The US is expected to disengage with the UN Human Rights Council over anti-Israel bias, a senior US official, a diplomatic source and several activists tell CNN.

Donald Trump’s envoy to Jerusalem rejects criticism of Israel’s policies and resisted an effort to apply stricter human rights tests to U.S. military aid for the country.

White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, met on Tuesday with Jordan’s King Abdullah about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the Trump administration’s efforts on creating peace between Israel and the Palestinian territories, the White House said on Tuesday.

US Ambassador David Friedman reportedly told Israeli lawmakers they were “ungrateful” for demanding that Washington follow up on its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel with an official US acknowledgement of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

The settlers claimed that since U.S. officials are scheduled to visit the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed the order to demolish seven homes in the West Bank village of Sussiya.

Arab states urge Mahmoud Abbas to meet with U.S. advisers Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt this week, saying he is in no position to dictate terms to Washington.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip places the besieged enclave on the “brink of war”, as he urged Israel and Hamas to recommit to a 2014 ceasefire.

Israel’s use of live ammunition against Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip has left health workers struggling to cope with an unprecedented crisis, with more than 13,000 wounded, a senior Red Cross official said Monday.

No one interviewed in the West Bank town of Abu Dis welcomed the idea of it becoming a Palestinian capital.