Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a \u201cgenocide\u201d in a social media post, appearing to be the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe Israel’s conduct.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s 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,\u201d Greene\u00a0wrote in a post Monday night on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Her comment came as part of a larger response criticizing fellow Republican Rep. Randy Fine (Fla.), one of three Jewish Republicans in the House, who joined the chamber after a special election earlier this year.<\/p>\n Greene dug into Fine over his recent social media posts about the conflict, including denying that there is starvation in Gaza.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no starvation. Everything about the \u2018Palestinian\u2019 cause is a lie,\u201d Fine wrote in a\u00a0post\u00a0Sunday<\/a>. Last week, Fine\u00a0posted<\/a>: \u201cRelease the hostages. Until then, starve away.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n President Trump said Monday there was \u201creal starvation\u201d<\/a> happening in Gaza and that the U.S. would do more to address it.<\/p>\n \u201cI can only imagine how Florida\u2019s 6th district feels now that their Representative, that they were told to vote for, openly calls for starving innocent people and children,\u201d Greene wrote before going on to make her comment about the genocide.<\/p>\n \u201cBut 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,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n Fine\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and he has not yet responded on social media. <\/p>\n Greene\u2019s stance marks a major break with her party, and an escalation of her criticism of Israel \u2014 and U.S. financial support for Israel \u2014 as the war in Gaza drags on.<\/p>\n She posted over the weekend<\/a> that \u201cwhat has been happening to innocent people and children in Gaza is horrific.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Greene introduced an amendment to cut funding to Israel\u2019s missile defense, which\u00a0failed\u00a0in a 6-422 vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Greene has previously been accused of antisemitism, most famously over a 2018 Facebook post that has come to be known as the \u201cJewish space laser\u201d post \u2014 though Greene never used that phrase.<\/p>\n In the post, Greene floated that a \u201claser beam or light beam\u201d from \u201cspace solar generators\u201d could be to blame for wildfires in California, also mentioning the \u201cRothschild Inc.\u201d Greene\u00a0later said<\/a>\u00a0she did not know the Rothschilds have long been at the center of antisemitic conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n