Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who is President Donald Trump‘s nominee to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (UN), called out the “anti-Semitic rot” within the international organization.
During her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Stefanik put the UN on blast for its conduct pertaining to Israel, a U.S. ally that is still trying to secure the freedom of all hostages taken by Hamas after the group’s October 7 terrorist attack in 2023.
“If you look at the anti-Semitic rot within the United Nations, there are more resolutions targeting Israel than any other country, any other crisis combined,” Stefanik said as she answered a question from Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA).
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The nominee took aim at the UN Women group for “failing to condemn Hamas’ terrorist attack and terrorist regime against innocent civilian women using rape and targeting women. Specifically taking them hostage.”
Stefanik said she was “overjoyed” that three women held captive by Hamas were recently freed as part of a ceasefire deal, stressed that the U.S. needs to “stay committed” to get all the hostages released, and noted that she has met “many hostage families.”
With the UN ambassadorship, Stefanik said, “We need to be a voice of moral clarity on the UN Security Council and at the United Nations at large for the world to hear the importance of standing with Israel, and I intend to do that.”
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Stefanik also mentioned it will soon be 50 years since the UN’s “disgraceful ‘Zionism is Racism’ resolution” and noted how she wanted to follow the example of then-U.S. ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who “spoke out strongly” against it.
Trump “has a tremendous record when it comes to standing with Israel,” Stefanik added, “whether it’s the Abraham Accords, whether it’s his commitment to combating anti-Semitism, or recognizing Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel. ”
In response to the remarks, the Republican Jewish Coalition said Trump had sent a “clear message” by nominating Stefanik — “that we will stand by our cherished ally Israel and fight back against the vile antisemitism running rampant in Turtle Bay” — and advocated for her confirmation.
