well, joining me now so lend perspective is former florida congressman robert wexler.ood to see you. >> good morning. >> this first popped up on my radar -- i get a lot of israeli newspapers, we get a whole thing, but this first popped up, howard did a story during the mandela funeral, saying there is fear among israel, among the israel business community, there is a tipping point. what happened to south africa in the '80s could be globally what happens to israel now in 2014 and 2015. are they -- are they -- is there something to this? >> well, of course, there is. because large european institutions, financial institutions in particular, have begun to adopt policies that are punitive with respect to israel, and europe is israel's still biggest trading partner. prime minister netanyahu made an extraordinary speech recently at the davos economic conference, in which he outlined this remarkable innovation nation. i mention it, because after he was done with the speech, he then did ainn interview with th european journalist, which i assume the israeli office chose. prime