The “moral clarity” that Rep. Elise Stefanik brings to her new role as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will help combat the organization’s “hate and lies,” Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. said Monday.

The appointment of the New York Republican by newly elected President Donald Trump is one of the first personnel moves announced in the early days of his transition period.

“Congratulations Representative Elise Stefanik on your appointment as the next US Ambassador to the UN,” Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon wrote on ever.”

Danon looks forward to “working closely with Elise Stefanik in tackling vicious lies at the UN, spearheaded by hostile countries, while remaining staunchly committed to truth and justice,” Jonathan Harounoff, Israel’s UN spokesperson, told Fox News Digital.

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Rep. Elise Stefanik, RN.Y., joins former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Grappone Convention Center on Jan. 19 in Concord, N.H. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump said in an earlier statement to the New York Post — which first reported Stefanik’s nomination — that “Elise is an incredibly strong, tough and smart America First fighter.”

Stefanik is currently chairman of the House of Representatives Republican Conference and is in fourth place in the House of Representatives.

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Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon looks forward to “working closely” with Stefanik, the Israeli spokesperson for the UN tells Fox News Digital. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

She was elected last week to her sixth term in the House of Representatives and previously made national headlines by criticizing the presidents of Ivy League universities over rising anti-Semitism on college campuses in the wake of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel.

Elise Stefanik, chair of the House of Representatives Republican Conference, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 15. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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“I am truly honored to earn President Trump’s nomination to serve in his Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,” Stefanik told the New York Post. “During my conversation with President Trump, I expressed how deeply humbled I am to accept his nomination and that I look forward to earning the support of my colleagues in the United States Senate. “The historic landslide election of President Trump has given hope to the American people and is a reminder that brighter days lie ahead, both at home and abroad.”