Elise Stefanik vows to take on den of antisemitism and apologist for Iran at the UN

United Nations ambassador-designate Elise Stefanik issued a blistering and stunning rebuke of the organization where she is set to serve as an emissary, denouncing the UN in a Tuesday speech as a “den of antisemitism” that she intends to confront.Stefanik (R-NY), 40, the outgoing House GOP conference chair, foreshadowed forthcoming battles at the UN when she takes charge as ambassador and rattled off some of its offices and commissions she will target, during an address at an Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET).“We know that the UN is a den of antisemitism,” she said at the EMET’s annual dinner where she was honored with the Rays of Light in the Darkness Award.

“Ever since and even before the barbaric terrorist attacks [from] Hamas on Oct.7, the UN has continuously betrayed Israel and betrayed America, acting as an apologist for Iran and their terrorist proxies.”Stefanik ticked off examples of the UN’s betrayal such as UN Women deleting a post condemning Hamas’ Oct.

7, 2023 attack, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spouting data from Hamas’ Ministry of Health, and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees, which had Hamas staff.Last week, President-elect Donald Trump announced Stefanik as his pick to serve as US ambassador to the UN.

Since then, Stetfanik has kept somewhat of a light public profile as she hunkers down and prepares to ascend to that role.But during the dinner ceremony hosted by EMET, a pro-Israel think tank in Washington, D.C., Stefanik made crystal clear how she sees the UN, an organization that is often maligned in conservative circles.She also lavished praise on Trump, noting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had hailed the former president as “the best friend that Israel has ever had.”“I believe it is quite obvious to the world that if President Trump were in the White House today, what has been happening at the UN would never have happened, because October 7th would...