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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 House Republican Conference chair to be his next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Herzog is expected to meet with multiple high-profile lawmakers in D.C. Tuesday, including President Biden, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Stefanik, his office told The Times of Israel. The meeting with Stefanik comes shortly after Trump said she would be his next ambassador to the United Nations.
President of Israel Isaac Herzog meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not in picture) before their meeting at Palazzo Chigi, on July 25, 2024, in Rome, Italy. (Getty Images)
On Monday, Trump confirmed reports that he would be nominating the GOP conference chairwoman to be his next U.N. ambassador, noting how she "is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter."
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Stefanik, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, is also a firm supporter of Israel and has been a leading voice challenging the rising tide of antisemitism on college campuses following the tragic Hamas massacre of innocent Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023.
Stefanik, for example, made headlines last year after pressing the presidents of three of the nation's most prestigious colleges to share whether they thought "calling for the genocide of Jews" was against their codes of conduct. Eventually, pressure from Stefanik and other GOP leaders resulted in the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania resigning.
Representative Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York, speaks to members of the media ahead of a campaign event with former US President Donald Trump (not pictured) at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Getty Images)
"The work ahead is immense as we see antisemitism skyrocketing coupled with four years of catastrophically weak US leadership that significantly weakened our national security and diminished our standing in the eyes of both allies and adversaries," Stefanik said in a statement Monday to Fox News Digital after it reached out to confirm her meeting with Herzog, which Stefanik's spokespeople did not acknowledge.
"I stand ready to advance President Donald J. Trump’s restoration of America First peace through strength leadership on the world stage on Day One at the United Nations," the future UN ambassador added.
Stefanik will be the first major policymaker to meet with Herzog on Tuesday, with their meeting scheduled at 9 a.m. EST, The Times of Israel reported.
Herzog will then reportedly meet with Graham and Biden afterward.
A spokesperson for Graham told Fox News Digital that their meeting was "not yet confirmed" but that they were working out scheduling.
People pass by a congratulatory billboard showing elected U.S. President Donald Trump on Nov. 7, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Getty Images)
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Herzog's visit to the U.S. comes amid the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly, held Sunday through Tuesday in the nation's capital, during which Herzog will be a keynote speaker.
Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Stefanik and Herzog but did not hear back prior to publication time.
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