whole range of things, especially dealing with hamas and gaza, they have counted on very deep understandings with the egyptians in terms of diplomacy with hamas. they have had very deep understandings with the egyptians. if you have an egyptian government that you can't use in that way, that you can't cooperate with, not only do you sort of have to rethink the strategy, but even the tactics of how you're dealing with the current threats has to change fundamentally and israelis are losing a whole lot of sleep in the last week. quite frankly, they're rooting for hosni mubarak to pull through more than anybody else is. >> jon alterman from the center for strategic and international studies. thanks for your time. >> thanks, fredricka. they've done well during hosni mubarak's rule, but is egypt's upper class supporting him now? ring ring ring ring