'' BOARD OF PEACE '' : CROWN PRECIS

THE FORMATION of a new '' Board of Peace '' by President Trump to chart Gaza's post-war future has been prompted as a constructive step toward ending a devastating conflict.

But its composition raises a fundamental question about how peace is being defined - and whose interest it is meant to serve.

There are no Palestinians on the board. Not a single representative of the people whose cities have been flattened, whose families have been killed and whose political future is supposedly under consideration.

Instead, the board is populated by political insiders, former officials and international power brokers.

Among them are individuals accused of war crimes, including one whose government is currently on trial before international courts for genocide against Palestinians.

These figures are now positioned as neutral architects of peace.

The World Students Society thanks Law Professor Faisal Kutty. He is also affiliate faculty at the Rutgers University Center for Security, Race and Rights.