanyahu but that had been put on hold after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke last week. The resignations will have no direct impact on the viability of Israel's caretaker government, led by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ahead of a March 28 general election. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 72 Israel's Likud Party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 73 Israeli Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Three of the rightist Likud party's four cabinet ministers resigned on Thursday in a move ordered by Netanyahu but that had been put on hold after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke last week. The resignations will have no direct impact on the viability of Israel's caretaker government, led by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ahead of a March 28 general election. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 74 Israel's Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves after voting in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 75 Israel's Likud Party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves after votong in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 76 Israel's Likud Party leader and Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes in the party's primaries in Tel Aviv, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. The central committee of the Likud party was expected to choose a list of candidates Thursday for March 28 national elections, with polls showing the party losing more than half its strength from the last vote _ when Sharon was the leader. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 77 Israeli Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and parliament member Natan Sheransky (with cap) arrive to vote for the Likud primary election in Tel Aviv January 12, 2006. Three of the rightist Likud party's four cabinet ministers resigned on Thursday in a move ordered by Natanyahu but that had been put on hold after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke last week. The resignations will have no direct impact on the viability of Israel's caretaker government, led by interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ahead of a March 28 general election. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 78 An ultra-orthodox Jew walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early January 11, 2006. (Jonathan Weitzman/Reuters) 79 Members of television crews pack up their equipment from outside Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem, January 11, 2006. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) 80 A woman walks past a banner in support of the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where he remains in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 81 A security guard makes a phone call outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 82 Israeli members of the media take rest under a tent outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 83 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father is in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 84 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father is in critical condition, Thursday Jan 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Sharon remained comatose a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered his Likud party's Cabinet ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 85 U.S. assistant Secretary of State, David Welsh listens to Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, not seen, prior to their meeting in Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improved but remained comatose in a hospital a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet.((AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 86 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz speaks prior to a meeting with U.S. assistant Secretary of State, David Welsh, not seen, in Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improved but remained comatose in a hospital a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 87 Members of television crews rest outside Hadassah Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem January 12, 2006. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 88 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, arrives at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 12, 2006. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 89 Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, left, meets U.S. assistant Secretary of State, David Welsh in Tel Aviv Thursday Jan. 12, 2006. Israel returned to politics Thursday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon improved but remained comatose in a hospital a week after a massive stroke, with his allies jockeying for position and his main rival ordering his party's ministers to quit the Cabinet.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 90 A Jewish man prays for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a synagogue in the Bulgarian capital Sofia January 12, 2006. Doctors could end Sharon's sedation on Thursday in the boldest bid yet to rouse him from an induced coma and assess brain damage caused by a massive stroke, medical sources said. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 91 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, arrives at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, January 11, 2006. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters) 92 Israeli shcoolchildren show an Ariel Sharon photo album that they would like to present to Israel's ill prime minister, at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. Sharon's chief surgeon said that he was stunned by the Israeli leader's powers of recovery from a massive brain haemorrhage as the hospital reported a further upturn in his condition.(AFP/Patrick Baz) 93 A file picture taken in February 1948 and provided by the Israeli Army shows Ariel Sharon in his youth during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Sharon's chief surgeon said the Israeli leader had appeared aware of his younger son at his bedside, adding that he was stunned by his powers of recovery from a massive stroke.(AFP/IDF-HO/File) 94 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a ceremony in August 2004. Sharon's chief surgeon said that he was stunned by the Israeli leader's powers of recovery from a massive brain haemorrhage as the hospital reported a further upturn in his condition.(AFP/File/Heidi Levine) 95 In this photo distributed by the Israeli Government Press Office, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, meets with Israeli business leaders in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party, with Olmert as head of the list, would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Amos Ben Gershom, Government Press Office) 96 A Israeli woman, who identified herself as 'Mati', prays in front of a poster she hanged in support of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Sharon is hospitalised, January 10, 2006. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters) 97 A woman wipes tears as she listens to doctors briefing reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, January 10, 2006. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters) 98 A man walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem, early January 11, 2006. (Jonathan Weitzman/Reuters) 99 A group of religious students and their teacher pray outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised January 10, 2006. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters) 100 Israeli police stand in front of Hadassah hospital, where Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 101 A group of religious students and their teacher pray outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, January 10, 2006. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters) 102 A workman cleans an area used by journalists as television networks began to leave the grounds of Hadassah hospital, where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 11, 2006. Sharon showed further signs of recovery and is out of immediate danger, say doctors who are trying to revive him from an induced coma after his massive stroke last week. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 103 A Spanish television technician packs up lighting equipment as networks began to leave the grounds of Hadassah hospital, where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem January 11, 2006. Sharon showed further signs of recovery and is out of immediate danger, say doctors who are trying to revive him from an induced coma after his massive stroke last week. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 104 Evangelical Christians pray for the recovery of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital. US television evangelist Pat Robertson's claim that Sharon's stroke was an act of God has triggered a bout of soul-searching in Israel about the Jewish state's relationship with right-wing Christians.(AFP/Awad Awad) 105 Pat Robertson, founder and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), speaks at a press conference in Beijing, in November 2001. Robertson's claim that Ariel Sharon's stroke was an act of God has triggered a bout of soul-searching in Israel about the Jewish state's relationship with right-wing Christians.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown) 106 Members of television crews pack up their equipment from outside Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem January 11, 2006. Ariel Sharon's party and his likely successor Ehud Olmert received a boost from polls showing they would easily win Israel's March election even without the incapacitated prime minister at the helm. The latest surveys put Sharon's centrist Kadima party well ahead of its rivals, though campaigning has been frozen since the 77-year-old leader suffered a massive stroke a week ago. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 107 An Israeli woman takes a picture outside the Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition in Jerusalem , Israel, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 108 In this composite image Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, is seen in an Oct. 8, 2003 file photo, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, in a Nov.4, 2004 file photo. Both Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon did the unthinkable: Arafat recognized Israel's existence and Sharon gave up the Gaza Strip. With Arafat dead and Sharon felled by a stroke, both Palestinians and Israelis are having to adjust to life without their historic, larger-than-life leaders. (AP Photo / file) 109 Israeli schoolchildren hold balloons and a photo album with pictures of Ariel Sharon brought as a present for the ailing Israeli Prime Minster at the Hadassah hospital, where Sharon remains in critical condition in Jerusalem Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 110 An Israeli school girl holds a photo album with pictures of Ariel Sharon brought as a present for the ailing Israeli Prime Minister at the Hadassah hospital, where Sharon remains in critical condition in Jerusalem Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. The writing reads in Hebrew 'To Ariel Sharon, full of good deeds'. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 111 Israeli artist Vladimir Manyov, not seen, holds a painting of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the the Hadassah hospital, where Sharon remains in critical condition in Jerusalem , Israel, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 112 Israeli schoolchildren, holding balloons and a photo album of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, gather at the Hadassah hospital, where Sharon remains in critical condition in Jerusalem Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 113 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a meeting at his office in Jerusalem, on January 4. A week after Sharon suffered a massive stroke, his newly formed Kadima party has defied all predictions to soar in the opinion polls, leaving its rivals both left and right trailing in the mud.(AFP/Pool/File/Eliana Aponte) 114 American television personality and evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, backed by an Israeli flag, delivers a speech to a crowd of mostly evangelical Christians from various nations on a pilgrimage to Israel, during an event of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem in this Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004 file photo. Israel won't do business with Pat Robertson after the evangelical leader suggested Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke was divine punishment, a tourism official said Wednesday Jan 11 2006, putting into doubt plans to develop a large Christian tourism center in northern Israel. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley/FILE) 115 An Israel policeman takes shelter from the rain in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 116 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, arrives at Jerusalem's Haddasah hospital where his father remains in critical condition, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 117 Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition in Jerusalem early Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 118 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, arrives at Jerusalem's Haddasah hospital where his father remains in critical condition, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 119 An Ultra-Orthodox Jew walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early Wednesday Jan. 11, 2006. As doctors planned to remove Sharon from all remaining anesthetics Wednesday, new opinion polls show his centrist Kadima party would easily win March 28 elections, despite the increasingly dim chance that he will head the movement after suffering a massive stroke.(AP Photo/Jonathan Weitzman, Pool) 120 An ultra-orthodox Jew walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early January 11, 2006. Sharon's life is no longer in immediate danger and he has shown further signs of recovery from a massive stroke, but it could be days until the extent of brain damage is known, doctors said. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Jonathan Weitzman 121 An Israeli security guard stands in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early January 11, 2006. Sharon's life is no longer in immediate danger and he has shown further signs of recovery from a massive stroke, but it could be days until the extent of brain damage is known, doctors said. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Jonathan Weitzman 122 An Israeli security guard stands in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early January 11, 2006. Sharon's life is no longer in immediate danger and he has shown further signs of recovery from a massive stroke, but it could be days until the extent of brain damage is known, doctors said. REUTERS/Jonathan Weizmann 123 Teacher Hagit Mauz brings flowers and drawings, made by schoolchildren for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) 124 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, visits Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Stringer/Reuters) 125 Israelis listen as the director of the Hadassah hospital updates reporters on the condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) 126 A Television crew sits in a nylon tent in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Jonathan Weizmann/Reuters) 127 Israelis listen as the director of the Hadassah hospital updates reporters on the condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem, January 9, 2006. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) 128 A staff of the Hadassah hospital smiles as Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon's anaesthetist Yoram Weiss (L) addresses the media in Jerusalem. Doctors bringing Sharon out of a medically induced coma declared that the Israeli premier's life was no longer in danger and that there were increased signs of brain activity.(AFP/Patrick Baz) 129 The new centrist party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, seen here in January 2005, achieved its highest ratings yet in an opinion poll released, even with its leader incapacitated by a stroke.(AFP/File/Gali Tibbon) 130 An Orthodox Jewish man speaks on a mobile phone at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) 131 Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, briefs reporters at the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Oleg Popov/Reuters) 132 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, looks on during a short statement to the media outside Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 133 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, looks as he makes a short statement to the media outside Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 134 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, speaks during a short statement to the media outside Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 135 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, looks as he makes a short statement to the media outside Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 136 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, makes a short statement to the media outside Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 137 Omri Sharon, the son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, walks away after reading a statement to members of the media outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, where his father remains in critical condition, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. He thanked the Israeli public on Tuesday for offering their hopes and prayers for his father's recovery from a massive stroke.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 138 Jewish men pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a Synagogue in the Georgia's capital Tbilisi, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed 'improvement' Tuesday in his recovery from a massive stroke, moving his left arm in response to stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they would be able to assess whether he has lost his ability to think and reason. (AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov) 139 Omri Sharon, the son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, reads a statement to members of the media outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, where his father remains in critical condition, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. He thanked the Israeli public on Tuesday for offering their hopes and prayers for his father's recovery from a massive stroke. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 140 Omri Sharon, left, the son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, reads a statement to members of the media outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, where his father remains in critical condition, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. He thanked the Israeli public for offering their hopes and prayers for his father's recovery from a massive stroke.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 141 People and members of the media listen as the Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, unseen, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Ariel Sharon showed 'improvement' Tuesday in his recovery from a massive stroke, moving his left arm in response to stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they would be able to assess whether he has lost his ability to think and reason.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 142 Dr. Charles Weisman, chairman of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care of the Hadassah hospital, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed 'improvement' Tuesday in his recovery from a massive stroke, moving his left arm in response to stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they would be able to assess whether he has lost his ability to think and reason.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 143 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef center, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed 'improvement' Tuesday in his recovery from a massive stroke, moving his left arm in response to stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they would be able to assess whether he has lost his ability to think and reason. Center right is Dr. Charles Weisman, chairman of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care of the Hadassah hospital(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 144 A man listens as the Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, unseen, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed 'improvement' Tuesday in his recovery from a massive stroke, moving his left arm in response to stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they would be able to assess whether he has lost his ability to think and reason.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 145 An ultra orthodox Jew reads a religious book as he walks past the entrance of Jerusalem's Haddasah hospital. Doctors bringing Ariel Sharon out of a medically induced coma declared that the Israeli premier's life was no longer in danger and that there were increased signs of activity in his brain.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) 146 An Israeli border police jumps out of his jeep outside Jerusalem's Haddasah hospital. Doctors bringing Ariel Sharon out of a medically induced coma declared that the Israeli premier's life was no longer in danger and that there were increased signs of activity in his brain.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) 147 Director of the Hadassah Hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Ariel Sharon showed 'improvement' Tuesday in his recovery from a massive stroke, moving his left arm in response to stimulation, but doctors said it would be days before they would be able to assess whether he has lost his ability to think and reason.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 148 In this photo taken by the Israeli Govenment Press Office Oct. 21, 1998, Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon, second right, is seen with Yasser Arafat, second left, during the Wye Plantation Mideast Summit. Both Arafat and Sharon did the unthinkable: Arafat recognized Israel's existence and Sharon gave back the Gaza Strip. With Arafat dead and Sharon felled by a stroke, both Palestinians and Israelis are experiencing the end of rule by historic, larger-than-life figures. (AP Photo/GPO, File) 149 Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Hadassah Hospital director, briefs reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 150 Anaesthesiologist Yoram Weiss briefs reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 151 An Orthodox Jewish man lights a cigarette at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 152 Head anaesthesiologist Charlie Weissman briefs reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 153 Anaesthesiologist Yoram Weiss briefs reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 154 People listen as doctors brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 155 People listen as doctors brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 156 A woman wipes tears as she listens to doctors briefing reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon showed more improvement on Tuesday, moving his left side for the first time since a massive stroke last week, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 157 An ultra orthodox Jew waits as an Israeli policeman stands guard outside Jerusalem's Haddasah hospital where Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is receiving treatment after suffering a massive stroke. Burglaries, car thefts and other crimes have more than halved since Israelis began gluing themselves to television sets for news of Sharon.(AFP/Pedro Ugarte) 158 From left to right, United States Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, Rep. Diane Degette, D-Colorado, Rep. Judy Biggrt, R-Illinois, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas and Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Florida, talk to members of the media After they visited the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem to support Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who remains in critical condition, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed new signs of recovery Tuesday from a massive stroke, moving part of his left side as doctors gradually reduced the anesthesia keeping him in a coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 159 Judaism students from North America studying in Israel, recite from a prayer book outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem to support Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who remains in critical condition, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed new signs of recovery Tuesday from a massive stroke, moving part of his left side as doctors gradually reduced the anesthesia keeping him in a coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 160 Canadian Rabbi Eli Mayer, heading a delegation of Judaism students from North America studying in Israel, recites from a prayer book outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon showed new signs of recovery Tuesday from a massive stroke, moving part of his left side as doctors gradually reduced the anesthesia keeping him in a coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 161 Israeli army colonel Ariel Sharon visits the Northern Command military base in this file picture taken November 14, 1964 and released January 10, 2006 by the Israeli Government Press Office. Doctors pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to revive Sharon from an induced coma, further reducing his sedation to assess brain damage from a severe stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Hans Pinn/GPO 162 Israeli army colonel Ariel Sharon is seen in this file picture taken February 16, 1966 and released on January 10, 2006 by the Israeli Government Press Office. Doctors pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to revive Sharon from an induced coma, further reducing his sedation to assess brain damage from a severe stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Moshe Pridan/GPO 163 CNN television reporter Guy Raz applies make-up before doing a live television broadcast outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon on Tuesday showed new signs of recovery from a massive stroke, demonstrating movement on his left side as doctors resumed efforts to lift him out of an induced coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 164 A woman looks out a window in the Hadassah Hospital, where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon on Tuesday showed new signs of recovery from a massive stroke, demonstrating movement on his left side as doctors resumed efforts to lift him out of an induced coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 165 An unidentified Israeli woman prays in front of a sign she made with wishes for ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside Hadassah Hospital where he is being treated in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon on Tuesday showed new signs of recovery from a massive stroke, demonstrating movement on his left side as doctors resumed efforts to lift him out of an induced coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 166 An unidentified Israeli woman touches a sign she made with wishes for ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, after praying for his health outside Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon on Tuesday showed new signs of recovery from a massive stroke, demonstrating movement on his left side as doctors resumed efforts to lift him out of an induced coma, Israeli media said.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 167 An Orthodox Jew walks in front of a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Sharon is hospitalised, January 10, 2006. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 168 Felix Umansky (L), the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and Shlomo Mor-Yosef, the Hadassah Hospital director, brief reporters at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Oleg Popov/Reuters) 169 A group of religious students and their teacher pray outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised January 10, 2006. Doctors, who gave Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a medicine that may have helped cause his subsequent stroke, did not know he had a condition making him susceptible to brain haemorrhages, a newspaper said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 170 A group of religious students and their teacher pray outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised January 10, 2006. Doctors, who gave Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a medicine that may have helped cause his subsequent stroke, did not know he had a condition making him susceptible to brain haemorrhages, a newspaper said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 171 A Israeli woman, who identified herself as 'Mati', prays in front of a poster she hanged in support of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Sharon is hospitalised January 10, 2006. Doctors, who gave Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon a medicine that may have helped cause his subsequent stroke, did not know he had a condition making him susceptible to brain haemorrhages, a newspaper said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 172 A handout file photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2nd L) with Moshe Dayan (2nd R) during an army operation September 11, 1956. (Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout/Reuters) 173 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (R) talks with his son Omri Sharon in Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem in this July 19, 2004 file photo. Sharon slightly moved an arm and a leg and breathed on his own after doctors on Monday gradually began to rouse him from a medically-induced coma, a hospital official said. (Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters) 174 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during the 1967 Middle East War. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. (Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout/Reuters) 175 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2nd R) together with other commanders touring army positions in 1970. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. (Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout/Reuters) 176 Hadassah Hospital director Shlomo Mor-Yosef updates the media on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's medical condition in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Chris Helgren/Reuters) 177 An Orthodox Jewish man listens as doctors brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) 178 A Ultra Orthodox Jews walks in front of a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Sharon is hospitalised January 10, 2006. Sharon showed movement on the left side of his body on Tuesday as doctors pressed on with efforts to rouse him from an induced coma, an Israeli news Web site said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 179 Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk in front of a sign supporting Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Sharon is hospitalised, January 10, 2006. Sharon showed movement on the left side of his body on Tuesday as doctors pressed on with efforts to rouse him from an induced coma, an Israeli news Web site said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 180 An Israeli border police officer guards the entrance to Hadassah Hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006. Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke last week, has shown movement on his left side, Israeli media reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 181 An Israeli border police officer steps out of a jeep at the entrance to Hadassah Hospital where ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006. Sharon, who suffered a massive stroke last week, has shown movement on his left side, Israeli media reported Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 182 Grade two students at Menashe Elishai school display their drawings for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 183 A grade two student at Menashe Elishai school draws a picture for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 184 A grade two student at Menashe Elishai school draws a picture for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. The words in Hebrew reads 'I wish for you to be healthy, for you to be many more years, speedy recovery'. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 185 A grade one student at Menashe Elishai school draws a picture for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. The words in Hebrew read, 'I wish for you to be healthy, for you to be many more years, speedy recovery'. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 186 A grade one student at Menashe Elishai school displays her drawing for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. The words in Hebrew read, 'I wish for you to be healthy, for you to be many more years, speedy recovery'. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 187 An orthodox Jewsih man passes a sign with a message for the health of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006. Sharon's medical team pushed forward with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma Tuesday, a day after reporting slight progress in the Israeli leader's recovery from a debilitating stroke. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 188 Israeli border police stand in front of Hadassah hospital, where Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 189 Omri Sharon (L), son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, visits Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 190 Omri Sharon, the son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, arrives with an unidentified woman at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006. Sharon's medical team pushed forward with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma Tuesday, a day after reporting slight progress in the Israeli leader's recovery from a debilitating stroke.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 191 An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walks and prays in front of a sign for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. The sign reads, 'Ariel Sharon there is more to do please wake up'. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 192 Omri Sharon, the son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan 10, 2006. Sharon's medical team pushed forward with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma Tuesday, a day after reporting slight progress in the Israeli leader's recovery from a debilitating stroke.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 193 Omri Sharon, son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, visits Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 194 Ultra Orthodox Jewish men stand in front of a sign posted outside Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Doctors pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to revive Sharon from an induced coma, further reducing his sedation to assess brain damage from a severe stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman 195 Israeli police officers stand outside Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized, in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Doctors pressed ahead on Tuesday with efforts to revive Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from an induced coma, further reducing his sedation to assess brain damage from a severe stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman 196 Ron Kromer, a spokesman for Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, addresses the media outside the hospital in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman 197 A member of a television crew rests outside Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalised, in Jerusalem January 10, 2006. Sharon remained in critical but stable condition on Tuesday as doctors pressed ahead with efforts to bring him out of an induced coma, a hospital official said. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Yonathan Weitzman 198 In this photo taken using a mobile phone, and made available in Jerusalem, a nurse walks in the neurological ward at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is critically ill. (AP Photo/Steve Watt) 199 An ultra-Orthodox Jew prays at the Wailing Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Old Jerusalem. Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon were monitoring his body's responses as they continued to ease him out of a coma buoyed by initial signs he had retained at least some brain function after last week's massive stroke(AFP/Patrick Baz) 200 Israeli teacher Looli Sarig shows letters sent by her school children to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital. Doctors treating Sharon were monitoring his body's responses as they continued to ease him out of a coma buoyed by initial signs he had retained at least some brain function after last week's massive stroke(AFP/Menahem Kahana) 201 An Israeli ultra orthodox Jew stands next to a banner outside the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem. Doctors treating Sharon were monitoring his body's responses as they continued to ease him out of a coma buoyed by initial signs he had retained at least some brain function after last week's massive stroke(AFP/Yoav Lemmer) 202 Omri Sharon, son of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, visits Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer 203 In this photo taken using a mobile phone, and made available in Jerusalem, a nurse walks in the neurological ward at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is critically ill. (AP Photo/Steve Watt) 204 David Welch, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, and Elliot Abrams, White House envoy on the Middle East, seen here meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei March, 2005. Welch and Abrams are to leave for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials ahead of crucial rounds of elections on both sides, on a trip put off last week because of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke(AFP/File) 205 Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves to well-wishers prior to his depature at Tokyo's Haneda Airport for Turkey. Koizumi arrived in Turkey for a five-day trip expected to center on Middle East peace as his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon struggled for life after a stroke(AFP/Jiji Press-HO) 206 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at his office for the the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, December 2005. Sharon was breathing unaided and moved his right limbs during tests but doctors said it was too soon to assess the brain damage from his massive stroke.(AFP/Pool/File/Emilio Morenatti) 207 An ultra-Orthodox Jew prays at the Wailing Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Old Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was breathing unaided and moved his right limbs during tests but doctors said it was too soon to assess the brain damage from his massive stroke.(AFP/Patrick Baz) 208 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen at the "Namal Eitan" terminal at the Port in the western city of Ashdod, August 2005. Sharon was breathing unaided and moved his right limbs during tests but doctors said it was too soon to assess the brain damage from his massive stroke.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt) 209 Israeli teacher Hagit Maoz carries paper flowers and a letter by school children to be delivered to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday and moved his right hand and right leg in response to pain stimulation after doctors began bringing him out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said..(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 210 Israeli teachers Hagit Maoz, right, and Loli Sarig, left, carry paper flowers made by school children as a gift for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday and moved his right hand and right leg in response to pain stimulation after doctors began bringing him out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said..(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 211 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, third left, speaks as Dr. Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, second left, listens, during a media briefing about Sharon's medical condition outside the hospital in Jerusalem Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday and moved his right hand and right leg in response to pain stimulation after doctors began bringing him out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 212 The then-Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon (C) stands at attention during a visit to the central command military base in this file picture taken on October 30, 1981 and released January 9, 2006 by the Israeli Defense Ministry. Israeli Prime Minister Sharon began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on Monday as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 213 Israeli women listen as doctors brief reporters on the health of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on Monday as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 214 Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, briefs reporters at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on Monday as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 215 The then-Israeli parliament member Ariel Sharon in this file picture taken on December 1, 1974 and released January 9, 2006 by the Israeli Government Press Office. Israeli Prime Minister Sharon began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on Monday as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Yaacov Saar/GPO 216 A Jewish man listens as Dr. Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, not seen, briefs the media about Sharon's condition outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday and moved his right hand and right leg in response to pain stimulation after doctors began bringing him out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his massive stroke, Umansky said.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 217 A woman listens as doctors brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon slightly moved an arm and a leg and breathed on his own after doctors on Monday gradually began to rouse him from a medically-induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 218 Dr. Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, listens as Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, briefs the media about Sharon's condition outside the hospital in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday and moved his right hand and right leg in response to pain stimulation after doctors began bringing him out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 219 An Orthodox Jewish man listens as doctors brief reporters on the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on Monday as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 220 Dr. Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, briefs the media about Sharon's condition, outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday and moved his right hand and right leg in response to pain stimulation after doctors began bringing him out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his massive stroke, Umansky said.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 221 The then outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon (R) stands at attention in front of the honor guard during a farewell ceremony on his behalf in Tel Aviv in this October 2, 1983 file photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office January 9, 2006. The Israeli Prime Minister began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on Janaury 9, 2006 as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Gil Goldstein/GPO 222 Felix Umansky, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, briefs reporters at the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon slightly moved an arm and a leg and breathed on his own after doctors on Monday gradually began to rouse him from a medically-induced coma, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 223 Israeli Minister of Housing and construction Ariel Sharon (L) speaks with Menahem Porush, Deputy Minister of Labor and Welfare, June 11, 1991, in this file picture released January 9, 2006 by the Israeli Government Press Office. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own and moved slightly in his hospital bed on January 9, 2006 as doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Yaacov Saar/GPO/Handout/Files 224 Dr. Felix Umansky, right, the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon briefs the media about Sharon's condition, outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem where Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon moved his right hand and right leg slightly after doctors stimulated him with pain, 'a very important' sign about his recovery from a major stroke, doctors said Monday. At left is Ron Kormer, head of the hospital's external releations.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 225 Dr.Felix Umansky the chief neurosurgeon treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, briefs the media about his condition as Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, right, stands outside the hospital in Jerusalem where Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon moved his right hand and right leg slightly after doctors stimulated him with pain, 'a very important' sign about his recovery from a major stroke, doctors said Monday.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 226 Dr. Israel Singer, center, Chairman of the World Jewish Congress, flanked by Lord Janner, left, a member of the British parliament and United States representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, right, recite a Jewish prayer for the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. A delegation of Jewish members of parliaments from 30 nations around the world are visiting Israel for a gathering of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 227 Ariel Sharon, then security advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, November 26, 1975, is seen in this picture released January 9, 2006 by the Israeli Government Press Office. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Moshe Milner/GPO/Handout 228 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (R) touches the covered body of five-month old Haim Shoham, who was killed by a stone thrown by Palestinians, during Shoham's funeral procession in Jerusalem July 6, 2001, in this file picture released January 9, 2006 by the Israeli Government Press Office. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. ISRAEL OUT REUTERS/Avi Ohayon/GPO/Handout/Files 229 An Israeli soldier sticks a note between the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, as he stand next to praying ultra-Orthodox Jews, in Jeruselm's Old City, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. An Israeli TV station said his right hand moved.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 230 Teacher Hagit Mauz brings flowers and drawings made by schoolchildren for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Hadassah hospital where he is being treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 231 Teacher Hagit Mauz brings flowers and drawings made by schoolchildren for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Hadassah hospital where he is being treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 232 Teacher Luli Sarig brings flowers and drawings made by schoolchildren for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the Hadassah hospital where he is being treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 233 Teacher Hagit Mauz brings flowers and drawings made by schoolchildren for the ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, at Hadassah hostpital where he is being treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 234 Ultra-ortodox jews pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jeruselm's Old City, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. An Israeli TV station said his right hand moved.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 235 A Palestinian gunmen points a handgun at a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, reading in Arabic 'Sharon to the rubbish of history' during a protest in Gaza city, Monday Jan. 9, 2006, where about 40 masked gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant group held the demonstration against the Israeli prime minister. Doctors at a Jerusalem hospital started bringing Sharon out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 236 A poster of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is burned by Palestinian gunmen during a protest in Gaza city, Monday Jan. 9, 2006, where about 40 masked gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant group held the demonstration against the Israeli prime minister. Doctors at a Jerusalem hospital started bringing Sharon out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 237 Palestinian gunmen burn a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a protest in Gaza city, Monday Jan. 9, 2006.About 40 masked gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militant group held the demonstration against the Israeli prime minister. Doctors at a Jerusalem hospital started bringing Sharon out of an induced coma to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) 238 Palestinian militant members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades burn a picture of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a rally in Gaza January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 239 Palestinian militant members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades carry a picture of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to burn during a rally in Gaza January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 240 Palestinian militant members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades carry a picture of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to burn during a rally in Gaza January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 241 Palestinian militant members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades carry a picture of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to burn during a rally in Gaza January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 242 Palestinian militant members of Al-Aqsa martyrs brigades burn a picture of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a rally in Gaza January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem 243 Israeli Daniel Ovadia, center, hands out CD's with Jewish healing prayers for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to journalists waiting outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem where Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. An Israeli TV station said one of his hands moved.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 244 A man looks out from a window of the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, near an Israeli flag in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 245 Israelis wait in line to be checked before entering the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Doctors started bringing Sharon out of an induced coma, to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) 246 A woman looks out from a window of the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 247 Medical staff chat near Orthodox Jewish men outside the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 248 Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 249 Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 250 Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 251 Jewish worshippers pray at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 252 A Jewish worshipper prays at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 253 A Jewish worshipper prays at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 254 An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man stands in the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem's Old City January 9, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to bring him out of an induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 255 Jewish men pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Moscow's Synagogue, Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Oleg Romanov) 256 Israeli kindergarten teachers hang paintings by children, for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, at a kindergarten in Hulon near Tel Aviv January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 257 Israeli children paint for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at a kindergarten in Hulon near Tel Aviv January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 258 Israeli children paint for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at a kindergarten in Hulon near Tel Aviv January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 259 An Israeli child Edor explains his painting, for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, at a kindergarten in Hulon near Tel Aviv January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 260 Israeli children put their paintings on a special board for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at a kindergarten in Hulon near Tel Aviv January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen 261 United States representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, accompanied by other Jewish parliamentarians from 30 nations around the world, recites a Jewish prayer for the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. The delegation is visiting Israel for a gathering of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 262 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends a meeting with army and police commanders in an army base near Jerusalem in this January 5, 2005 file photo. Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided on January 8, 2006 to carry out another brain scan before determining when to begin rousing him from a medically induced coma and assess damage caused by a stroke. (Nir Elias/Files/Reuters) 263 A Jewish man prays for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Moscow's Synagogue, Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Oleg Romanov) 264 Shahar, right, last name not given, accompanied by his niece and nephew, names not given, all from Jerusalem, stand by a banner they set up outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem to support Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who remains here in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. The banner reads: 'Ariel Sharon ! There is more to do ! Please Wake Up !! ' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 265 An Orthodox Jewish man holds a Torah while he prays for Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw January 9, 2005. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Katarina Stoltz 266 An Orthodox Jewish man prays for Israeli Prime minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Katarina Stoltz 267 An Israeli flag is seen as journalists and patients gather outside the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon is being gradually awakened by his doctors after suffering a massive stroke Jan. 4. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 268 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem October 4, 2004. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. (Brennan Linsley/Pool/Reuters/Reuters) 269 An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man leaves Hadassah En Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is hospitalized in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters) 270 A Television crew sits in a nylon tent in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Jonathan Weizmann 271 Jewish men pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a synagogue in Moscow January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. (Viktor Korotayev/Reuters) 272 An Israeli policeman walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is treated in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Jonathan Weizmann 273 An Israeli security guard walks in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated in Jerusalem early January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Jonathan Weizmann 274 Jewish men pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Moscow's Synagogue, Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Oleg Romanov) 275 Orthodox Jews pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) 276 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) sitting together with fellow soldiers during the Sinai campaign October 30, 1956. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 277 Orthodox Jews and Israel's ambassador to Poland, David Peleg, right, pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) 278 An Orthodox Jew prays for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) 279 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2nd L) sitting in a jeep during a tour on October 1973. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 280 U.S. Senator Gary Ackerman embraces Hadassah organisation president June Walker (R) at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 281 Orthodox Jews pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday morning, Jan 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) 282 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon writing a letter during the Sinai campaign October 30, 1956. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 283 Orthodox Jews pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Chabad Shul synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday morning, Jan. 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own Monday after doctors started bringing him out of an induced coma to assess damage caused by his massive stroke, doctors said. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) 284 CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTS NAME OF WOMAN AT RIGHT U.S. Senators Henry Waxman (L), Gary Ackerman (front C), and Eliot Engel (2nd row R), June Walker (2nd-R), the president of the Hadassah organization (front R) speak to reporters at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 285 CAPTION CORRECTION - CORRECTS NAME OF WOMAN AT 2ND-R U.S. Senators Gary Ackerman (front 3rd R), Eliot Engel (2nd row R), Costa Rican Member of Parliament Aida Fishman (R) and June Walker (2nd-R), the president of the Hadassah organization, listen as Rabbi Israel Singer (front 2nd L), chairman of the World Jewish Congress, leads a prayer in support of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 286 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) with his wife Lily (R) during a party January 12, 1969. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 287 A handout file photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2nd L) with Moshe Dayan (2nd R) during an army operation September 11, 1956. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 288 An Orthodox Jewish man smokes a cigarette near an orderly outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 289 Jews study in the religious library at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, in Jeruselm's Old City, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Doctors started bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of an induced coma, to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 290 A young jews prays in the rain at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, in Jeruselm's Old City, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Doctors started bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of an induced coma, to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 291 Jews pray in the rain at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, in Jeruselm's Old City, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Doctors started bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of an induced coma, to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 292 An Orthodox Jewish man walks past Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 293 Jews pray in the rain at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest shrine, in Jeruselm's Old City, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. Doctors started bringing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of an induced coma, to assess the damage caused by his stroke, and he immediately began breathing on his own, although hospital director Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef said the process of weaning Sharon from sedation could take hours or days.AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 294 U.S. Senators Henry Waxman (L), Gary Ackerman (2nd R), and Eliot Engel (R) and Brazilian Member of Parliament Max Rosenmann (2nd L) speak to reporters at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 295 U.S. Senators Henry Waxman (L), Gary Ackerman (front C), and Eliot Engel (2nd row R), Costa Rican Member of Parliament Aida Fishman (front R) speak to reporters at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 296 U.S. Senators Eliot Engel (C) and Gary Ackerman (R), and Canadian Senator Jerry Grafstein (L) speak to reporters at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated, in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 297 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (L) during an army operation August 30, 1955. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 298 U.S. Senators Gary Ackerman (front 3rd R), Eliot Engel (2nd row R) , Costa Rican Member of Parliament Aida Fishman (front 2nd R) listen as Rabbi Israel Singer (front 2nd L), chairman of the World Jewish Congress, leads a prayer in support of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Chris Helgren 299 A handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (standing front centre-R) briefing his army unit before going on a military operation August 30, 1955. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 300 Israelis listen as the director of the Hadassah hospital updates reporters on the condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem January 9, 2006. Sharon began breathing on his own on Monday, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Ammar Awad 301 Handout photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry shows Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (2nd L) standing together with Moshe Dayan (3rd L) and other military commanders October 28, 1955. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 302 Two members of The International Council of Jewish Parliament talk together outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 303 An Israeli police officer pushes journalists back, as the Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, centre, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem Monday Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 304 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks on the western side of the Suez Canal in this October 1973 file photo released by the Israeli Defense Ministry. Sharon began breathing on his own on January 9, 2006, the first positive sign as doctors tried to rouse him from a medically induced coma to assess brain damage from a massive stroke. REUTERS/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout 305 The Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, walks away after briefing the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem Monday Jan 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 306 An unidentified medic smokes a cigarette outside Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is in crital condition in Jerusalem, early MondayJan. 9, 2006.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 307 Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk in the rain toward the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is in critical dondition in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 308 Israeli police officers sit behind the glass shelter of a bus station outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 309 Israelis listen as Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, unseen, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 310 June Walker, the president of the Hadassah organization, is comforted by US represenative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, during a jewish prayer outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 311 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef walks to brief the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in JerusalemMonday Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 312 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef briefs members of the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Monday Jan. 9, 2006.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 313 An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds his baby outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at is in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital said early Monday that there was no change in Sharon's condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 314 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father is in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital said early Monday that there was no change in Sharon's condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 315 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father is in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital said early Monday that there was no change in Sharon's condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 316 Omri Sharon, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where his father remains in critical condition, Monday Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital said early Monday that there was no change in his condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 317 An Israeli medic smokes outside the emergency room of the Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized in Jerusalem Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital caring for Sharon said early Monday that there was no change in his condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 318 An Arab man arrives at the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized in Jerusalem Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital caring for Sharon said early Monday that there was no change in his condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 319 Israeli security officers confer at the entrance of the emergency room of the Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized in Jerusalem Monday Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital caring for Sharon said early Monday that there was no change in his condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 320 An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past a TV camera at Hadassah hospital, where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized in Jerusalem Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. The hospital caring for Sharon said early Monday that there was no change in his condition overnight, and doctors planned to bring him out of a medically induced coma to begin assessing the damage caused by his massive stroke five days earlier. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) 321 Jewish men pray for ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a synagogue in Moscow January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. (Viktor Korotayev/Reuters) 322 Television crews following the condition of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gather around heaters as they wait under a shelter as it rains outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 323 Members of a TV crew read newspapers outside Hadassah En Karem hospital, where Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is hospitalised in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte 324 Former U.S. Presidential advisor Brian Cox, center, prays with a group of Christians from South Carolina, for the recovery of ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, at the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Oded balilty) 325 Jewish men talk after prayers in a synagogue in Moscow January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev 326 Caricatures drawn by Palestinian cartoonist Baha Al- Bukhari depict Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (bottom) and veteran Israeli statesman Shimon Peres (top L) in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 327 Palestinian cartoonist Baha Al- Bukhari draws a caricature depicting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 8,2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 328 Palestinian cartoonist Baha Al- Bukhari draws a caricature depicting Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel 329 Jewish men pray for ailing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a synagogue in Moscow January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev 330 An Israeli flag flutters as Israelis pray at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 331 Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 332 An Israeli man kisses the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 333 Ultra Orthodox Jewish men pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 334 Israeli soldiers pray at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 335 An Israeli soldier prays at the Western Wall, Judiasm's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 336 An Israeli soldier prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. From Jerusalem synagogues where worshippers prayed for his recovery to Tel Aviv beach cafes where youths carried surfboards, Israelis anxiously followed the ex-general's fate. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh 337 Jews pray for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Moscow's Synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. A scan of Ariel Sharon's brain showed improvement Sunday, and doctors will start bringing the Israeli prime minister out of his medically induced coma Monday, a hospital official said. (AP Photo/Oleg Romanov) 338 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, center, flanked by bodyguards arrives in his office for a meeting in Jerusalem in this Wednesday May 6, 2004 file photo. Sharon was taken for another brain scan on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, to help doctors decide when to start bringing the Israeli leader out of an induced coma, a key to determining how much brain damage he has suffered from a debilitating stroke, hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 339 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walks before delivering a speech at the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem in this Monday Oct. 31, 2005 file photo. Sharon was taken for another brain scan on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, to help doctors decide when to start bringing the Israeli leader out of an induced coma, a key to determining how much brain damage he has suffered from a debilitating stroke, hospital officials said (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, file) 340 Acting Israeli Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the media during a news conference in Jerusalem Janauary 8, 2006. Olmert said on Sunday he would remain the country's finance minister. Olmert, who took over from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after Sharon suffered a stroke on Wednesday, told reporters he would stay in the finance post he assumed last year under a coalition government. REUTERS/Gil Yohanan 341 Palestinian women walk past graffiti written on the controversial Israeli barrier in Abu Dis, on the edge of Jerusalem January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mahfouz abu Turk 342 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks to the media in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. Speaking to reporters, Olmert said: 'I pray with all the people of Israel that my tenure as the acting prime minister will be short.' Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Gil Yohanan 343 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walks past his political rival and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the stage after his microphone failed to work leaving him unable to make a speech to the Likud Central Committee in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this Sunday Sept. 25, 2005 file photo. Sharon was taken for another brain scan on Sunday Jan. 8, 2006, to help doctors decide when to start bringing the Israeli leader out of an induced coma, a key to determining how much brain damage he has suffered from a debilitating stroke, hospital officials said (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, file) 344 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef pauses as he briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 345 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef left, is surrounded by members of the media as he briefs them about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 346 People listen as Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, unseen, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 347 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, left, is surrounded by members of the media and people as he briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 348 The Knesset, or Israel's parliament, is seen in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of his medically induced coma on Monday, provided there are no changes in his condition, hospital officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 349 Israeli women listen as the director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, unseen, briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 350 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef looks at his watch before briefing the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) 351 A picture of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from 1997 hangs on the wall as part of a historical gallery in a hallway at the Knesset, or Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of his medically induced coma on Monday, provided there are no changes in his condition, hospital officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) 352 An ultra-Orthodox Jew stands outside Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is hospitalised in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. Doctors plan to begin rousing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a medically induced coma on Monday and start assessing damage caused by a massive stroke, a hospital spokesman said on Sunday. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 353 An ultra-Orthodox Jew stands outside Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon is hospitalised in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was showing 'continuous improvement' but remained in critical condition on Sunday, a hospital official said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 354 Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital Director Shlomo Mor-Yosef (L) and spokesperson Yael Bossem-Levy (2nd L) update members of the media on Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon's medical condition outside the hospital in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was showing 'continuous improvement' but remained in critical condition on Sunday, Mor-Yosef said. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 355 Director of the Hadassah hospital, Dr. Shlomo Mor-Yosef briefs the media about the condition of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, outside the hospital in Jerusalem Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. Doctors will start bringing Sharon out of his medically induced coma Monday, and a brain scan taken Sunday showed improvement, Mor-Yosef said. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) 356 Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital Director Shlomo Mor-Yosef updates members of the media on Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon's medical condition outside the hospital in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 357 Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital Director Shlomo Mor-Yosef updates members of the media on Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon's medical condition outside the hospital in Jerusalem January 8, 2006. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer 358 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon attends an opening of Memorial Day for fallen soldiers in Jerusalem in this April 15, 2002 file photo. Sharon, fighting for his life after a massive stroke, was rushed into emergency surgery on Friday to try to stem fresh bleeding in his brain. (Nir Elias/Files/Reuters) 359 Stones placed in remembrance lie on grave tablets on the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetary as the sun sets in Jerusalem January 7, 2006.Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided on Sunday to carry out another brain scan before determining when to begin rousing him from a medically induced coma and assess damage caused by a stroke. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) 360 Young Orthodox Jewish onlookers wait outside Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is battling for his life. Doctors treating Sharon said they had detected a reduction in the swelling in the Israeli premier's brain after his massive haemorrhage but that he remained in a critical condition.(AFP/Patrick Baz)