. >> charlie: michele dunne, what has been the impact of the arab spring on the israeli-palestinian issue? >> the beginning really of a wave of chanhas going to affect virtually every issue in this region, and it's affecting the israeli-palestinian issue as much as anythi else. palestinians, at first, struggled with what did the arab spring mean to them. what the arab spring is about is about people rising up and using peaceful means to oppose conditions that they long accepted but really were dissatisfactory. first, the palestinians undertook palestinian reconciliation. these demonstrations, these peaceful demonstrations inside israel, the west bank and gaza but more importantly on the borders of israel uand i agree with robert this is bringing about a different situation. regarding egypt and the egyptian-israeli relationship, look, the egyptian government, whether now, during the transitional period, or after elections, is going to be more responsive to public opinion, and that includes regarding foreign policy, than mubarak was, and so we're seeing egypt undertaking a rolehat i think is not radically different but is somewhat m