did and egypt, deciding to give the speech there -- but he never mentioned the bart -- mentioned mubarek in his speech. we never like to was in power. we are trying to avoid the military option. >> al milikin. how do think israel views the election in their memory of the holocaust? >> i do not know about the second part of the question, but in terms of -- as pointed out, i would assume the israelis look at the iranian situation and essentially see a weakened state, and therefore they are happy about that dynamic. they also see the possibility between the u.s. -- serious possibility -- more remote. again, i think that they see that as a plus for the israeli interest in the region beyond that, i think the israelis are also watching. trying to make sense of the direction of what is going on. at this point, i think it was a welcome addition to their understanding of what is going on in the middle east. i think their reaction was very similar to the reaction that emil described in their relationship to important parts of the arab world. >> let me ask you -- if you pause the general, produced