HuffPost Top News｜玛乔丽·泰勒·格林成为首位将加沙危机称为‘种族灭绝’的国会共和党议员

Her comment comes as Israel continues to deny reports of widespread famine.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) became the first congressional Republican to label the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip a genocide on Monday after President Donald Trump acknowledged that Palestinians are starving .

Greenes comment came within a larger criticism of a colleague, Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.), who spoke approvingly of the deteriorating situation in Gaza.

Release the hostages. Until then, starve away, Fine wrote on social media last week, adding that he considers the increasing evidence of widespread famine in the region to be a lie.

Even Trump was moved to say there is real starvation occurring in Gaza as a result of Israels nearly two-year war in retaliation for the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on civilians that was instigated by fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, who took hostages back to Gaza.

Its 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 wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

But a Jewish U.S. Representative calling for the continued starvation of innocent people and children is disgraceful, she said. His awful statement will actually cause more antisemitism.

Greene has also fueled antisemitic tropes in the past, most notably in a now-deleted 2018 Facebook post that suggested a link between the wealthy Jewish Rothschild family and wildfires in California prompting ridicule for what her critics called her Jewish space lasers theory.

Her choice of words, however, makes her unique among congressional Republicans.

Trump said during his visit to Scotland on Monday that he had been disturbed by images and reporting he had seen on television of the worsening situation in Gaza.

Israel, which controls entry to Gaza and patrols its coastline, has for months been blocking aid from reaching over 2 million Palestinians there.

Photos of exhausted, skeletal children have begun to surface on front pages around the world. One child reportedly weighed less upon her death than when she was born.

You cant fake that, Trump said of the images.

Like Fine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flat-out denied that Palestinian civilians are starving to death. Israel has for months claimed that Hamas, which controls Gaza, is misusing shipments of food and supplies, although The New York Times reported over the weekend that Israeli officials know there is no evidence to support that assertion.

Asked Monday if he agreed with Netanyahu, Trump responded, I dont know.

I mean, based on television, I would say not particularly, he went on.

Because those children look very hungry.

她发表此番言论之际，以色列仍在否认有关大规模饥荒的报道。

周一，在唐纳德·特朗普总统承认巴勒斯坦人正在挨饿后，佐治亚州共和党众议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林成为首位将加沙地带日益恶化的人道主义危机称为“种族灭绝”的国会共和党人。

格林（Greene）的言论是在对同僚、佛罗里达州共和党众议员兰迪·法恩（Randy Fine）提出更广泛批评时发表的。法恩此前曾对加沙局势恶化表示赞同。

“释放人质。在那之前，继续挨饿吧，”费恩上周在社交媒体上写道，并补充称，他认为该地区日益严重的饥荒证据是“谎言”。

就连特朗普也不得不承认，加沙正发生“真正的饥荒”。这场饥荒源于以色列持续近两年的报复性战争——为回应2023年10月7日巴勒斯坦武装组织哈马斯煽动武装分子袭击平民并挟持人质返回加沙的事件。

格林在X平台（原推特）上写道：'直言不讳地说，10月7日以色列遭遇的恐怖袭击令人发指，所有人质都必须获释，但加沙正在发生的种族灭绝、人道主义危机和饥荒同样触目惊心。'

“但一位犹太裔美国议员竟呼吁继续让无辜民众和儿童挨饿，这简直可耻，”她表示。“他这番恶劣言论实际上会助长更多反犹情绪。”

格林过去还曾煽动反犹主义言论，最引人注目的是她在2018年发布的一篇现已删除的Facebook帖子，该帖子暗示富有的犹太罗斯柴尔德家族与加利福尼亚州的野火之间存在联系，这引发了人们对她所谓的“犹太太空激光”理论的嘲讽。

然而，她的措辞风格使她在国会共和党人中显得独树一帜。

特朗普周一访问苏格兰期间表示，电视上看到的加沙局势恶化的画面和报道令他感到不安。

以色列控制着加沙地带的进出通道并巡逻其海岸线，数月来一直阻挠援助物资送达该地区200多万巴勒斯坦人手中。

世界各地报纸的头版开始出现疲惫不堪、骨瘦如柴的儿童照片。据报道，一名女童去世时的体重甚至低于出生时的体重。

特朗普在评论这些图片时说：“你无法伪造这些。”

与法因类似，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡断然否认巴勒斯坦平民正在饿死。数月来，以色列一直声称控制加沙地带的哈马斯滥用食品和物资运输，尽管《纽约时报》上周末报道称，以色列官员清楚没有证据支持这一说法。

当周一被问及是否同意内塔尼亚胡的观点时，特朗普回答道：“我不知道。”

“我是说，根据电视上的情况来看，我觉得并不特别。”他接着说道。

因为这些孩子看起来非常饥饿。