Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., will reportedly meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog when he visits the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump named the Home Republican Convention chair to be his subsequent U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Herzog is anticipated to fulfill with a number of high-profile lawmakers in D.C. Tuesday, together with President Biden, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Stefanik, his workplace advised The Times of Israel. The assembly with Stefanik comes shortly after Trump mentioned she could be his subsequent ambassador to the United Nations.
President of Israel Isaac Herzog meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not in image) earlier than their assembly at Palazzo Chigi, on July 25, 2024, in Rome, Italy. (Getty Photos)
On Monday, Trump confirmed studies that he could be nominating the GOP convention chairwoman to be his subsequent U.N. ambassador, noting how she “is an extremely robust, powerful, and good America First fighter.”
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Stefanik, the highest Republican within the Home of Representatives, can be a agency supporter of Israel and has been a number one voice difficult the rising tide of antisemitism on faculty campuses following the tragic Hamas bloodbath of harmless Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.
Stefanik, for instance, made headlines final 12 months after urgent the presidents of three of the nation’s most prestigious schools to share whether or not they thought “calling for the genocide of Jews” was towards their codes of conduct. Finally, strain from Stefanik and different GOP leaders resulted within the presidents of Harvard and the College of Pennsylvania resigning.
Consultant Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, speaks to members of the media forward of a marketing campaign occasion with former US President Donald Trump (not pictured) at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Getty Photos)
“The work forward is immense as we see antisemitism skyrocketing coupled with 4 years of catastrophically weak US management that considerably weakened our nationwide safety and diminished our standing within the eyes of each allies and adversaries,” Stefanik mentioned in a press release Monday to Fox Information Digital after it reached out to substantiate her assembly with Herzog, which Stefanik’s spokespeople didn’t acknowledge.
“I stand able to advance President Donald J. Trump’s restoration of America First peace by means of power management on the world stage on Day One on the United Nations,” the long run UN ambassador added.
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Stefanik would be the first main policymaker to fulfill with Herzog on Tuesday, with their assembly scheduled at 9 a.m. EST, The Instances of Israel reported.
Herzog will then reportedly meet with Graham and Biden afterward.
A spokesperson for Graham advised Fox Information Digital that their assembly was “not but confirmed” however that they have been understanding scheduling.
Individuals go by a congratulatory billboard displaying elected U.S. President Donald Trump on Nov. 7, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Getty Photos)
Herzog’s go to to the U.S. comes amid the Jewish Federations of North America’s Common Meeting, held Sunday by means of Tuesday within the nation’s capital, throughout which Herzog will likely be a keynote speaker.
Fox Information Digital reached out to representatives for Stefanik and Herzog however didn’t hear again previous to publication time.
