Osama Al-Sharif

Not long ago, questioning America’s unconditional support for Israel was seen as political suicide. For US lawmakers, presidential hopefuls and advocacy groups alike, the relationship was beyond scrutiny — a sacred fixture of American foreign policy. That era is over.

Gaza’s Board of Peace, a body that US President Donald Trump created with much fanfare more than six months ago, is proving to be a monument of broken promises for the 2 million barely surviving inhabitants of the Strip.