turmoil. leone lakhani has the story. reporter: revolutionary change in egypt, sparking fears amongst neighboring middle east governments are sparking further pro-democracy campaigns inside their borders. here in the gulf there have been protests in yemen and bahrain, but most citizens benefit from the state s wealth with housing, education, health care all taken care of and authorities hope that will keep a lid on wide-scale social unrest. like the middle east, a large portion of the population is under the age of 25 and entering the workforce, so creating jobs to absorb this population is a foremost challenge particularly for saudi arabia. yes, there is unemployment, 10% unemployment in saudi arabia is a fact, and we have youth unemployment, certainly more than 25%. 70% of saudis are below the age
streets. obviously this situation is being watched here in the united states, across the arab world and in israel. israel made peace with egypt years ago and is watching now to see if the mubarak government can withstand this pressure. kevin, is the israeli government watching quietly or are they speaking out? reporter: very quietly. the sounds of silence here, john. the israeli government has yet to comment in any way for the past couple of days. but nothing tonight as the events in cairo and the rest of egypt got a lot more dramatic. a couple of days ago we did hear from a few government officials saying they thought that the president mubarak could weather this storm. i think tonight israeli officials are taking a closer look at those assessments and wondering what will happen here. this israeli government does not want to see a regime change in egypt them do not want to see revolutionary change in egypt.