Greene says Israel is ‘systematically cleansing’ its enemies as she rips US aid
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wrote a lengthy post online Thursday condemning Israel’s treatment of Palestinians while ripping the United States’s support of foreign conflict through military aid.
She also called on Christians to pay attention to the situation in the Gaza Strip, calling it “absolutely unacceptable.”
“Are innocent Israeli lives more valuable than innocent Palestinian and Christian lives? And why should America continue funding this?” Greene questioned on social platform X.
“The secular government of nuclear armed Israel has proven that they are beyond capable of dealing with their enemies and are capable of and are in the process of systematically cleansing them from the land,” she added.
The Georgia representative has been outspoken about her disdain for the humanitarian crisis in Israel in recent days.
Greene told her followers, “many of us, even though we are Christians, no longer want to fund and fight nuclear armed secular Israel’s wars especially when it leads to starving children and killing innocent people including Christians.”
“Of course we are against radical Islamic terrorism, but we are also against genocide,” she added.
It is the second time this week she has referred to the situation in Gaza as a genocide.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied there is starvation among Palestinians in Gaza. On Monday, President Trump said there was “real starvation” in Gaza, breaking with Netanyahu.
The Gaza Health Ministry is reporting that 147 people, including 88 children, have died from malnutrition and starvation since October 2023, when Hamas killed approximately 1,200 people and took 251 hostage, launching a war with Israel.
In recent days, the United Kingdom and France announced they would recognize Palestine as a sovereign state in response to ongoing conflict. The U.K. also said it would conduct air drops with aid while transporting the sick to its homeland for treatment.
On Thursday, the White House said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and U.S. special envoy for peace missions Steve Witkoff would travel to Gaza to discuss aid distribution.
Some of Greene’s colleagues in Congress sharply disagreed with her statement earlier this week.
“I [honestly] don’t care what crazy pants thinks. And why is that news and her views on that right now?” Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said when asked about Greene’s remarks.
“It’s not a genocide, you know, that’s just not the case. And she’s entitled to her opinion, but I’m entitled to not really care what her views on that is,” he added later.
Despite criticism Greene doubled down on her stance Thursday.
“None of this is antisemitic and I, along with millions of Americans, refuse that manipulative label,” Greene wrote.
“It’s the consequences of decades of America LAST policies, nonstop foreign intervention, and the American people clearly seeing the truth and suffering,” she added.
Laura Kelly contributed.