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January 12 2006

t started on Thursday morning
cult for them: waiting.
with a phone call just before 8
With a new party (Kadima),
a.m. Sarabeth Lukin of
upcoming elections and a move
Hadassah Hospital was on the other
toward the middle, Sharon was seen
end of the line.
as the only person who could actual-
"Remember that visit to
ly create a solid centrist
Hadassah we were hoping
party on the basis of his
to arrange for you?" she
outsized personality and
asked. "Well, today would
credentials earned during
not be a good day."
the painful Gaza with-
With Prime Minister
drawal last year. Most polls
Ariel Sharon just about to
indicated that Kadima
emerge from lengthy brain
would be able to create a
surgery, Hadassah Hospital
strong coalition and con-
in Ein Kerem was ground
tinue the unilateral sepa-
zero for Israel, the region
Arthur M.
ration from the
and the world. And over
Horwitz
Palestinians, plus security,
the next 12 hours or so, the
Jewish
that a majority of Israelis
mood of the country
Renaissance
desired.
swung like a pendulum,
Media
Despite having not slept
from despair to hope and
all night, Jon Feder, editor-
even celebration.
in-chief of Israel's most
There were no optimists
popular Web site (YNet),
at the King David Hotel, on the
was following the Sharon story
streets or in the media about
moment by moment as his Web traf-
Sharon's chances for survival:
fic escalated dramatically during the
Since we are talking about Israel,
day. Feder was worried for Israel,
everyone had "inside information"
because he believes Sharon is the
about his prognosis. One friend said
only political figure with the stature
she was told by her friend (who is
to pull both sides together for
an emergency room
Kadima.
nurse at Hadassah)
Without
that Sharon had
Sharon, Feder
already passed
predicted,
The moods, the
away, and the
Kadima might
sorrows, the joys
government was
win 10 seats in
delaying the
.
the Knesset and
of this country
ae
announcement to
Israel would be
give foreign dig-
paralyzed
by a
were on contradic-
nitaries time to
weak coalition
tory display this
plan their funeral
government.
visits.
Also worried
day.
"you'd better be
this day, in a dif-
ready to give up
ferent way, were
your hotel room;
the organizers for
there will be dignitaries wanting
Birthright Israel (Taglit). Almost
your bed," I was warned by another
10,000 young adults were traveling
"in the know" friend who is a friend
throughout Israel on the free 10-day
of the management team at the King trips, .and 3,000 were to attend a
David.
mega-event at the Binyamei
The normally active, bustling
Ha'oomah concert hall later in the
streets of Jerusalem were subdued.
evening. To cancel, or not to cancel,
People conversed in low tones,
that is the question that could be
almost whispers, over coffee. In a
answered only by the health of
country where things happen with a
Sharon.
staccato cadence, everyone was
The prime minister remained in
doing something that was very diffi- stable, but grave condition, and the

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