Foreign Affairs

State Department Employee Fired Amid Loyalty Purge Over Israel-Gaza Policy Disputes

By National Security Desk | August 21, 2025

A State Department contractor was dismissed after challenging pro-Israel talking points, revealing Washington’s intolerance for dissent in shaping Middle East policy—raising serious questions about free debate and America First interests.

In a troubling display of political litmus testing within the U.S. State Department, an Iranian American contractor, Shahed Ghoreishi, was abruptly fired after drafting talking points that failed to perfectly align with the Trump administration's hardline stance on Israel and Gaza. This incident not only exposes Washington’s dangerous overreach into internal policy discourse but also highlights how loyalty tests are trumping national sovereignty and sound policy-making. When Loyalty Becomes More Important Than Truth Ghoreishi’s dismissal followed his cautious wording opposing any forced relocation of Palestinians from Gaza—a position consistent with President Trump’s previous statements but apparently deemed unacceptable by influential...

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