Greene calls Gaza crisis “genocide,” rebukes GOP colleague over starvation comments

08/01/2025 / By Laura Harris

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) publicly labeled Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide,” becoming the first Republican lawmaker to do so and challenging the GOP’s traditional pro-Israel stance.
Greene’s remarks came in direct response to Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), who dismissed famine reports from Gaza as “Muslim terror propaganda” and posted, “Until then, starve away.”
Over 60,000 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in the conflict, with rising deaths from malnutrition. About half of the victims are women and children, and large parts of Gaza have been destroyed.
Organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, along with UN experts, have stated that Israel’s military actions may meet the legal definition of genocide under international law.
Greene condemned Fine’s rhetoric as “disgraceful” and warned it could fuel antisemitism, adding that calling for the starvation of civilians is morally indefensible.

Firebrand Cong. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has ignited a political firestorm after publicly accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza – a departure from the traditional pro-Israel stance within the Republican Party.

In a social media post on Tuesday, July 29, Greene condemned the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza, where more than 120 people have died from starvation as a result of an “Israeli-imposed hunger crisis” as a direct response to Cong. Randy Fine (R-FL), who dismissed reports of famine in Gaza as “Muslim terror propaganda.”

“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away. (This is all a lie anyway. It amazes me that the media continues to regurgitate Muslim terror propaganda),” Fine wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on July 22, along with a retweet from ABC News about 15 people, including children, who have died from famine and malnutrition in Gaza.

As a response, Greene, one of the most prominent figures in the MAGA movement, declared that the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza constitutes a “genocide.” Greene condemned both Israel’s ongoing siege and Fine’s controversial endorsement of Palestinian starvation.

“I remember the first time I met Randy Fine when he was a candidate before he barely won Florida’s deep red 6th district seat, as we were being told he might actually lose the seat because the strong Trump district couldn’t relate to him and didn’t like him. He was telling me that he and his wife were looking forward to moving to Washington and he hadn’t even won yet.

“I said to him that Washington isn’t a good place to live and he should live in the district he will represent. You know that whole ‘representative’ thing. But he was adamant that they did not want to live in the district. And I thought, no wonder that district doesn’t want to elect him. I can only imagine how Florida’s 6th district feels now that their Representative, that they were told to vote for, openly calls for starving innocent people and children.

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. But a Jewish U.S. Representative calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful,” Green posted on X. (Related: Gaza crisis: South Africa warns of “unquestionable genocide” in Gaza and global legal collapse.)

She then warned that such rhetoric could inflame antisemitism rather than combat it. “His awful statement will actually cause more antisemitism.”

Human rights groups back Greene’s “genocidal” claim against Israel with data

Greene’s comments came as the reported Palestinian death toll surpassed 60,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Roughly half of those killed are said to be women and children. Entire neighborhoods in the enclave have been flattened and deaths from malnutrition are rising, with critics accusing Israel of deliberately starving civilians, a claim Israel denies.

Human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, along with United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs, have warned that Israel’s conduct in Gaza could meet the legal threshold for genocide. The term, as defined by the UN, refers to “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,” including killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction, preventing births within the group and forcibly transferring children to another group.

Legal scholars and UN experts have pointed to patterns in Israel’s military campaign, including the scale of destruction, the targeting of civilian infrastructure and the ongoing blockade, as potentially consistent with genocidal intent.

Visit Genocide.news for more updates on the Israel-Hamas war.

Watch this clip of British sociologist David Miller discussing how Israel’s violence against Gazans is making people around the world realize how genocidal the state is.

This video is from Cynthia’s Pursuit of Truth channel on Brighteon.com.