thank. you. this is d. w. news live from cools growth for an end to the conflict between israel and the palestinians us israel's prime minister praises his military's efforts benyamin netanyahu says he has no doubt the latest ass trikes have set hamas militants back many is also coming up spain's prime minister flies out to the countries north african on plates say to tough to get to grips with the growing crisis after thousands of my friends cross the border with morocco. found france's cafes

restaurants and shops reopen often more than 6 months of look sound the government says code 19 numbers are moving in the right direction. i knew you could. thanks so much for joining us. cool's are intensifying for an end to slicing between israel and hamas militants in gaza france has filed a draft resolution at the u.n. security council with egypt and jordan calling for a ceasefire but despite international efforts to find a solution israel is keeping up its ass strikes on gaza and hamas continues to launch rockets into israel. more rockets flew through the skies over gaza

light on tuesday but missiles fired from there were intercepted by israel's defense system israel says it responded with targeted strikes prime minister binyamin netanyahu says they will continue as long as it takes to restore security and they're having success. about this i've received your views about many attacks against thomas and islamic jihad they received blows they did not expect i have no doubt that we set them back many years. israel says it's targeting leaders of the militant hamas movement that governs gaza and a system of tunnels used to move weapons. but continued israeli airstrikes on gaza a fueling a humanitarian crisis most of the dead in gaza civilians and thousands of people were cut off from clean water and have no access to medicines hospitals are already struggling with the cove a daunting pandemic a stretched to the limits efforts and now an overdrive of the united nations to try

and find a diplomatic solution to the crisis france's drafted a security council resolution calling for a ceasefire but there is disagreement among council nations on the best way forward the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. is demanding action. this is what we are talking about the security council is shameful act. not even expressing a unified position calling for the end of this aggression. but as long as rockets are still being fired from both sides into the conflict is nowhere in sight. let's speak now. i'm still a member of the german going to start for the german business friendly possibly f.t.p. he has also served as vice president of the european parliament it's

a great pleasure to have you with us today thanks to join joining us germany says israel has a right to self-defense against palestinian militants big given the many civilian deaths in gaza would you say the israeli attacks are proportionate. well i think it's important to look at where this all started out this started with a barrage of missiles fired from gaza indiscriminately it israeli civilians this is the starting point of the current conflict the israeli response was to be expected it is measured in that the israeli military usually calls ahead and warns the inhabitants that strikes are imminent gives them time to evacuate but then sometimes and you have pointed that out there are civilian casualties for a very simple reason hamas which is a terrorist organization puts its missiles launch pads in civilian areas

has its weapons stash was in civilian areas and therefore it's sometimes absolutely impossible to avoid avoid these regrettable and sad and tragic events in which civilians lose their lives as well but it's a measured response from israel very clearly in the face of an unprecedented attack from i must have measured response now noticed a new foreign ministers have called for a cease fire between israel and hamas but a failed to reach the unanimity that might give the e.u. leverage in peacemaking how much influence can they really bring to stop this conflict. the european union has one very obstinate member these days that's hungary that is the only country that has blocked a common resolution but we have texts i mean there is no excuse for the european union not to be inactive if you look for example at the council conclusions of 2016 january 26th when you will find

a lot of elements that are very very good foundation to base europe's work on in the region with the partners it offers both sides by the way israel and the palestinians a privileged partnership it once they have achieved a peaceful settlement of the conflict so i think europe has an opportunity to do something it's regrettable that they couldn't reach unanimity at this particular point in time now but that's simply due to the fact that rick dorgan the prime minister of hungary and tries to block anything and everything that the european union tries to do these days ok outside of europe the international international community has been calling for peace negotiations would you say would be most likely to lead then the u.s. seems slightly hesitant. yes because the president but i understand his 1st term and most american presidents have only taken up the mantle of trying to solve the problem in their 2nd term but i believe that the. the quartet should be reactivated

to the united states the united nations the european union and russia and they should invite all the relevant actors from the region and the one problem that that everybody has really is that it is impossible to find a legitimate interlocutor on the palestinian side palestine has not had elections since 2006 president abbas no longer enjoys democratic legitimacy the palestinians are split between the fatah and the west bank and hamas in the gaza strip so the palestinians need to decide who is going to speak on their behalf and the moment they have done that it will be a lot easier to engage to reagan gauge negotiations that are so sorely needed what more could general that the german government be doing to mediate in a situation. where i believe for the time being israel's military is the institution that protects the population from this terrorist attack and so we

cannot give any advice on military operations obviously but i think the primary role of germany really should be to try to hammer out a european consensus to try to convince airings not to stand in the way of such a consensus we have historic ties to israel france has much stronger historic ties to the arab world which actually gives you a good positionally if france and germany can see eye to eye on the situation can see eye to eye on a possible solution it can see eye to eye on a negotiation process of political horizon i think europe has a role to play because we have we are the most important market for both sides the palestinians and the israelis so at the long and in the long run there is an incentive for everybody to engage and europe can play a role. xander thanks so much for joining us today. let's take a look now at some of the other news making headlines at this hour the u.s. has condemned what it calls anti semitic remarks made by turkey's president type at

a one state department did not specify which comments it was referring to as a one has criticized israel for conducting as strikes on gaza accusing us of carrying out terrorism against palestinians prosecutors in the u.s. state of new york say their probe into former president donald trump is now a criminal investigation a move widens a probe into the finances of trump's company the trump organization the former president has in the past said the investigation is politically motivated spain's prime minister petro sanchez made an emergency trip to the north african enclave say which i made worsening bilateral relations with morocco on monday a wreck or number of migrants crossed into from morocco in a single day spain's interior ministry said many have already been sent back. they kept arriving all day most of the african migrants reached by swimming some 2

kilometers along the coast of morocco or on land passing a 10 metre high wall which spain had erected more than 8000 people cross the border into the spanish enclave on monday a single day record spanish official said spain deployed biami to patrol the border and sent the migrants spectrum morocco soldiers did not shrink from using force. about half the people who are arrived have since been expelled back to morocco. spanish prime minister of sanchez visited the to show the government support before the trip for me his statements on this new pretty remarkable percent of my priority is spain's prime minister at this moment is to guarantee the control of transit through the border with morocco provide the cities of south then millia with everything they need to resolve the humanitarian crisis as

a result of the arrival of people and to proceed with the immediate return of people and i repeat the immediate return of everyone who has made a new regulation to say that in millions as stipulated in the agreements of spain and morocco have signed years ago matter of course there's nothing. migrants from africa have been attempting to get into europe via this speech for years but they have never crossed in such numbers. some reports as well as this food to just more a complete allowed many of the migrants to cross over to sell to unhindered because of a diplomatic spat with spain morocco is upset that a separatist leader who is seeking independence for the western sahara region ruled by morocco is currently getting medical treatment in spain. officials in madrid say they are reinforcing security and to prevent any further arrivals. france has taken

a big step towards reopening after 6 months of coronavirus restrictions outdoor dining is now the message at cafes restaurants and bars although not yet at full capacity cultural venues including cinemas this is and museums are also back in business it's the next stage of the government's plan to ease the country out of lock down its vaccination campaign has picked up and the infection rate has dropped though caseload remain high in some areas. and joining us now from paris in front of the moment of the tough a is our correspondent lisa bloom lisa france is reopening its restaurants its cafes tell us how the parisians are feeling today. well people here are exuberant myself included i actually ordered my 1st breakfast in 6 months on a prison terrace just earlier this morning at this cafe behind me and there was

a couple sitting next to me they'd also order their 1st coffee on the terrace in 6 months and they had gotten up half an hour early and were doing a little happy dance when the coffee arrived people who are here are really happy that life is returning to the capital as you said there are still restrictions in place only 50 percent of the seats outside are allowed to be taken up and there can only be up to 6 people at any one table the insite space is the place for visitors and apart from that there are museums theaters and cinemas that are reopening all of these places with restrictions in place such as non-essential shops there are also a reopening again today here in france i can i can hear the joy in the excitement in your voice lisa i have to say i'm very envious now there's a curfew has been a curfew and frances is also being eased what exactly is changing what else will be happening from now on. well for about 6 months now at least here in paris we

had a curfew in place that was staffing that night at 6 and then recently at 7 it was pushed back to 7 o'clock at night that basically let me you mentioned that we didn't have any social life at night the problem about was you know you work during the day you go home you have dinner you gave to bed now this trip to you is being has been pushed back to 9 o'clock at night and many people have been saying in advance you know we were really looking forward to our 1st beer our 1st glass of wine and also a terrace here in paris or another crisis in france really and they're looking forward to that but the because this is the 1st step towards a socialized universe turn of social life here in france more restrictions are set to be lifted in the coming weeks if the situation fixation allows for it. correspondent lisa nummi in paris thank you so much and enjoy your coffee. here

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