walid phares. to have you here, let's start with, first of all most important ally in middle east. is israel. what is netanyahu facing here, in your judgment and what can we expect? >> well, big picture is very important here. it is that israel is a constitutional democracy, it justhejustice system can indictn katvinvindicate from citizen toe prime minister. on the other hand. if you look around them in the neighborhood outside of european union, you won't find countries that would go into this paths. this will have an impact on poll tie pickspolitics of israel ande region. lou: this is common for prime ministers to be targeted by the opposition, and for politics to be very much in play, in these kinds of quote, unquote, investigations. >> absolutely. in israel there were many cases before, but also we know that it is very charge politically, two months before the election, the times is really suspect from a political perspective. we have to wait and see. lou: we will wait and see. and meanwhile, w