Trump’s UN envoy pick Stefanik blasts organization’s 'antisemitic rot'
The Republican lawmaker also told senators she believes Israel has a biblical claim to the entire West Bank.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, Elise Stefanik, criticized what she said was the UN's anti-Israel bias during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
“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,” Rep. Stefanik (R-N.Y.) told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Stefanik said the disproportionate number of resolutions against Israel were evidence of the “antisemitic rot” within the United Nations. She also took aim at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, which has been a lifeline for civilians in the Gaza Strip. The United States has long been its biggest donor.
“Our tax dollars should not be complicit in propping up entities that are counter to American interests, antisemitic or engaging in fraud, corruption or terrorism,” Stefanik said in her opening remarks.
