Reports from Israel say former prime minister and military leader Ariel Sharon’s condition has worsened and is “life threatening”.<br /><br />The 85-year-old who served as PM for five years has been in a coma after suffering the second of two strokes in 2006. He has been in a persistent vegetative state since then.<br /><br />Israeli media sources are reporting he has suffered renal failure leading to a worsening in his condition.<br /><br />Officials at the hospital outside Tel Aviv where he is being treated refused to comment while government sources have also remained silent.<br /><br />It’s understood his sons are at his bed side while one report claimed the former prime minister could die in “a matter of days” if his condition continued to decline. <br /><br />During a lengthy career Sharon was a highly controversial figure among many factions both inside and outside Israel.
