hello again i walked into the spotlight they interviewed cheryl tate i'll. be guest on the program is. israel says the unrest in the middle east didn't harm tell of them but the arab spring has inspired many palestinians to step up the fight for independence and israel's closest neighbors syria and egypt are still in turkey so how does the jewish state cope with the revolutionary spirit within and outside its borders we're asking the former head of the israeli security council and senior research fellow at the institute for national security studies in. although the arab spring didn't affect israel directly it's complicated jerusalem's relations with its neighbors. leader hosni mubarak was the jewish state staunch ally for three decades but after he got on the throne long simmering still she against israel has burst into the open next but israel shows he's ready to talk just days ago in jerusalem managed to bring back that soldier from the california captivity in return for more than an hour. thank you thank you very much for being with us first of all i'd l