this is d w news while i'm from berlin tonight israel remembering the lives lost and take it in its struggle to gain and maintain statehood. jerusalem comes to a standstill to commemorate slain soldiers and civilians killed by terrorists and this sub in the years after israel first declared independence also coming up the ugly specter of anti-semitism rears its head here in berlin police are

investigating what appears to be a hate crime two young men wearing jewish kip was attacked in broad daylight. plus u.s. president trump confirms his as cia director mike pumping held secret talks with north korean leader kim jong il and what does this mean for hopes of peace on the korean peninsula. i bring golf it's good to have you with us israel is a celebrating seventy years of independence today the country's anniversary began with the observance of memorial day somber occasion that brought the nation to a standstill. at eleven o'clock this morning israelis polls for two minutes to remember. when

soldiers and victims of terrorism the country turn to more joyful celebrations tonight israel was founded after the partition of palestine in one nine hundred forty eight providing jews with a homeland but also causing divisions which have lasted to this day. well for more now i'm joined by the w.'s tanya kramer she is on the story for us tonight from jerusalem good evening to you tanya seventy years of israel is a story of success it's also a story of expulsions war in violence what does this day mean to the israeli people tonight. my friend you can see here tonight i mean we had the you know the some live mood of memorial day and now it turns into this test if new tonight here i'm in the middle of. the street one of the main shopping streets in west jerusalem and people are just celebrating enjoying the evening for

most tomorrow it's a day off this well so people are saying that there's a sense of patriotism here of course united felt very proud of to country what they have achieved but they're also people asking of course where is this country going what the talent is there is no peace around here so there are also a lot of questions being asked but tonight the mood here on this side of town of the east is. one of testament and you know you have spent many years covering israel but also the israeli palestinian conflict is there a sense that israel's existence came about and continues. the suffering of the palestinians. i mean this conflict is one of the most important i mean if you look at surveys i'm always asked what they want to see of course israelis they want to see peace but if you then ask you know how and when this is the big question then. different

you see this shift here also in the past couple of years to the right and that's reflected also in government policies where there is not so much talk and more about a two state solution but more talk about you know possibly the next station of the occupied west bank so. we don't see any moves on the ground that anything in this situation would change any anytime soon. and how much support would you say tony that there is today for the two state solution israel. was according to service to is still a lot of support among people but if you then also when will this happen know how it will happen that's a big question then it's not so much optimism that this will happen and again the shift in government policies here i suppose a different picture at the moment you know the peace process is very very far off

and we don't see any movie on the ground that would say become that any time soon. and we know that israel has enemies in the region it also has some surprising supporters consider saudi arabia for example when the israelis look beyond their borders what kind of world do they see. what i mean we do have you know two countries say have a peace agreement with egypt and jordan so these are the countries. israelis could theoretically go and visit but other than that it's still. rather the same over the past decades and at the moment. there's a lot of tension in the north than. when israelis look at to what syria israel is very much concerned about the involvement of iran and also looking over already beyond one says syrian conflict might be ending what does iran to the state at the

moment on high alert actually. what we've seen over the past decades until today there is no peace in the region. our correspondent on your grammar reporting tonight from a very lively john foster tanya thank you very much. well here in berlin police are investigating a suspected anti-semitic attack according to police a man assaulted two friends wearing jewish style skull caps for the first time and one of the victims told d.w. news that the pair wanted to show an israeli friend that it is safe to wear the kipa in berlin but the attack on tuesday evening has raised concerns for the safety of jews in the german capital. the victim recorded the incident with his smartphone that didn't stop his attacker. the attacker repeatedly shouted. which means do and with his victims

a twenty one year old israeli and his twenty four year old german moroccan friend. and. companion for the attacks. the two victims spoke with d.w. and explained that they are not even jewish that the yarmulke was a bit of a game an experiment to find out how dangerous it would be to walk around berlin as a jew the result of. i could not sleep all last night. my body in various places. and i must say i just feel less safe. the incident took place a trendy middle class prints lower back to sleep not a high crime neighborhood it's an area where residents rarely encounter violent alter cations. think it takes place in the city's outskirts of the districts you think are violent anyway. i don't get. this. come on you.

have to do something about this from the very standard schools training centers and have more reports from people who experience this kind of thing. jewish community has been growing in recent years many have been moving here from russia but also many young israelis. livable and less as the place for the whole course originated but it seems to have become risky again. in public. recently experienced increasing anti-semitic incidents seen here they include physical threats and injuries. so we have to say that the security situation for people were clearly identifiable as jews. that the german government appointed its first commissioner to combat anti-semitism

just a few days ago. we have to prepare the schools equip the teachers with learning materials maybe also with additional training in order to respond to these things and to make people. adam has sustained some minor injuries but nothing is known about his attack police investigating. this. so we will have more on this event coming up on the day here's some of the other stories making headlines around the world international weapons inspectors say a united nations security team came under fire near the site of an alleged poison gas attack in syria the security team was trying to pave the way for the inspectors to enter the town of duma weapons investigators want to establish whether the attack actually took place and what chemicals may have been used. turkey's president right to tie affair to one has announced plans to hold early elections on

june twenty fourth the early vote will hasten turkey's switch from a parliamentary system to a presidential one that will strengthen erda once power the announcement came just before turkey's parliament voted to extend the country's state of emergency now that state grants the government sweeping powers. lawmakers in cuba have chosen communist party loyalists miguel diaz canel as these so candidate to replace outgoing president raul castro the national assembly is now poised to officially elect the fifty seven year old. as the country's new president later tonight the male is castro's handpicked successor he'd be the first person from outside the castro family to leave cuba in nearly six decades. where u.s. president donald trump has confirmed that cia director and incoming secretary of state mike pump aoe traveled to north korea and met face to face with the leader

kim jong il now he tweeted that the secret trip went quote very smoothly the u.s. leader is currently at his mar-a lago resort in florida hosting another key stakeholder in the north korean nuclear arms race japanese prime minister shinzo. after welcoming shinzo abbe and his wife donald trump wasted no time in addressing one of the main issues on their agenda north korea the us president revealing a breakthrough in relations between washington and pyongyang we've also started talking to north korea directly we have had direct talks at very high levels really high levels with north korea. and i really believe there's a lot of goodwill a lot of good things are happening and see what happens is i always say we'll see what the response ramp has now confirmed that cia director and secretary of state

nominee mike plan peo met with north korean leader kim jong un last week. a stunning turnaround just three months ago trump and kim were engaged in a war of words sparked by a p.r. yang's nuclear program and long range missile launches but the new year marked a new direction for the isolated country there was a thaw in relations with south korea with the north participating in the winter olympics and a joint korean talks move to end hostilities as well as talks of denuclearization. in early march kim offered to hold talks with washington to the shock of many observers trump except it pompei a secret trip to pyongyang is further evidence that those talks could go ahead five different locations are reportedly under discussion with trump adding that he's expecting to meet kim in late may or early june. our sports news now the second

german cup semifinals taking place in goals in caravans and i are flying shako will host last year as a runner ups frankfurt a hard fought battle is expected between the two sides hungry for silverware with the winner to take on byron munich in the final next month. footballing highs don't come much higher than the long awaited been in the right job. after four long years without a win over brasil dortmund shell the boss the boys in black and yellow in the big game on sunday. but blasting past their bitter rivals in the bundesliga will only help so much and what lies ahead. this is not too shouldn't them and it's great when you win a darby then have another big game a cup semifinal against a very strong team should be looking at a norm shocking myself to have we'll go into the game with more confidence we'll

still have to concentrate on what it'll be tricking the whole consenting adults and that's keeping their concentration has been tricky for frankfurt the german media have swarmed around coach nico coverage ever since word broke last week that he set to take over byron munich this summer i'm trucked werth umped for one in the first game since the news came out about the coach's future but coverts preferred a reminder of the past in his pre-match remarks i was going to say the situation is a lot like last year nobody thought we stood a chance of winning our semifinal i mention gladbach but we were the ones who made it to the final if we know how nice it is to be there and we know how hard it will be in goals and creation lives on. the lips frankfurt couldn't seal the deal in berlin last may falling in the final to dortmund going one better this year and lifting some silverware with frankfurt wouldn't be

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