they want more freedom. that's great. we're behind that. >> finally, mr. blair, do you believe in your position as middle east peace envoy, do you believe that peace is now more or less likely the way things stand today? >> it's extremely difficult to tell. the one thing i do know is that peace between the israelis and the palestinians is of huge importance to the stability of the region, but also to those modernizing and forward looking forces in the region triumphing over those who would take the region and the world backwards. so whatever the next few months brings, we've got to carry on working flat out on this. there's actually, i mean, i will be going back to israel and palestine very shortly, within the next couple of days. we've then got a meeting of the main quartet, that's the united nations, u.s., eu, russia, which is happening saturday, and whatever events in egypt bring, we're going to have to carry on