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And we expect that the attorney general will not press  charges.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: David Bar Ilan, advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u003cbr/\u003eAll eyes are now on State Attorney Edna Arbel and Attorney General Elyakim  Rubinstein. \u003cbr/\u003eThey are expected to decide within 48 hours whether to adopt the police   recommendations and charge Netanyahu with breach of trust and fraud in the  appointment of a political crony, Roni Bar-On, as attorney general.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of Netanyahu's supporters are urging for people to wait until the Attorney  General's office makes its decision before passing judgement on the prime minister.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, I think only in totalitarian societies do the police investigate, place on trial and  sentence a public figure. I think that in any democratic society it is agreed that the  Attorney General and the prosecutors office, that's their responsibility. And I think that it  is justified to wait 48 hours and certainly not to try the Prime Minister in the media\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Moshe Fogel, Israeli government spokesperson\u003cbr/\u003eWednesday's surprise development casts a shadow over the peace process with the  Palestinians just as U-S envoy Dennis Ross arrived to try to restart negotiations that  have been frozen since mid-March.\u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian leader Yasser Arafat has refused to comment on the situation but is  apparently receiving half-hour updates on developments.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003eQ: Do you think the issue of (Roni) Bar-On will interfere with the peace process?\u003cbr/\u003eA:  I don't interfere in these internal matters.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Yasser Arafat, Palestine Liberation Organisation leader\u003cbr/\u003eThe affair stems from Netanyahu's decision in January to appoint Bar-On as attorney  general. \u003cbr/\u003eBar-On resigned after only a day in office amid a storm of criticism that he was a legal  lightweight chosen for his political connections.\u003cbr/\u003eOn Wednesday it was first reported that police had recommended charges be brought  against only two of Netanyahu's aides and one of his political allies.\u003cbr/\u003eThe announcement that Netanyahu could be indicted came much later in the day and  was front page news on Thursday. \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think what is happening to our prime minister is a siege by the press.  I think the  press in Israel is envying the 1970s in the United States and they are trying to get a  Watergate in Israel and make a career on the back on the shoulders of our prime  minister.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"His (Netanyahu's) only trouble was that he didn't shut down the television and all the  radio, otherwise he would have been all right.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I respect Bibi (Netanyahu), but I think he is not the right prime minister at the right time  at the moment. I think (Shimon) Peres should come back.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop\u003cbr/\u003eUnder Israel's new electoral law, Netanyahu - the country's first directly elected premier -  would not be obliged to resign even if convicted. \u003cbr/\u003eNetanyahu could be removed if 61 members of the 120-seat Knesset agreed.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough scandals in Israel are not infrequent, the police report was the harshest ever  against an Israeli government.\u003cbr/\u003eGaza \u0026amp; Jerusalem, Israel, 17 April 1997\u003cbr/\u003e1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaving his house in his car\u003cbr/\u003e2. Foreign Minister David Levy and Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai at Netanyahu's       office\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Bar Ilan, Netanyahu's advisor\u003cbr/\u003e4. Exterior of the Justice Ministry\u003cbr/\u003e5. Yehoshua Resnik, one of prosecutors in Attorney General's office, arriving to the              justice ministry\u003cbr/\u003e6. 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