Israel, Jerusalem / corr Trend R.Mammadov / Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is diseased with cancer of prostates in the early. "I think the nation should know about the Prime Minister's health," Olmert said to a special news conference in Jerusalem on 29 October.
Olmert, the leader of Kadima Party, was elected Prime Minister in April 2006. Over the last week the Israeli media spoke about deterioration of his health, whilst the diagnosis was not publicized. Olmert said that he should undergo surgery, but in condition to rule the government before it happens. "Perhaps, during and after the surgery I will need a period of rehabilitation,' he said.
Olmert's doctors stated to a news conference that revealing of cancer in the initial makes hopeful that Olmert will come over the disease. There is a need either for surgical interference ambulatory treatment. Local experts in Israel question whether Olmert will be able to rule the country during the period of treatment. Some sources speaking in conditions of anonymity said that during his treatment |the country might be rules by the first Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.