For the past year, Biden and his administration have assured the public it is working to protect Palestinian civilians and, more recently, that it is working on a ceasefire deal. But the U.S.-led diplomacy and rhetorical censures have fallen short of addressing the catastrophic consequences on the ground.

After a year of Israel’s relentless killing, maiming, starving and terrorizing the people of Gaza, expanding violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories of the West Bank, and launching a new war on Lebanon — and soon, perhaps, Iran — U.S. policy remains rock solid.