By Independent News Roundup
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who first called Israel’s attack on Gaza “genocide” at the end of July, escalated her campaign against continuing U.S. funding for this “genocide,” posting on August 23 on X a statement insisting American citizens face up to such a critical moral issue.
“If America was being bombed day and night because of something horrific our government did, and many innocent Americans and American children were being killed and traumatically injured, and we begged for mercy, but the rest of the world said, `Americans voted for their government so they deserve it, their government is bad so all Americans are bad, therefore this is what they get and must be done.’ And the world was silent to our suffering. And no one came to our aid. And our cities and homes were bombed and turned to rubble. And our infrastructure was destroyed, no farms, no grocery stores, no more organized society. And no one helped our injured and hungry children.
“How would you feel? What would you think? What would you do?
“This is what is happening to Gaza where, in spite of what we have all been told, many innocent people and children are being killed, and they are not Hamas.
“Does Hamas deserve it? Yes. Do innocent people and children deserve it? No.
“The innocent people in Gaza did not kill and kidnap the innocent people in Israel on Oct. 7th. Just as we spoke out and had compassion for the victims and families of Oct. 7, how can Americans not speak out and have compassion for the masses of innocent people and children in Gaza? Is one type of innocent life worthy and another type of innocent life worth nothing?
“For me, I think God sees all innocent lives the same and he loves them all. As a matter of fact, He sent his own son for all people, that’s how much He loves us.”
Greene writes that the U.S. gives Israel $3.8 billion annually in funds for military aid, but then corrects herself:
“U.S. taxpayers fund Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid. That means every U.S. tax payer is contributing to Israel’s military actions.
“I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to pay for genocide in a foreign country against a foreign people for a foreign war that I had nothing to do with. And I will not be silent about it.”
Three days before, Greene denounced the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on “every single member of Congress” as a key problem, in an interview with Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly. AIPAC “takes every single … freshman member of Congress their first year … [on] a very special trip to Israel in August.” (She refused to go, she reported.) AIPAC is not required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, claiming “`oh, but we’re Americans.’ Yes, they are Americans, but they are coming to Congress and to the federal government asking on behalf of the country of Israel,” she emphasized.
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