Israeli media are reporting this afternoon that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been taken to hospital after suffering a minor stroke.
Sharon is in stable condition after briefly losing consciousness on Sunday.
His condition is not considered life-threatening.
"The prime minister is conscious. He is undergoing tests. His condition is stable," said Professor Shmuel Shapira, director of Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital.
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