For Israel, violence is inherent in its colonial DNA: Marwan Bishara…

At least 77 Palestinians have been killed and more than 250 people are injured - after Israeli forces opened fire on people trying to collect food aid in Gaza City. Hundreds of hungry and starving Palestinians had come to collect food aid, when they were attacked by Israeli snipers and shelled by Israeli tanks. Civilians were left scrambling to transport the dead and injured to nearby hospitals - many are in critical condition. Most of the medical facilities in Gaza are barely functioning or out of service.

Senator Jeff Merkley: U.S. “Complicit in Starvation and Humanitarian Catastrophe” in Gaza…

As over 100 Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces while gathering for food aid in Gaza City, we speak to Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, who in November became the second of only five U.S. senators to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. In January, he traveled to the Rafah border crossing in Egypt to witness the system of humanitarian aid deliveries, which he described on the Senate floor as a “complicated, bizarre inspection process.” Merkley is now calling for the U.S. to bypass Israel in order to directly send aid to Gaza. Because of the United States' relationship to Israel — “more closely tied than any situation in the world” — Merkley says, “It’s the United States that has leverage to address this situation, and the world expects us to take the lead.”

Lawyer’s incredible speech dismantling Israeli occupation of Palestine at The Hague…

Ralph Wilde represented the Arab League at the International Court of Justice in the case against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

Israeli government ignored ICJ measures - HRW…

Human Rights Watch says the Israeli government has ignored the ICJ measures to protect civilian lives and enable urgently needed basic services and humanitarian aid. Middle East and North Africa’s advocacy director at Human Rights Watch Ahmed Benchemsi elaborates.

The Arab league demolishes US and UK arguments at The Hague: Marwan Bishara…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) concludes its six-day hearings into the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967. The Arab League tells the International Court of Justice that the failure to end the Israeli occupation has caused horrors to Palestinians, amounting to genocide. Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, said that The Arab league demolishes US and UK arguments at The Hague.

Final day ICJ arguments demolished the shameless defenses of Israel’s occupation: Marwan Bishara…

The International Court of Justice is holding its last day of hearings examining the legality of Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian lands. 50 countries and three international organisations have addressed the court. Most called for Israel’s occupation to be declared illegal and for it to end. Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, said that today’s legal arguments has demolished the shameless defenses of Israel’s illegal occupation.

Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says…

Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians and should be held accountable for war crimes – and genocide, according to the UN’s leading expert on the right to food.

Hunger and severe malnutrition are widespread in the Gaza Strip, where about 2.2 million Palestinians are facing severe shortages resulting from Israel destroying food supplies and severely restricting the flow of food, medicines and other humanitarian supplies. Aid trucks and Palestinians waiting for humanitarian relief have come under Israeli fire.