Defence Minister Ehud Barak may call on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down from office or temporarily suspend himself after the latest testimony in a bribery case, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday.
It said Barak, a senior partner in Olmert's governing coalition, was due to make a statement after a U.S. businessman testified on Tuesday he gave Olmert cash-stuffed envelopes including personal loans that were never repaid.