India, Jan. 25 -- From children killed by Israeli drones to families sickened in toxic tent camps, Gaza's destruction is being enabled, financed, and politically shielded by the US and Europe. Gaza today is not merely under bombardment. It is being systematically dismantled as a place fit for human life, through a convergence of military violence, environmental collapse, and political engineering, all unfolding under the protective umbrella of Western power.

On the ground, Palestinians face a daily reality defined by hunger, disease, exposure, and sudden death. In diplomatic capitals, the same catastrophe is being discussed not in terms of accountability or an end to the war, but as a problem of management: how to contain Gaza, administe...