LONDON: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has described Israel’s war in Gaza as a “genocide,” becoming the first lawmaker from her party to do so. It came in a social media post following comments by US President Donald Trump that contradicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that there is no starvation in Gaza. Greene was responding to comments by Rep. Randy Fine, a Jew and one of Israel’s strongest supporters in the US Congress, The Independent reported. Fine had said on X: “Release the hostages. Until then, starve away. (This is all a lie anyway.

Ms. Greene is the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, two years after she led the push to censure a Democrat for…

Greene also criticizes her Republican colleague who called for Gaza to ‘starve away’