(Washington) The probable future American ambassador to the UN Elise Stefanik on Tuesday mocked the “anti-Semitic gangrene” which she said would affect the international organization and reaffirmed her unwavering support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians.
Posted at 3:43 p.m.
This elected representative from New York, appointed at just 40 years old by President Donald Trump to represent Washington at the United Nations, has repeatedly been talked about for her pro-Israeli positions and her defense of American Jews and abroad.
“This is one of the reasons why, in my discussions with President Trump, I was interested in this position: if you look at the anti-Semitic gangrene within the United Nations, there are more resolutions targeting Israel than against all countries and crises combined,” the Republican said during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
Mme Stefanik also acknowledged being on the same page as far-right Israeli ministers, who believe their country has a “biblical right to the West Bank.” She kicked in when senators questioned her about the Palestinians’ right to a state.
The day Donald Trump nominated Mme Stefanik at the UN in mid-November, he also appointed former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, close to pro-colonization Israeli circles, as ambassador to Israel. He declared in 2017: “the occupied West Bank does not exist. There is Judea and Samaria,” a biblical name that Israelis use.
Mme Stefanik and Mr. Huckabee still need to be confirmed by the Senate, where Republicans have a majority.
-For the New York parliamentarian, this should be a formality, especially since she can count on the support of Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania, John Fetterman.
Elected to the House in 2014, Elise Stefanik established herself as an ardent Trumpist.
She defended President Trump during his first term, during his first impeachment proceedings in 2019, then refused to certify the presidential election won in 2020 by Democrat Joe Biden.
And at the end of 2023, with other Republicans, she pushed to resign three presidents of major American universities, including Harvard, accused of not having done enough against what she described as anti-Semitism on campuses since the war. in the Gaza Strip.
She had already accused the UN of “languishing in anti-Semitism”, earning her congratulations from Israel, which has execrable relations with the multilateral organization.
