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I  would like to say to you, leaders and friends are being tested during difficult days.  These are the moments of the test, and I am meeting here wonderful friends who are  coming and showing solidarity and calmness towards the great moments that stand  ahead, knowing we can resist them.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPERCAPTION: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister\u003cbr/\u003eNetanyahu has suggested opponents are using the scandal to mask their real agenda. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says they want to get rid of him because of his policy to maintain Jewish  settlements in the West Bank and to preserve the city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\u003cbr/\u003eAll eyes are on Edna Arbel, the taciturn state attorney, and Attorney General Elyakim  Rubinstein, who will decide whether to charge Netanyahu with breach of trust and fraud  in the appointment of a crony as Attorney General.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking after a meeting with fellow prosecutors to decide whether to accept the  police's recommendations, Arbel said an announcement would be made within 48  hours.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003eQ: Should the prime minister suspend himself?\u003cbr/\u003e\"Not yet. You see, we are trying our best to finish our work and in two days everyone  and all the public will know our result.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Edna Arbel, Israeli State Attorney\u003cbr/\u003eNetanyahu's supporters have rallied to his defence.\u003cbr/\u003eOutside his offices in Jerusalem, settlers' leaders gathered in a show of support for the  man who champions their cause.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Prime Minister's aides say they're optimistic Netanyahu will be cleared.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well I can tell you that obviously the Prime Minister is convinced that his innocence  will be proven and that the very flimsy evidence on which the police recommendation is  based will be ignored by the Attorney General who is the one who will decide whether  charges will be pressed.   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/\u003eNo progress is expected on the peace front until the decision is made on Netanyahu's  immediate future.\u003cbr/\u003ePalestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Gaza, refused to comment on the situation but is  watching developments closely.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Do you think the issue of (Roni) Bar-On will interfere with the peace process?\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't interfere in these internal matters.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Yasser Arafat, P-L-O leader\u003cbr/\u003eThe affair stems from Netanyahu's decision in January to appoint Roni 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 himself could be indicted came much later in the  day and was front page news on Thursday. \u003cbr/\u003eIsrael's opposition Labour Party met Thursday morning in Tel Aviv, to discuss the  implications of the scandal which threatens to bring down the government.\u003cbr/\u003eParty members have called for the Prime Minister's immediate resignation.\u003cbr/\u003eParty leader - and former Prime Minister - Shimon Peres had been anxious to join a  government of national unity to negotiate with the Arabs.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Labour officials say that such a move cannot go ahead while the government faces  a threat of criminal charges.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd Peres said new elections were inevitable.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think what's happened leads to elections and there is no other way out.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Shimon Peres, Labour Party Leader\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 however if 61 members of the 120-seat Knesset  (parliament) agreed.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough political scandals in Israel are not infrequent, the police report is the harshest  ever against an Israeli government.\u003cbr/\u003eTel Aviv, Jerusalem and near Jerusalem, Israel; Gaza Strip, Gaza - 17 April, 1997\u003cbr/\u003eTel Aviv:\u003cbr/\u003e1. Exterior  of Likud headquarters\u003cbr/\u003e2. Security speaking with onlookers\u003cbr/\u003e3. Netanyahu arriving \u003cbr/\u003e4. Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister\u003cbr/\u003e6. Tsachi Hanegbi, Justice Minister, and Likud member surrounded by press\u003cbr/\u003eNear Jerusalem:\u003cbr/\u003e7. Edna Arbel, State Attorney walks outside hotel \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Edna Arbel, State Attorney\u003cbr/\u003e9. Arbel walks away\u003cbr/\u003eJerusalem:\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various shots of settlers' leaders demonstrating support for Netanyahu outside                prime minister's office\u003cbr/\u003e11. Set-up shot David Bar Ilan, advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Bar Ilan, Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin            Netanyahu\u003cbr/\u003eGaza:\u003cbr/\u003e13. Set-up shot Yasser Arafat\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yasser Arafat, P-L-O leader\u003cbr/\u003eJerusalem:\u003cbr/\u003e15. Central bus station\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various shots of newspaper headlines\u003cbr/\u003eTel Aviv:\u003cbr/\u003e17.  Exterior Labour Party headquarters\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various shots of Labour Party members\u003cbr/\u003e19. Shimon Peres\u003cbr/\u003e20. Table\u003cbr/\u003e21. Cameraman\u003cbr/\u003e22. Peres walking out of room\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Shimon Peres, Labour Party Leader\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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