**FILE 2006** Portrait of Senator Joseph Bismuth. Bismuth was elected into the Tunisian Senate in July 2005 and is the only Jewish elected legislator in the Arab world. January 4, 2006. Photo by Flash 90.

**FILE 2006** Portrait of Senator Joseph Bismuth. Bismuth was elected into the Tunisian Senate in July 2005 and is the only Jewish elected legislator in the Arab world. January 4, 2006. Photo by Flash 90.

**FILE 2006** Portrait of Galia Meor, the president and CEO of Bank Leumi and the top Israeli representative in Fortune magazine’s list of the world’s 50 most powerful businesswomen January 4, 2006. Photo by Flash 90.

An ambulance bearing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon enters Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital outside Jerusalem late on Wednesday,January 4, 2006, after Sharon at his ranch in southern Israel complained of "not feeling well." A short while after arriving a hospital spokesman announced that Sharon had suffered a "significant stroke" and a short while later it was reported that Sharon was undergoing surgery. The powers of government have been handed over to Ehud Olmert, Sharon Deputy and the current Finance Minister. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

Israeli police secures the area as hospital personnel cover the entry of the emergency room as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon arrives in an ambulance to the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem Wednesday January 4, 2006. Sharon was rushed to a hospital late Wednesday after feeling unwell, less than three weeks after suffering a mild stroke and just hours before he was to undergo a heart procedure. A hospital official says Sharon has suffered a "significant" stroke. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE Jan 4 2006** Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C), former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer (L) hold a check in deposit to the state of Israel during a ceremony of Bank Leumi sale at the Prime Minister's office. Investigators from the National Fraud Investigation Unit arrived today to the prime minister Olmert's Jerusalem residence to probe him about his role in the privatization of Bank Leumi. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

**FILE Jan 4 2006** Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C) and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hold a check in deposit to the state of Israel during a ceremony of Bank Leumi sale at the Prime Minister's office. Investigators from the National Fraud Investigation Unit arrived today to the prime minister Olmert's Jerusalem residence to probe him about his role in the privatization of Bank Leumi. Photo by Yossi Zamir Flash90