thank latish the dawn of islam this of an exclusive d.w. report starting april twenty first. this is d w news one from berlin tonight israel remembering the lines lost and taken in his struggle to gain and maintain statehood. jerusalem comes to a standstill to commemorate slain soldiers and civilians killed by terrorism this

seventy years after israel first declared independence also coming up anti-semitism here in berlin police investigate what appears to be a hate crime two young men wearing jewish attacked in broad daylight. plus u.s. president donald trump confirms his cia director mike pompei o held secret talks with north korea's leader what does this mean for peace on the korean peninsula. plus a dealing a blow to human traffickers in their biggest operation ever german police arrest over a hundred suspects in a series of early morning raids targeting an organization linked to time like. i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight israel is still. abrading seventy

years of independence seven decades marked by many successes and many troubling moments as well the traditional torch washing ceremony in jerusalem marked the beginning of what many israelis call their independence day now according to the hebrew calendar the first three of the proclamation of the state of israel by david ben-gurion began at sundown on wednesday prime minister benjamin netanyahu told her hours in jerusalem that real seeds of peace were beginning to sprout among some of israel's arab. us. it's an interesting take there by the israeli prime minister of jordan or in the studio now by norm you live she's an analyst for international affairs and the middle east at the curb or felt good to have you only serve so israel celebrating seventy years of independence the israeli palestinian conflict was it created also use of them two years ago it was probably even created before because the fact that there are two competing national

movements one being jews zionist one being air palestinian started way before with the israelis call. before the establishment of the state of israel so then cain nineteen forty seven the un partition plan which came as a replacement of the british men day which also didn't really deescalate tensions in the region and then of course forty eight which for the israelis is an independence day the fulfillment of their national aspirations and also a very strong signal of hope after these very very dark years of the show out but then also on the other hand the past palestinian perspective is complete that different for the pilots since it's related to you know having to leave their homes it's related to the story it's acts out there were just displaced and i. i need to

those days the refugee problem the palestinian refugee apartment is still of a fake a liability to to any effort to make peace between palestinians and israelis and peace also gives goes beyond the palestinian israeli conflict and when israel looks beyond its borders what does it see i mean it sees in the news but it also sees some surprising supporters or doesn't i'm thinking of saudi arabia right i mean that is that is sort of the latest talk of town my sense is that this new reparation mom between riyadh and drusilla and is very much interest driven so we have the goal of trying to curb iran's influence in the region and that is very much where israeli and saudi interests align so very much you know according to the motto the enemy of my enemy is my friend that is that is exactly what it's all about and you know we'll have to see to what extent that new

alignment move really hold because you know one arab politician once told me and he happened to be saudi that there isn't one word in the d.n.a. of every arab and that is palestine zero i think the question of palestine especially when it comes to the so-called arab street public opinion in the arab countries is still a very pertinent want a very emotional one and still one with which you can mobilize the masses and masses to demonstrate you can also mobilize a lot of violence which begs the question what are the chances of us ever seeing a reconciliation between the palestinians and the israelis. look. you know my sense is that it takes bold leadership on both sites the blueprint for a peaceful solution is there it has been discussed a thousand times so you know they don't have to reinvent the view of the wheel but they have. to to take a bold step and they became they do that without the us in

a leadership role now well is the u.s. and the leadership role no i don't know i think it's what it all boils down to is getting rid of those domestic travel constraints you know coalition building technical concerns on on both sides of course that is wishful thinking but i think at this point in time this is really that the greatest impediment when it comes to progress and in the peace process right normal or with the curb or foundation this seventieth anniversary of israeli independence is with you very much good to be here thank you. we're here in berlin police are investigating a suspected anti-semitic attack that's after a man assaulted two friends where he jewish style skullcaps they say for the first time and one of the victims told d.w. news that the pair wanted to show an israeli friend that it's safe to wear the kipa

here 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 his victims a twenty one year old israeli just twenty four year old german moroccan friend with ability and the attacker was led away by his companion there were no further 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 at 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 prince lower back district not a high crime neighborhood it's not our violent anyway but this year i don't get to hear this. come on you. have to do something about this from the very stand in 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 where the whole of course originated but it seems to have become risky again. in public. we've 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 who were clearly identifiable as jews has worsened. the german government appointed its first commission into combat on tyson it isn't just a few days ago it was new. and we have to prepare the schools equip the teachers with learning materials maybe old school with additional training in order to respond to these things and to make people aware of what's happening. adam has sustained some minor injuries but nothing is known about his attack police investigating. and today israel's ambassador to germany jeremy issacharoff told the news that he is very disturbed by that video but he added that he is not pessimistic about the future of germany especially as a new home to many jews. a very disturbing incident here in berlin an

anti-semitic incident a boy wearing a kippah toxin called a jew. what does that make with you do you react to such incident as i said i think it's regrettable i think it was a disgraceful act i saw it i saw the video and i actually tweeted that i think this person should be arrested and punished with the full force of the law this is not just a hate crime in terms of how he or dressed the person he attacked as a jew. it was also a violent one and i think that this this sort of thing there should be zero tolerance not so long ago there was a ninety semitic incidents in feinberg's restaurant in berlin and within a space of a few minutes a very somebody who began to talk about the palestinian issue said within five or ten years you'll all be back in the gas chambers and i could not believe that i would have ever hear this again but hearing it on the streets of berlin you know as

a pastor of israel i was i was stunned and so for me in my i think there should be incredible zero tolerance regarding these acts there needs to be a strong enforcement there needs to be a sense that this is not going to be tolerated and i think that it will require a whole range of different steps not only in force mint but also in education on many different levels one of the most important acts that has actually happened in recognition of the problem is the fact that they've appointed now a federal commission of mr felix klein to come back and he said it's a do you have the impression that these incidents that have been more these incident in the recent polls and that's something the climate in germany house change it's very difficult for me to judge i've only been here. seven months or so but since i've been here i've seen that incident that i talked about in the gold

restaurant this instant this morning. frankly the f.t. came into power in the last elections and in the altar there were also demonstrations of which israeli flags. so. there are things happening here which i am concerned about. and they take up my time and my concern but i would like to have been very impressed by the very strong condemnations coming from the highest levels of the german government against these these acts and these for these phenomena. and i'm encouraged by that again i'm also encouraged by the fact that we have such a vibrant and strong relationship problem many other issues as well if israeli people ask you is it safe to live in germany is it safe for me to wear a kippa to show myself as a jew in germany or would you want i would answer that i've been living in berlin

now for seven months and i feel very safe. not only do i feel safe but actually walk on the street in the middle of. living in the code i hear a lot of hebrew being spoken so i don't think anyone is waiting to ask me whether they should come out of i think the israelis are voting with their feet a lot of people are coming to berlin another german said it's become a destination of choice for in israel this new atmosphere in our bilateral relationships let's face it we've had a problematic past but the problematic past is becoming a very promising future and that's the. another major goal that i have in ensuring that that only increases and gets enhanced in the coming years mr ambassador thank you so much. and that was israel's ambassador to germany speaking with the w.'s vault or here's some of the other stories now that are 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 richard hi erica why has announced plans to hold early elections on june twenty fourth this will hasten turkey's switch from a parliamentary system to a presidential one that will strengthen everyone's powers turkey's parliament has also voted to extend the country's state of emergency which has been in effect since a failed coup almost two years ago u.s. air safety officials are investigating what caused a plane engine to rip apart mid air on tuesday leaving one woman dead shrapnel from the engine shattered a window passengers who say that the woman was then partially sucked out of the plane it was the first fatal u.s. airline accident in almost a decade. u.s.

president donald trump has confirmed that cia director might pump aoe travel to north korea and met face to face with leader kim jong un he tweeted that this secret trip went 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 will see the story talking to north korea directly we have heard direct talks very high levels really high levels with north korea. and i really believe there's

a lot of good will lot of good things are happening we'll see what happens as i always say we'll see what the response has now confirmed that cia director and secretary of state nominee mike pan pail 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 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 moved 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 early june. well tonight in cuba lawmakers are one step closer to electing the first person from outside the castro family to lead the country in nearly sixty years earlier today members of cuba's national assembly chose communist party loyalist miguel diaz cardinal as the sole candidate to replace outgoing president raul castro of the body is now poised to officially the fifty seven year old the dynamic as the country's new president later tonight he is castro's hand picked successor. art helen is here now taking a look at what's that leadership change ruggedness a election change right what it's going to mean for the islands it's still a way off that despite those reforms cuba's economy still desperately needs

a job its when it comes to its finances the question is is miguel diaz kind of the person to do it well he is a long time member of the communist party he'll take over when castro steps down in twenty twenty two and curry opinion is divided as to whether he'll bring great change to the country. this modest home is where cuba's next likely president grew up it's in the roughest neighborhood of the provincial capital santa clara we go out yes canal is from a younger generation of leaders and advocates modernization he called fomor critical national media and defied the party's mainstream by backing an alternative cultural center. he was very visionary because well to support at the time. he came with a lot of innovative ideas like giving space to the l g b t community. it was rather marginalized. despite

these efforts their concerns over how much the u.s. can now kind of complication many expect him to put an emphasis on continuity. that we know that is intelligence and his willingness to try to win derives from the principles he learned from fidel and grow your defense them and therefore will continue. cuba's opposition is calling for stronger reforms to lift the majority of the population out of poverty row castro's modernization efforts have gotten mixed results so far the cuban government reorganized thousands of state companies and twenty eleven to make them more competitive despite those good intentions production quotas centralized planning and the government's monopoly on foreign trade still prevent true autonomy. i agree

culture reform so loosen regulations on farmers and prices however the state dominated says the muslim to restored because speculation inflated prices. many reforms remain a work in progress but have yet to begin well the ass canal approached him head on to well we'll find out in twenty twenty one when it will be his turn to wear the boots. well two fronts now in key economic reforms for ford by the french president of manual continues to come under fire from the powerful unions council wednesday by rail workers only wanted three high speed trains was running meaning misery second meters more strikes are planned for tomorrow what is adding up to be the biggest test of michael's presidency to date. outside the station train driver five be unveiled june and his colleagues are feeling defiant in

a normal working day he brings thousands of people into paris and the suburbs. now his train is a standstill in the garden. who owns the railways. we do comes the answer. the. french rail unions a well organized and workers are ready to push back with everything they've got to protect their jobs the. advantage since surf don't go in cars rail workers are more than ready to fight it out. we're not interested in sitting round and talking about securing our coffee break up song i'm proud of being a train worker want to go up once it's in shifted. rail workers in france have built up in title months over decades drivers like fab yang can retire five years

early and enjoy free rail travel across the country. but the national rail network is heavily in debt and president emanuel macron wants to roll back some of those privileges macross already made some reforms but says he's ready to push through more for him shaking up the railways is a political battle he has to win. the suffering because of the strike they're working days or longer and some companies could even go bust because of it we need to sort this out i want to make it quite clear we will push through the reforms because we have to have change. and many say strikes like that are a thing of the past. when strikers find themselves in a minority that can make them more radical but public opinion quickly turns against them then they can maintain the strike and have to give up that could give macro on

the opportunity to push through his reforms without unions agreeing. with what the federal bureau of your. political. something the rail workers are determined to prevent from happening. we have to stand firm together otherwise the changes will go through. he was. savvy and in no hurry to get back in the driver's seat he believes the track that will determine his future is only now being laid. german police have raided properties links to three top executives sports car make a porsche this part of a ford pray be linked to the diesel emissions stand on the ten sites so one porsche board member another member of upper management and a third person who no longer works for the company porsche is owned by fox falcon which in twenty fifteen admitted to using cheating software in diesel engines to

pass emissions tests. well it's back to brent's now in a crackdown on human trafficking all of that's right here in germany federal police have carried out unprecedented raids against suspected human traffickers throughout the country police detained over one hundred suspects across twelve german states early this morning they're suspected of trafficking hundreds of women and transsexuals are from thailand for prostitution prosecutors say the chief suspects are a fifty nine year old timey national and her sixty two year old german partner. well i'm joined here in the studio at the big table by frank kinder she is the director of the berlin based organization together against human trafficking he's also a member of the german parliament with chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party mr ali it's good to have you on the show thank you and this was a huge operation wasn't one of the biggest all even the biggest at the police has organized so is that because the authorities have been sleeping at the

wheel when it comes to enforcing laws or have the laws changed to make it easier to force actually it's a second even a hope with me is that second because last year some of the laws have changed even the definition in our law towards human trafficking and that made it possible for better research for the police to have similar tools and probably that made it possible what happened tonight the use a better tools we know that germany is considered paradise when it comes to protecting private data but that has been a hindrance for the police hasn't it has because it was liberal as you say it was open it was a market as good to organize a brothel as you didn't have to have some controls to expect it if the police wanted for example to eavesdrop on my phone conversation it was very it was impossible wasn't it wasn't even possible because it wasn't called an organized

crime ok it wasn't in that area of. of criminality and it was. a statistic open statistics say fourteen point six billion euro on the market one year and we have up to four hundred thousand people working in that business one point two every day a going actions in that area now imagine if there's no control what can happen on that market so that is a good sign that the police has used the tools and now open the possibility to see for the open public we've got about thirty seconds here want to ask you their germany is considered a liberal country prostitution is legal for german law makers like yourself is that a headache though when it comes time to talk about cleaning up the the dark under belly of sex crime in traffic yes it has but their politics has to go before society because even society has to recognise that there is more than they thought there is and there we have to dig and we have to open it up and they we have to

clean it you know way and you feel like that's what's happening it's happening and i'm encouraged through that last night all right. mr we certainly appreciate you taking the time to be on the show today. with the berlin base together against human trafficking thank you very much. thank you. after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day for that will be record.

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