U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

Trump’s pick for UN ambassador dodges question on Palestinian rights

Name: Trump’s pick for UN ambassador dodges question on Palestinian rights
Uploaded: 2025-01-21T19:01:22Z
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Description: Elise Stefanik refused to say whether she believes Palestinians have a right to self-determination.

Elise Stefanik, Donald Trump’s nominee to be the US ambassador to the UN, refused to say whether she believes Palestinians have a right to self-determination, but did say she agrees that Israel has a biblical right to the entire occupied West Bank.