The Trump administration appointed Shaylee Greenspan, a staff member at the US State Department and a former aide to the Biden administration, as head of the Foreign Relations Department of the "Peace Council" in Gaza. Previously, Greenspan worked in the legislative department of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, Amazon and the Hillary Clinton campaign. The appointment has sparked criticism from human rights advocates and policy experts, who warn that the Peace Council risks legitimizing Israel's ongoing occupation of Gaza while ignoring the Palestinians' rights and right to self-determination.