A son of Israel's comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his comatose father can move his eyes and fingers.

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

Perilous Times

A son of Israel's comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his comatose father can move his eyes and fingers.

JERUSALEM — A son of Israel's comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says his comatose father can move his eyes and fingers.

Sharon suffered a stroke in 2006 and has been in a coma ever since. Little has been disclosed about his condition.

"He opens his eyes and moves his fingers when I ask him to," Gilad Sharon told Israeli media Tuesday from the U.S., where he is promoting a book about his father.

Traditionally a hard-liner, Sharon shocked Israelis in 2005 when he unilaterally pulled Israeli soldiers and settlers out of Gaza. He suffered the stroke a few months later.

Sharon, now 83, was known as a daring army officer who fought in three wars before entering politics. He was elected prime minister in 2001 and served until he was incapacitated.