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- Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk called pictures of starving children in Gaza “propaganda” and “emotional, visual, optical warfare” and claimed the “lies against Israel are relentless,” showing The New York Times’ picture of the 18-month-old suffering from malnutrition and emphasizing his “muscular disorder.”Kirk’s guest Rabbi Pesach Wolicki also claimed Palestinians in Gaza are “not emaciated. They're not starving. The people of Gaza are not starving. But Hamas needs to perpetuate this narrative.” Real America’s Voice, *The Charlie Kirk Show*, [7/28/25]
- Right-wing podcaster and self-described “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer called claims of starvation in Gaza “insane Pallywood Propaganda,” adding, “There is no starvation in Gaza. It’s a big lie.”She posted: “When the leftists try to make you feel bad over fake starvation in Gaza, ask them if they also cry for the children of cops killed by free Palestine protestors. I’m kind of tired of seeing fake stories about starvation when my tax dollars are going toward feeding terrorists via the World Food Program which is managed by CINDY MCCAIN. … There is no starvation in Gaza. It’s a big lie. … This insane Pallywood Propaganda has to end. If it doesn’t end, Trump should shut down the World Food Program. Let’s see the audit. Penny for penny.” Twitter/X, [7/28/25; Media Matters, 7/29/25]
- Conservative personality Dinesh D’Souza commented, “Does this look like the behavior of people who are starving?” in response to a story about Palestinians speaking out about having to chase aid airdropped into Gaza. Twitter/X, [7/29/25]
- As a guest on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins*, Jewish News Syndicate’s Ruthie Blum said, “Let me just set the record straight — there is no famine in Gaza.”She continued, “The accusation that Israel is purposely starving people is absolutely outrageous. It's a lie. It's a blood libel, and Hamas spread it.” Twitter/X, [7/28/25]
- TheBlaze’s Glenn Beck asked, “Have you seen the pictures of mom or dad holding the babies that are supposedly starving and they seem perfectly healthy? Does that seem reasonable to you? There’s no critical thinking here at all.” Beck then went on to add, “I’m sure there’s hunger there, real hunger. … I’m not dismissing that there’s not real hunger there, and we should do everything that we can. But, you know, let’s put some of the onus on Hamas as well. And then, can we stop listening to the people of Hamas tell us by showing these babies, who now we know have problems from birth.” Twitter/X, [7/29/25]
- Right-wing podcaster Stephen L. Miller posted, “If Gaza wants to convince anyone other than Western media that we are truly at the brink of a genocidal famine, they should stop putting healthy well fed adults in front of cameras.”Twitter/X, [7/30/25]
- ## Many right-wing figures blamed Hamas or the UN, claiming they are “purposely starving the population as a PR strategy against Israel” and Hamas is “stealing the aid”