Overview

• Clark told Jewish News Syndicate that she is not accusing Israel of genocide and called for returning hostages, increasing aid to Palestinians, removing Hamas from power and ending the war.
• AIPAC said its endorsement of the House Democratic whip is unchanged, praising her clarification as consistent with her long-standing support for the U.S.-Israel relationship.
• The remark originated at a Friends Committee on National Legislation event in Cambridge and was widely circulated after the Grayzone editor posted a video clip on X.
• Clark’s spokesperson said she was responding to protesters and that the comment did not represent a shift in her stance on the conflict.
• Her use of the word made her the highest-ranking member of Congress to invoke the term regarding Gaza, a label freighted by legal and humanitarian debates that reference mass casualties and UN-reported famine conditions.