New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- As Israel devastates Gaza, the US and its European allies move to formalize a diplomatic framework critics say entrenches genocide, impunity, and permanent Palestinian dispossession.

GAZA - As Israel's military campaign continues to devastate Gaza, flattening civilian neighborhoods and dismantling the foundations of daily life, the United States and its European allies are advancing what they describe as a "Board of Peace" for the territory's future. Framed as postwar diplomacy, the initiative is instead drawing fierce criticism as an attempt to manage the consequences of mass civilian destruction without addressing its cause.

More than a year into the war, Gaza is experiencing a humanitarian collapse unprecedented...