WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has fired a spokesman responsible for drafting the Trump administration. Israel and Gaza After a complaint from the US Embassy in Jerusalem.
Officials said Shahed Ghoreishi, a contractor working for the Near East Affairs Bureau, ended the weekend following two incidents last week. Loyalty to Trump administration policy It was questioned.
Iranian-American Ghoreishi was also targeted on Wednesday following fire from right-wing personality Laura Rumerdenounced him of not fully supporting the administration’s policies in the Middle East.
According to Ghoreishi and two current US authorities, Ghoreishi drew the rage of senior officials at the US embassy in Jerusalem, and then painted a top aide to Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week to draft a response to a question from the Associated Press. Questions related to Discussions between Israel and South Sudan The possibility of the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza to South Sudan.
The response draft included a line that the US did not support enforcement Gazan relocationwhat President Donald Trump and his special envoy Steve Witkoff said repeatedly.
However, Ghoreishi and officials said the line was rejected by the US embassy in Jerusalem, leading to questions about Washington’s policy. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal personnel changes.
Goleisi also said he questioned the statement from the embassy, which called the West Bank “Jews and Samaria.” Mike Huckabeethe US Ambassador Israel has repeatedly supported referring to the West Bank from Jews and Samaria.
The exile shows how long the Trump administration has done to ensure what they are seeing Loyalty to the President and his goalsIncludes a foreign policy approach that provided overwhelming support. Israel in the war with Hamas. This week’s government Security clearance has been cancelled For 37 current and former national security officials, Signed a 2019 letter critical of Trump That was recently highlighted by Loomer.
“Despite close working relationships with many of my dedicated and hardworking colleagues, I was targeted last week following two events that attracted rage and high-ranking officials on the seventh floor of the Jerusalem Embassy. I have said I am against forced evasion of Palestinians in Gaza as President Trump, and the State Department’s office.
“Both of these have been consistently approved at the advanced level in the past, so it raises doubts about why they were suddenly targeted without a direct explanation and whether Israeli and Palestinian policies are about to get worse.
A State Department spokesperson declined to comment on his firing, calling it an internal personnel matter.
Without addressing details, Deputy State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott said in a statement that “there is zero tolerance for employees who commit fraud by leaking or otherwise disclosing confidential, deliberative emails or information.”
The shooting was first reported by the Washington Post.
Rumer claimed Wednesday that she held her hand to remove Horashi from the State Department. She said he belongs to a pro-Iranian group and jihadists.
A few days ago, the State Department said so. Stop all visitors visas for Gaza people Please hold off reviews immediately after Loomer posts a video on your child’s social media Gaza He arrives in the US for treatment and questions how he obtained his visa.
