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State Department criticizes South Africa's direction, cites land law and foreign policy choices
Summary
At a press briefing, the State Department spokesperson outlined U.S. concerns about South Africa's recent law on land and its foreign policy posture toward Israel and Iran, saying those factors informed White House discussions and that the U.S. remains attentive to violence and property-rights issues in South Africa.
The State Department on Tuesday said a range of developments in South Africa ' including a recently passed law on land and the country's foreign-policy choices ' have raised U.S. concerns and were among the topics discussed by U.S. leaders.
"When we think about...a law that says, oh, those people that you're calling to have be killed...let's take their land," the State Department spokesperson said, arguing the…
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