It's made headlines across the Middle East....former Isreali Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is now in a life-theatening condition and unlikely to rally.<br/> <br />Hospital officials here in Jerusalem say he is suffering from a malfunction of several of his organs, including the kidneys.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ZEEV ROTSTEIN, DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Mr Ariel Sharon is hospitalised in our hospital for the last seven years shows some signs of deterioration during the following two days<br/> <br />The world media watches and waits, for news of the 85 year-old, who has been in a coma and a vegetative state since a stroke in 2006<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER AIDE TO SHARON, RAANAN GISSIN, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We don't know, there is no doubt that there is a deterioration in his condition in his kidneys and so forth and some assessment of doctors is that this is a matter of time of days maybe hours that Ariel Sharon will not be with us. This is a very sad moment for me because I was his
