Overview
- At his Senate hearing, Leo Brent Bozell III said he would push South Africa to end its International Court of Justice case against Israel and urge the ICC prosecutor to halt related actions.
- He pledged to convey U.S. objections to what he called South Africa’s drift toward Russia, China and Iran and to oppose expropriation without compensation.
- Bozell said he would advance President Trump’s invitation for Afrikaners seeking to leave South Africa over alleged discrimination and pursue fair-trade access for U.S. firms and a critical-minerals partnership.
- Pressed by Democratic senators, he declined to directly say whether he accepts Trump’s “genocide” characterization or rejects race-based refugee or voting policies.
- Reporting indicates Washington plans to admit about 7,000 white Afrikaners under an annual refugee cap of roughly 7,500, a racially skewed intake South Africa opposes while disputing claims of systemic targeting of whites.