Professor Zeev Rotstein, Director of the Sheba Medical Centre near Tel Aviv where former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being treated spoke to reporters on Sunday morning. <br /><br />He said the the condition of the 85-year-old is still critical and his life is in immediate danger:<br /><br />“He’s fighting like a lion for his life. And we appreciated and we wonder to look and to see what a good fight he is giving. I’m afraid it is not going to change the prognosis, personally this is what I think,” said Rotstein.<br /><br />But he added: “Our general assessment is there is no way to overcome this crisis … I am perhaps more pessimistic than I was before.”<br /><br />The former premier has been on life support since suffering a stroke eight years ago. His condition took a turn for the worse last week.<br /><br />One of Israel’s most famous generals, Sharon left his mark on the region through military invasion, Jewish settlement building on captured land and a shock, unilateral decision to pull Israeli troops and settlers out of the Gaza Strip in 2005.<br /><br />A state funeral is planned.
