As part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government, at least 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers have had their positions terminated, CNN reported.

The recent American and Israeli military strikes on Iran’s nuclear power sites boosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s flagging domestic standing, at least among his right-wing constituents.

Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions for a Gaza ceasefire and he's urging Hamas to back it, but neither side has committed to anything yet.

President Donald Trump has been working to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but questions still remain as to whether or not any peace will last, foreign policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Trump administration is issuing sanctions against Francesca Albanese, an investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.

A top U.S. State Department official waived nine mandatory counterterrorism and anti-fraud safeguards to rush a $30 million award last month to a Gaza aid group backed by the Trump administration and Israel,

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said no permanent ceasefire would be possible without the complete removal of Hamas.

The latest affront to “civil society” sees Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. With the former central to the bloodthirsty killing of women and children in Gaza and the latter seeing “peace” as a commodity that can be manipulated for self-aggrandisement,