Israel has been deliberately violating international law for decades, the Palestinian Authority argued on the first day of an International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing on Israel’s policies in the occupied Palestinian Territories. “The force of law must prevail,” said Riyadh al-Maliki, the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) on Monday before the highest court of the United Nations in The Hague. Al-Maliki also accused Israel of systematic oppression and “colonialism and apartheid.” The PA argues that Israel has been violating international law since 1967, when Israel took contr…