. >> the obama admistration wouldike to see steps to normize steps with israel. with israel since 1979but it was t has been a cold peace and the obama administrati would like to e some warming up of relatisof kind of changesf visits. so kind of concsions, if you like, to israel, such as allowi flyovs of airplanes, iseli airplanes over egyptian airspace, things ke that,in order to create a more kind of positive atmosphere that would helpaunch the peace procs. the other hand,he egyptians insist that israel should freeze all selement activity inhe palestinia occupied territies in order to facilate such moves. >> egypts easily the most popuus country in the region with 83 million peoplebut is it is as influenal as used to be. >> it's probably as influential as it used to be. it is aeading member of the arab league. and it doesset the tone, the potical tone, if you ike, for th arab side in terms of you ow if eyptgoes towards normalizatioof relations with israel, other countries a likely to be encouraged to do so. the problem that therab de, the palestinn side, is dided