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![Israel Moves to Ban Al Jazeera in Latest Attack on Journalists Who Expose Horrors of War and Occupation](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Seg3-Netanyahu-AJ-Building-400x300.jpg)
Knesset Passes Law Allowing Israel to Shut Down Foreign News Networks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will “act immediately” to ban Al Jazeera in Israel.
![Biden Calls on Netanyahu to Jointly Develop Alternative Plan to Rafah Invasion](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/SEG1-Barghoutidestruction-400x300.jpg)
Biden Calls on Netanyahu to Jointly Develop “Alternative Plan” to Rafah Invasion
Mustafa Barghouti discusses Israel’s latest military actions, the status of the ceasefire negotiations, and more.
![Children play in the rubble of Al-Faruq Mosque, which was destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on March 17, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2084790952-400x300.jpg)
Top EU Official Says Israel Failed to Prove Its Accusations Against UNRWA
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu has vowed to invade Rafah despite international pressure.
![Displaced Palestinians, along with their belongings, gather in a street amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in the Hamad area west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0314-gaza-b-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Parliament’s 2024 Budget Approval “Guarantees Continuation of War”
Meanwhile, Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians and wounded 86 others after opening fire on a group waiting for aid.
![Palestinians, who are unable to meet their basic needs due to the Israeli army's obstruction of humanitarian aid, each receive a bag of flour from an aid truck that arrived at al-Rashid Street in the west of Gaza City, Gaza, on March 6, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0312-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Senators to Biden: US Law Forbids Arming Israel If It Keeps Blocking Aid to Gaza
Palestinians are dying of starvation after months of incessant Israeli bombing and attacks on humanitarian convoys.
![U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meet in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1730842169-400x300.jpg)
Biden Says Netanyahu Making “Big Mistake” But Refuses to Cut Off Military Aid
Biden told MSNBC the war is “contrary to what Israel stands for” but he has “no red line” for continuing to supply arms.
![UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini speaks to the press after a briefing to diplomats on the situation in Gaza, at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on February 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0305-unrwa-400x300.jpg)
Head of UNRWA Says Netanyahu and Allies Aim to Deliberately Destroy Aid Agency
Philippe Lazzarini described “a deliberate and concerted campaign to undermine its operations, and ultimately end them."
![Local residents conduct a search and rescue operation among the rubble of destroyed buildings after Israeli attacks at al-Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on February 28, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0229-gaza-400x300.jpg)
Biden Says a Ceasefire Is Coming. Even If It Is, Our Fight Is Far From Over.
Achieving sustained peace requires pushing beyond the present violence to the systemic brutality that undergirds it.
![People mourn while standing in destruction caused by overnight Israeli bombardment in Deir Balah in the central Gaza Strip on February 23, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0223_gaza-r-400x300.jpg)
Netanyahu’s Postwar Plan Would End UNRWA and Fully Control Demilitarized Gaza
Meanwhile, United Nations experts are urging countries to stop arming Israel.
![Palestinians inspect the area after Israeli attacks destroyed Al-Farooq Mosque completely and damaged buildings heavily in Al-Shabura neighborhood, Rafah, Gaza, on February 22, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0222-rafah-400x300.jpg)
Rafah Residents Call Latest Israeli Attacks “One of Their Worst Nights Yet”
Airstrikes destroyed a mosque and several houses as aid groups warn of a looming famine.