The tense relationship between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and State Comptroller and Ombudsman Micha Lindenstrauss faces a tough test Wednesday when they are to appear at a Knesset House Committee session.
The panel will discuss charges that the Prime Minister, when he was Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, acted improperly in granting help to a friend and former partner who set up a factory. Committee chairman Knesset Member Zevulun Orlev (National Union), has threatened to subpoena Prime Minister Olmert if he refuses to appear.