the revolutionary yards, i think israel made a strategic misjudgment. they thought they could live alongside a hamas-controlled gaza seven october demonstrated they could not, while they're living alongside a hizballah controlled lebanon they're living alongside popping iranian controlled syria, but a syria in which iran has a substantial foothold now, i don't think the israeli security chiefs, the people i used to work there mossad and shin bet and so on will be ready to tolerate this indefinitely and they'll say, if not, now, then when. but i think the politics point to a gradual step forward rather than a major escalation. >> and i just wonder your security interlocutors over the years, many of them have publicly said that actually israel's most existential threat is the continued lack of a political resolution that would bring security between israel and the palestinian. do you think now is you look at