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AIPAC Exiles Congressman Randy Fine Over Calling For The Starvation Of Palestinians In Gaza

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by blueapples
Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025 - 11:00

The American public's consciousness that Israel has a stranglehold on its politicians, effectively determining not just policymaking but elections and political appointments, is approaching the Rubicon. With that pervasive influence impossible to ignore, dissatisfaction with Israel's practical control over the American political system has become increasingly vocal. From bombing Iranian nuclear sites at the behest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prolonged support for the war in Gaza to the botched handling of the Epstein Files amid speculation about the disgraced pedophile's connection to the Mossad, the fingerprints of Israel have been imprinted all over the second Trump administration. This apparent subservience is a direct contradiction to the America First platform Trump ran upon, leading to disenfranchisement from even his most devoted supporters.

As it becomes increasingly at odds with the American public, the Israel lobby finds itself at a crossroads where it must balance maintaining its hegemony with distancing itself from issues provoking the mounting public perception that threatens it. This calculus has led to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the foremost pro-Israel lobbying group in the US, to sever its ties with a man who is perhaps Congress' most overt Zionist — Representative Randy Fine. Since being elected to Congress in 2025, Fine has used his position as a platform to perpetuate the US' seemingly unconditional support for Israel. While that may be the norm in Congress, Fine has consistently come under fire for the lengths he has gone to support Israel, including condoning the flagrant violations of international law and disregard for human rights that have become commonplace throughout the course of its war in Gaza. Fine, who has repeatedly tweeted about his joy for the suffering of Palestinians has become so transgressive with his Zionist zealotry that AIPAC has apparently dropped their support for the Florida congressman. AIPAC decided to remove Fine's name from its list of candidates it has endorsed after his calls to starve the population in Gaza.

Randy Fine has likely eaten more in the last day than the people of Gaza have in months.

Fine began his political ascent as a member of the Florida House of Representatives in 2016 before being elected to its Senate in 2024. He would only serve as a Florida Senator until March 31st, 2025 after securing President Trump's endorsement catapulted Fine toward being the favorite to win the special election for Florida's 6th Congressional District in April. That seat was vacated by Republican incumbent and fellow Israel ally Mike Waltz, who was chosen by Trump as his National Security Advisor. Waltz winning re-election for that congressional seat with over 66% of the vote put Fine on the inside track for winning the special election, which he did over Democratic opponent Josh Weil with a 56.68% majority. Despite that triumph Fine has managed to make himself more of a liability than an asset to AIPAC in just a few short months on Capitol Hill, putting his future in American politics in jeopardy.

The removal of Fine from AIPAC's roster of sycophants for Israel comes after the congressman has repeatedly advocated for the starvation of Gaza's population. Fine has repeatedly tweeted "starve away" when discussing dire humanitarian crisis brought on by the war in Gaza on X. In the wake of increasing condemnation from the international community about the famine overtaking Gaza, his vile calls to starve its population have been met with opposition from not just adversaries but pro-Israel groups that once formed the foundation of his political base. One such group that distanced itself from Fine following his obscene remarks was the American Jewish Committee (AJC), which quoted his tweet calling for the starvation of Gazans with unequivocal condemnation on July 23rd.

Fine was unphased by the admonishment from the AJC, continuing to call for the starvation of Gazans as a legitimate military tactic unleashed by the Israeli Defense Forces as recently as July 27th. However, no such tweets have been made since it has come to light that AIPAC has removed him from the list of endorsed candidates on its website. Neither Fine nor any representatives from AIPAC have yet to comment on his removal.

Before this fallout, AIPAC consistently expressed their support for Fine, who has accepted over $400,000 from its network of pro-Israel lobbyists. AIPAC contributed $126,000 of those funds toward Fine's 2025 congressional campaign alone, according to Federal Election Commission records. After winning Florida's special election in April, Fine boasted about how his candidacy was the fastest to ever receive an endorsement from AIPAC.

Although Fine's recent comments may have irrevocably damaged his relationship with AIPAC, the lobbying group maintained their steadfast support for him until now despite his ultra-Zionist rhetoric being the cornerstone of his political identity. Before the time Fine won the Republican nomination for Florida's special election, his unfettered support for Israel had already engulfed him in multiple controversies. In December 2024, Fine introduced a bill to the Florida Senate barring foreign flags from being flown in government buildings. His proposed legislation was ridiculed by critics, who pointed out how Fine himself ironically flew an Israeli flag in his own office. In early 2025, Fine also came under fire for suggesting that Americans posting banners critical of Israel should receive 5-year prison sentences for what he deemed to be committing a hate-crime.

Despite the cloud of ignominy those controversies cast over Fine, AIPAC stood by him as their candidate even as he continued to espouse genocidal rhetoric against the Palestinian people. Throughout his career, Fine has called Palestine a "fake country" and echoed an ulta-Zionist political ethos as if he were pining to enter into the inner circle of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Upon meeting Netanyahu, Fine proudly declared that he did not wash his hands after he shook the hand of the Israeli Prime Minister until he had the chance to touch his children. While in Congress, Fine has repeatedly called for the complete destruction of Gaza and genocide of its inhabitants, rejecting the idea that the children who live in the territory are innocent.

His rhetoric advocating for the annihilation of Gaza became so unhinged that Fine even suggested that nuclear weapons should be used. “The only end of the conflict is complete and total surrender by those who support Muslim terror. In World War II, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Nazis, we did not negotiate a surrender with the Japanese, we nuked the Japanese twice in order to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here,” Fine said. When confronted over those comments, Fine distanced himself from the statement by asserting that he was using the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a political allegory to illustrate the no-holds-barred approach the US must take against Hamas. Fine scoffed at the idea his remarks were meant to be taken literally as he rationalized that any nuclear fallout in Gaza would threaten the people of Israel.

While that kind of discourse should prove to bring the end of a politician's career, it has only helped to accelerate Fine's. On July 22nd, Fine was named to the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Chairman Brian Mast, a fellow Jewish-American congressman who volunteered to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces and even wore his IDF uniform while working in his office at Capitol Hill. “Randy is a battle-tested conservative and a fierce defender of America’s interests. The Foreign Affairs Committee is stronger with him on board. Proud to welcome my fellow Floridian to the fight.” Mast said in a statement welcoming Fine to the committee. Mast issued that statement on the same day Fine posted the "starve away" tweet he was condemned by the AJC over.

Just as Fine has supported the destruction of Gaza and genocide of the Palestinian people within it, he has promoted the decimation of American's civil liberties in the name of supporting Israel. Fine has carried on the mission of the Trump administration's task force against antisemitism by calling upon pro-Palestine groups to be designated as terrorist organizations in an exercise of political persecution that infringes upon the First Amendment rights of US citizens. Like so many others who have advocated for these unconstitutional measures, Fine has veiled his true motives behind the facade that he is acting in the interest of national security, despite the erosion of the Constitution being antithetical to that mission. Fine's willingness to subjugate the Bill of Rights in favor of advancing the Zionist cause demonstrates how loyalty to a foreign nation like Israel is incompatible with fulfilling the oath of office members of Congress take promising to uphold the Constitution.

As Israel comes under increasing scrutiny for its crimes against humanity in Gaza, with support for the war dwindling from even its most staunch allies, the optics of the Israel lobby's support for congressman Randy Fine have become so problematic that he has made his value as a political asset expendable. While Fine may be a living caricature representing how deeply Congress is compromised by Israel, ridding him from its good graces does little to change the power dynamic driving Washington, D.C. All Fine's exile from AIPAC shows is that increasing opposition to the American-Israeli political paradigm has become impossible to ignore by the powers that be who perpetuate it. As AIPAC distances itself from Fine as part of a strategy to recalibrate its control over the US political system, Americans must respond by reciprocally renewing their focus to rid the nation of that influence if they ever wish to truly take their country back.

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