Elise Stefanik, Israel, and the ‘antisemitic rot’ at the UN

Published January 26, 2025 8:00am ET



President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), did not mince her words in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week when she accused the organization of suffering from “antisemitic rot.”

“If you look at the antisemitic rot within the United Nations, there are more resolutions targeting Israel than any other country, any other crisis, combined,” Stefanik said at her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

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