Few international norms are as strongly upheld as the Vienna Conventions covering consular and diplomatic relations—a bedrock of international law outlining protections for foreign embassies and their staff.

The U.S. State Department has released a highly anticipated report to Congress finding that Israel likely violated international humanitarian law in Gaza. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof joins MSNBC’s Ali Velshi to discuss Israel’s relationship with the U.

However, the administration said it still found credible and reliable Israel's assurances that it will use U.S. weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law because it did not have complete information to verify that U.