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<\/a><\/p>\nU.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene presides over a hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee in the U.S. Capitol on February 26, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct. 7 in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza,\u201d Greene said in a post on X Monday evening.<\/p>\n
Greene\u2019s use of the word \u201cgenocide\u201d comes as Israel has faced global condemnation in recent weeks over allegations of widespread starvation in Gaza. Greene\u2019s comments about \u201cgenocide\u201d came after President Donald Trump\u2019s statement Monday that he believed that there was \u201creal starvation\u201d in Gaza, suggesting some unease with the war in a party that is loath to criticize Israel.<\/p>\n
Greene\u2019s statements came as part of a barrage of criticism aimed at fellow Rep. Randy Fine, a Jewish Florida Republican and one of Israel\u2019s staunchest supporters in the House, over his recent comments on social media about the conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no starvation. Everything about the \u2018Palestinian\u2019 cause is a lie,\u201d Fine wrote in a post on X Sunday. Last week, Fine also posted, \u201crelease the hostages. Until then, starve away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greene posted that a \u201cJewish U.S. Representative calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful,\u201d and argued that his statement will \u201cactually cause more antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jewish groups, including the American Jewish Committee, also criticized Fine\u2019s remarks, putting them in a position of rare agreement with Greene, who has advanced a range of dangerous conspiracy theories, including one that the Rothschild family was involved in starting California wildfires using lasers from space.<\/p>\n
And yet the largest of the Jewish groups, like Israel, are adamant that the war in Gaza does not meet the legal definition of genocide, and that such comparisons are meant to denigrate and delegitimize Israel.<\/p>\n
Greene joins a chorus of groups and individuals who are using the term, including Amnesty International, the International Court of Justice and, on Monday, two Israeli human rights groups \u2014 B\u2019Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights \u2014 who became the first Israel-based NGOs to level the charge.<\/p>\n
During a press conference in Jersualem, the rights groups published two reports that concluded that Israel was committing a genocide in Gaza as defined by international law, saying that Israel was carrying out a \u201ccoordinated, deliberate action to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza strip.\u201d<\/p>\n
If Greene\u2019s comments reflect a growing split among Republican lawmakers, it is not reflected in the grass roots: A recent Gallup poll found that the proportion of Republicans who approve of Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza, 71%, is at the same level today as it was the month after Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n