Tim Scott

Tim Scott has represented South Carolina in the United States Senate since January 2013 — first by appointment following Jim DeMint's departure to the Heritage Foundation, then by election in 2014 and re-election in 2016 and 2022 — making him the first Black senator from the South since Reconstruction and one of the most consistent pro-Israel voices in the Senate Republican caucus. Born September 19, 1965, in North Charleston, South Carolina, Scott was raised by a single mother in circumstances he has described as poverty and overcrowding, attended Presbyterian College in Clinton, and earned his degree before entering insurance sales, real estate, and eventually county council and state legislative politics. He won his congressional seat in 2010 and moved to the Senate three years later.

Scott's pro-Israel positioning is grounded in evangelical Christian faith and a view of the U.S.-Israel relationship as morally and strategically foundational to American foreign policy. He has been a consistent vote for military aid packages, a consistent opponent of any effort to condition that aid, and an early endorser of the Abraham Accords as a framework for regional normalization. In January 2025, he was confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations — a confirmation that gave him the platform at the UN that Nikki Haley had previously occupied, and where he has continued Haley's confrontational posture toward the institution's treatment of Israel.

As UN Ambassador, Scott has carried forward the American commitment to veto Security Council resolutions targeting Israel, has spoken on the floor of the General Assembly defending Israel's right of self-defense, and has been a presence at every relevant UN forum where Israel's treatment is on the agenda. His significance on the Iron 100 reflects both his Senate record — which spans more than a decade of consistent pro-Israel votes — and his current UN platform, which places him at the most hostile multilateral environment American diplomacy navigates on Israel's behalf. At Rank 26, Scott represents the moral clarity that evangelical Christian conservatism brings to pro-Israel advocacy: direct, unhesitating, and theologically rooted.