In first for Republican, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says Israel is committing 'genocide'

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congresswoman from Georgia, became the first Republican in Congress to refer to Israel’s military operations in Gaza as a “genocide.”

“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza,” Greene said in a Monday post on 𝕏.

Greene, who was also a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran, made the comments in response to remarks by fellow Republican Congressman Randy Fine.

On July 22, Fine reacted to an NBC article about Hamas’ claim that fifteen people, including children, had died from “famine and malnutrition” within a 24-hour period in Gaza.

“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine posted on 𝕏.

He added in parentheses, “this is all a lie anyway. It amazes me that the media continues to regurgitate Muslim terror propaganda.”

Referring to Fine, Congresswoman Greene said that “a Jewish U.S. Representative calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful.”

“His awful statement will actually cause more antisemitism,” she concluded.

Fine defended his post by saying he wasn’t advocating that Gazans be starved, but rather that no starvation is in fact taking place.

A Jewish American who has served as a U.S. representative since April of this year, Fine calls himself the “Hebrew Hammer,” and regularly wears a kippah in Congress.

Fine is known to regularly engage in inflammatory rhetoric about Palestinians and Gazans.

“I don't give a shit about Gazans,” Fine wrote a day after his “starve away” post, sharing a story about Hamas murdering an Israeli woman.

Fine has also declared that “Gaza must be destroyed,” and posted, “‘Palestinian’ = Hamas. #BombsAway.”