Trump's UN ambassador-designate: Israel has 'biblical right' to annex Palestinian West Bank

US President Donald Trump's nominee to be the country's ambassador to the United Nations has become the latest official of the new administration to declare and defend the belief that the Zionist regime of Israel has the authority and right, according to biblical texts, to seize the West Bank of occupied Palestinian land.

Jan 24, 2025 - 18:02
Trump's UN ambassador-designate: Israel has 'biblical right' to annex Palestinian West Bank

US President Donald Trump's nominee to be the country's ambassador to the United Nations has become the latest official of the new administration to declare and defend the belief that the Zionist regime of Israel has the authority and right, according to biblical texts, to seize the West Bank of occupied Palestinian land.

Elise Stefanik made the claim before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a confirmation hearing for her appointment. At the meeting, Stefanik pledged to continue the US position of defending and supporting Israel and advancing Trump's 'America First' agenda.
 
Elise Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman from New York, has made it clear that she supports the claims made by the right-wing in the Israeli Zionist regime that Jews have a "biblical right" to dispossess Palestinians of their land in the occupied West Bank.
 
Stefanik responded emphatically and with a single word "yes" when asked if he shared the view of far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and former warlord Internal Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir that Israel has a "biblical right to annex the entire West Bank".

When Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen asked Stefanik if he supported the Palestinians' right to self-determination, the prospective US ambassador to the United Nations refused to give a short and direct answer to the question and said: "I think they deserve better than what they have suffered under the leadership of terrorists."

Stefanik, who is known for his zeal in defending and challenging the Zionist regime of Israel, also supports the decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Stefanik is also a defender of the Zionist claim that the Israeli occupation has the right to kill and exterminate generations of Palestinian Christians and Muslims and displace them from their lands and homes.

In addition to Stefanik, all other officials appointed by Trump to hold specific and sensitive positions related to US foreign policy, including the secretary of state, the secretary of defense and the country's ambassador to Israel, are staunch defenders and supporters of the illegal Zionist regime.