the, the, this is dw news wise from berlin. tonight, the top democrat of the us senate calls for a political change in israel. this critical juncture, i believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision making process about the future of is really chuck schumer taking aim. it is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling him an obstacle to a piece. also coming up workers and beginning building a floating peer off the coast of gauze and to allow 8 ships to dock as israel faces criticism for allegedly, blocking deliveries, buying land. plus, we impose a red lines to our south police, our self imposed red lines, but does not have

a new red line. a warning from lithuania, as prime minister to germany do not take any options off the table when it comes to helping ukraine find against russia. the brit golf. it's good to have you with this on this thursday, and we begin in the united states with tough talk on israel from the top democrat in the us senate majority leader, chuck schumer has called for new elections and is real. and he's criticized. he's really prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling him an obstacle to peace take unless 5 months into this conflict. it is clear that is riley's need to take stock of the situation and ask, must we change course? at this critical juncture, i believe

a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision making process about the future of israel. at a time when so many israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their government. or earlier i asked, are washington correspondent benjamin alvarez group, or how important is the comment from schumer that we just heard? it's very important and that's what many have been saying here. it increases the pressure on president biden to have real red lines when it comes to dealing with israel. many have been asking him a to put the re lines looking at weapons exports, but the words that we've heard there, what came after it was also really interesting. he said that important to have to support it, to israel aligned with our broader goal of peace and stability. so he says that americans support to as well need to be condition something that is expected from the, from other allies to advocate military support. but as you set the highest jewish

official in the united states, that will probably also increase pressure on dividing it ok ministration off to hearing these words, saying that new elections are needed and making this difference because a talk schumer is a staunch supporter of israel making the difference between the government open, aton joe, and the people of israel. and what about the white house? and we got reaction from the white house to want to schumer's it. or what we got is a reaction from the republic and from the other side. that's quite interesting. we've heard minority leader mitch mcconnell, who said that it's protest, hypocritical for americans. so hyper ventilate about 4 in interference in our own democracy to call it for the removal of a democratically elected leader of israel. we can be sure that they will be more reactions and we will hear reactions and from the whites of old, from other officials. some of them criticizing the front of us. we can expect that to sometimes off the record without being named also saying that it's the right path for the bi, done ministration to have

a tougher sense on the natania who government in israel and benjamin there's been reaction coming out of is real there. i mean, some of the comments that we've been hearing from from lawmakers is that we are not a banana republic. you can't tell us what to do in washington. here it is real. i mean, what is going to do to the, the already you know, not so perfect relations between the us and israel. this it bade will just continue. this is something else is coming on a day while the us also announced additional sanctions. the announce essentially going to a legal outpost in the west bank and also in some settling is not the 1st time that the us is doing it. and they also did it in february sanctioning for settlers accused of committing acts of violence against the palestinians. that if this was something that was announced earlier today, then we had also this reminds of the chuck schumer and, but we see this criticism from washington to once. he's really government not only

coming here from the u. s. also, all the allies will pro, from germany a few days ago in vice. a chancellor will bet havoc who said that they need to change course. that's also what text you my sad to to date. but we can expect that there will be more comments, that they will also be more a criticism on the bottom administration. but the way that it has been dealing also with sending h 2 gaus, i many calling ameliorating for the us to be meeting these air drops instead of putting more pressure on this really government to let this trucks with a into gaza. so we can expect that there will be more reactions, not just from the republican side, but also from the white house of to these comments. and after they set that, they will put it most sanctions on disney outputs and all these, okay. and is riley is settled as into westbank. w. washington correspondent benjamin alvarez group and with the latest from washington, benjamin, thank. it's like in the middle east, the i'm us,

run health ministry in god's incessantly 6 palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded after is rarely troops opened fire on crowns, waiting for humanitarian aid trucks in gaza. city. israel's military has not commented on the alleged incident. meanwhile, israel is coming under increasing international pressure to allow more aid in regards the construction of a small offloading. peer is now underway as a ship carrying $200.00 tons of food slowly makes its way from cyprus towards the besieged territory. but agency is a warning, air drops and the maritime core door are no alternative to deliveries on. land is really army spokesman, a lot gore and said humanitarian agencies where the calls of problems with a delivery. so to gosh, often, there is a 100 as of trucks worth of aid waiting on the guys inside to be picked up. that is the biggest obstacle to a reaching guys they need the international organization. do not have the capacity

and have yet to take real steps to improve that capacity to distribute the money there in a through the guys us rape, including the not the issue is not with our inspection, but with the distribution capabilities of the international organizations. we're not everyone agrees with that assessment. jamie. the goal is it gives the human aid coordinator for the occupied palestinian territory. i asked him earlier to describe the situation inside the territory at the moment. i just came back about 2 hours ago from guys that was enough and it was also in guys the city. and i saw the p a that you mentioned and your piece. i mean clearly the situation is very desperate. we are struggling to get enough supplies into gaza strip for the north on the so at the moment we have around 200 trucks, a day of goods coming in and we need 500. and that's because we're constrained by

a band. he won one crossing point which can handle 20250 a day. and that's mostly humanitarian. we need a good mix of private sector goods as well as our humanitarian goods. and then all the hard to push back and this possibility and real food and security in places in the north. for example, in guys a state as a city, i saw massive destruction of infrastructure, most buildings in the city and being destroyed the 250000 people there who received very little in the way of food supplies. and the last as the one month and more other than you, you saw the air drops and these type of things. but these are insufficient. the only way to get 8 and the call is the quantitative. we need this by the ruins, the 3 drawers that go from north to south, and some entry points and then all for us to deliver properly. otherwise, people will really struggle. and to be as real as you're, i'm sure you're aware of says that the issue of aid is not with is really inspections, but rather with the distribution capabilities of humanitarian agencies. is that

true? you know, essentially, i mean, we have at 200 trucks community, we get them from israel side and it's not enough. and before the crisis and the war started in the 7th of october, it was 500 or 600 trucks coming in a day. and since that time, people has a mazda of catastrophic humanitarian disaster, the upon them. and we just don't have the, the numbers of trucks that come in, regardless of what israel in terms of process is the maximum, which is 250, or at any given d. so we go all of that and every, the so, so much of a gap in terms of what we really need to for the population. so we need more entry points one in the north, and many other places referred to come in to rob of and just the one crossing point of the moment. and until we change that, we're always going to be unable to address the full complement of needs of people, their foods, medical health, as well as it was on a patient in shelter. these are the legs saving issues out on the real estate

enrollment because of lack of supplies. and that was the gaming the goals are giving you an aide coordinator for the occupied palestinian territory. speaking with me earlier, here's a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the starship rocket and the lawn must accompany space ex broke off. well, re entering the earth's atmosphere today, the spacecraft that did not have a crew and almost completed a one hour test flight space that says that despite this it made improvements to star ship after its 1st 2 flights last year. those slides less than just minutes before the rocket blew up. spanish lawmakers have approved the bill, granting amnesty to those involved in the catalonia regions. 2017 independence bit . the amnesty was a condition made by separate as parties and exchange for supporting foreign minister petro sanchez after last year's inconclusive election. the bill now passes through the senate, were lawmakers and bound to oppose it. the european parliament has decided to take

the european commission to chord over a decision to give billy as a bureaus to hungary, the commission, which is effectively the e. u. government had unblocked funds for fund great back in december, despite opposition for parliament. the dispute between 2 of the highest institutions will be heard before the european court adjusts in germany, only $600.00 flights had been cancelled after security staff and several airports went on strength to demand better pay. 90000 passengers were effected today. staff at a further 5 year ports are set to strike on friday. well, there will be no german cruise missiles going to ukraine today. german lawmakers stood with their chancellor and voted against sending taurus cruise missiles to keep the debate here in berlin over the long range missiles. it's intensifying divisions with in germany's government over the more now sending the government and

the opposition are demanding that germany deliver those missiles to you. great, chancellor, sholtes and his social democrats are against that idea of funding the risk of germany being dragged into the war which day and parliament a senior opposition lawmaker accused the chancellor of playing into of whether mere pollutants can use it from mind to the shipment. use of hose it proved and has only few missed approaches, aggression against ukraine, access to that is the result. that's this stuff is on the top is this meek ended site, isn't it time? we not only talked about how to wage war, but also about how to freeze this conflict and stop it once it's all, all but, and he kind of as well, the lithuanian, the prime minister in greta. she money too, was in berlin today for talks with the german chancellor, the 2 leaders discussed security and defense issues. lithuania has been one of the strongest supporters of ukraine since the russian invasion began 2 years ago. the

vaulted country says that it supports the debate that's going on about sending western troops to you. great. germany has agreed to station a tank brigade of some 5000 troops permanently in lithuania, as part of nato defense measures. or earlier in the program, the prime minister of lithuania joined us and we asked or did she ask or urge the german chancellor today to send those tours cruise missiles? do you great? well, um i think uh, this is a very focused debate on one particular sort of weapons and we've seen s as was mentioned quite similar debates about of the sorts of. busy of weapons in the past. so uh, i do not think i want to really very much to commend them, but i do hear what translators think. but my point is that i think i'll

problem is that we are very predictable to profession put in because we constantly sation what we are not going to do and the, and we impose red lines to ourselves. these are self imposed red lines, but putting does not have a new red lines. and when we speak about not doing something because a fear of escalation. so let's look at the other side because the other side is constantly blah, blah, buying about, for example, nuclear weapons and, and, and similar things uh, is absolutely reckless and absolutely not in a position to sort of the value of this uh, self service treatment off. um, off the premium supporters to your office countries supporting your claim. so of course this is for the german uh government to decide but um, but, but i think this is the biggest problem of, of uh, also less than a life. so few brain that we constantly sort of uh, put tao sauce and um, in

a situation where we deny that we will do something just to support your brand. rather than saying that we must do whatever it takes for you praying to win this war. that was the prime minister of this when he was speaking with his earlier, i'll be back in the top of the hour with more for lose probably by the day the, the you cream was like a stepping points. you know, if i brought you into that warranty wants to finish your studies. now you have a safety from your train. you can choose to go back to somewhere else. currently, more people than ever on the world wide in such a base in life categories, something that is coming very very soon. and yeah, can we learn more about or know when a story info, migraines, gary innovation, greece.