thank you as always, jan egeland, free work in | always, jan egeland, free work in perspective.ments on the war. the israeli parliament has passed a new law which gives the government temporary powers to prevent the qatar—funded news channel aljazeera from broadcasting in israel. the israeli communications minister, shlomo karhi said the station would be closed down "in the coming days". the bill allows foreign news channels to be shut down if they are deemed to be harming national security. israel has previously accused aljazeera of promoting hamas. a white house spokesperson, karinejean—pierre, said that if the reports on banning aljazeera were true, it would be concerning. we believe in the freedom of the press, it is critically important the united states supports the critically important work ofjournalists around the world do. and that includes those who are reporting on the conflict in gaza. so we believe work is important, the freedom of the press is important and, if those reports are true, it is concerning. let's speak to omar shakir in amman, who is the israel and pale

we will speak with jan egeland. we will also look at a new israeli law which prime minister netanyahu says he will use to ban al jazeera. but first, as haiti faces spiraling turmoil, candidate is training troops for kenyan led mission to haiti. we will get an update. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israel is continuing to face global condemnation over the killing of six international aid -- seven aid workers from world central kitchen which had brought food into gaza by ship to feed starving palestinians. the aid workers were killed when an israeli drone fired three missiles at the group's clearly marked convoy. according to the israeli newspaper haaretz, the drone initially struck one car in the convoy. then the drone attacked again after survivors from the first attack got into another vehicle. after the second strike, the injured passengers were taken to the third car in the convoy which was then bombed. the attack occurred over

earlier i spoke with jan egeland, secretary general of the norwegian refugee council.left behind by those who died these are colleagues, really, and there are thousands of humanitarian workers inside gaza, most of them are palestinians, but many are also international. i have 60 colleagues myself from the norwegian refugee council in gaza, most of them in southern gaza, and i visited them a few weeks ago. and then the meals from the world central kitchen, we exchanged tense for food, in between the organisations, and i saw the good work of these very compassionate people who came there as unarmed neutral independent people helping the civilian population, and then they were repeatedly targeted by this attack drone from israel. it repeatedly targeted by this attack drone from israel.— drone from israel. it takes a secial drone from israel. it takes a special kind _ drone from israel. it takes a special kind of _ drone from israel. it takes a special kind of person - drone from israel. it takes a special kind of person to - drone from israel. it takes a special kind of p

. >> via egeland, thank you so much from columbia university in new york.ntry to adrienne broaddus, who was at ucla. of course, the university of california los angeles. what can you tell us about the demonstrations there? it looks like you are right by an encampment. >> reporter: we are, alex. a lot of similarities here. like many of the colleges we have seen it nationwide, this part of ucla's campus looks like a campground. you noted the encampment. when we showed up, many students were inside of these tents, sleeping. there issue, growing concern over the war in gaza. but, there is a key difference, the tone here is peaceful. we received a statement from the vice chancellor saying in part, "it's also important to note that we are following university of california systemwide policy guidance, which directs us not to request law enforcement involvement preemptively, and only if absolutely necessary to protect the physical safety of our campus community." by contrast, we saw nearly 100 people arrested at the university of southern california, which many of