Marjorie Taylor Greene meets Medea Benjamin following rare alliance over Gaza

Right-wing Republican US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene met anti-war activist Medea Benjamin on Wednesday, in a rare cross-political moment that highlighted the Georgia lawmaker's recent break with her party over US backing for Israel's war on Gaza.

Both women confirmed the meeting on X, with Benjamin saying she and fellow campaigners visited Greene "to thank her… and tell her we will miss her".

Benjamin also shared photographs of the two together. Greene described their relationship as an example of "finding bridges" despite deep political divides.

Greene wrote that she was "fully against funding foreign wars" and supports peace "because that's good for everyone, especially the most innocent people, children".

She added that she had "enjoyed a friendship with Medea for a few years now even though politics says that's not allowed".

Benjamin, co-founder of the women-led anti-war group Code Pink, has praised Greene several times this year for breaking with the Republican Party on foreign policy, especially US support for Israel's war on Gaza.

In a Facebook video posted in November, Benjamin described Greene as "the most important anti-war voice in the Republican Congress" and urged supporters at the time to encourage her not to resign.

Greene is due to resign from Congress in early January, ending a turbulent term in which she shifted from one of President Donald Trump's most loyal allies to one of the only Republicans openly criticising the administration's approach to Gaza.

Since July, she has described Israel's actions as genocide, condemned the starvation of Palestinian civilians, and called for all US military aid to Israel to be halted. She also introduced unsuccessful amendments to cut funding for Israel's missile defence systems.

Her criticisms placed her at odds with both Republican leadership and the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Greene has repeatedly said lawmakers in both parties were "terrified" to cross AIPAC, noting she refuses its donations and placed a sign outside her office rejecting "foreign lobbying".

Her break from the party line has extended beyond Gaza. Greene has also criticised talk of US involvement in Venezuela.

Her Gaza stance fed into a widening rift with Trump, who withdrew his endorsement and publicly derided her as a "traitor".

Greene has said his rhetoric fuelled waves of threats against her and her family, including a pipe bomb threat to her home. She has accused the president of worsening the harassment by amplifying online insults.

Benjamin, who has led humanitarian delegations to Gaza since 2008 and remains one of the most prominent critics of US military support for Israel, has called Greene an "unlikely but vital" ally on matters of war and peace.