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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela (3L) holds flowers along with Hamas official Basem Naim (2R) during a march to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela in Pretoria, December 5, 2023, as Palestinian, Hamas and Hezbollah flags are waved. (Roberta Ciuccio / AFP)
December 5, 2023, 5:13 pm
Relatives of Nelson Mandela welcome Hamas officials to 10th anniversary memorial
Mandla Mandela, a politician and grandson of the late president, says it was ‘a real experience’ for members of terror group ‘to be in South Africa and learn from our experience’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa listens during the BRICS group of emerging economies three-day summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
November 22, 2023, 12:38 am
South Africa’s shift on Israel: From Mandela-era acceptance to ‘genocide’ allegations
Unprecedented anti-Israel statements by the African nation’s head appear to be part of a broader geopolitical shift, but the country’s Jews report feeling safe and comfortable
By Canaan Lidor
South African activist, lawyer, writer and a former judge appointed by Nelson Mandela to serve on the first Constitutional Court of South Africa, Albert 'Albie' Louis Sachs, poses for a portrait inside of the Constitutional Court of South Africa building in Johannesburg on February 8, 2022 (GUILLEM SARTORIO / AFP)
February 10, 2022, 12:11 pm
Anti-apartheid hero Albie Sachs: South Africa isn’t fair, but people can speak out
Jewish former justice, who lost an eye and arm in bombing by white supremacist regime, says he believes progressive constitution will help country withstand challenges
By AFP and ToI Staff
Former president and leader of the National Party F. W. de Klerk, discusses his resignation, below a mural of the new South African flag, at a National Party Caucus meeting in Cape Town, August 26 1997. (AP Photo / Sasa Kralj, file)
November 11, 2021, 1:19 pm
South Africa’s last white president, F.W. de Klerk, dies age 85
He oversaw the end of the country’s apartheid era, announced Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, shared Nobel Peace Prize with him
By ANDREW MELDRUM and Cara Anna
In this July 8, 2013, photo Denis Goldberg, a friend and prisoner with former South African President Nelson Mandela, attends an event of the 50th anniversary of the raid against him and other former African National Congress leaders at the Liliesleaf Farm in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber/File)
April 30, 2020, 3:35 pm
South African anti-apartheid activist who stood trial alongside Mandela dies
Denis Goldberg, who was Jewish, spent 22 years in prison for his activism; dies at age 87 of diabetes and lung cancer
By AP
In this photo taken on Nov. 11, 2017, musician Johnny Clegg on stage at a farewell concert in Johannesburg (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
July 17, 2019, 5:50 am
Johnny Clegg, who fought South Africa’s apartheid with music, dies at 66
Grammy-nominated, British-born Jewish singer recorded and performed songs with multi-racial bands in defiance of oppressive system
By Cara Anna and Christopher Torchia
Abbas Araghchi (C), Iran's chief nuclear negotiator arrives at the Austria Center Vienna after another rounds of talks between the EU 5+1 on May 16, 2014 in Vienna. (photo credit: AFP/DIETER NAGL/file)
September 29, 2018, 7:18 pm
Iran says it expects EU to set up mechanism to bypass US sanctions by November
Since Trump’s pullout from nuclear accord, European countries have begun working on payment system to allow oil companies and businesses to continue trading with Tehran
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Former US President Barack Obama delivers his speech at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018 (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
July 17, 2018, 7:32 pm
Obama gives Trump sharp rebuke in Mandela address on values
In his highest-profile speech since leaving office, former US president speaks of ‘strange and uncertain’ times, attacks politicians who push ‘fear, resentment, retrenchment’
By ANDREW MELDRUM
In this file photo taken on April 21, 1999 Winnie Mandela addresses a crowd, in the Mnandi squattercamp some 20 km west of Pretoria. (AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN)
April 2, 2018, 6:34 pm
Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela dies at 81
Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife played a high-profile role in battle to end white-minority rule, but her place in history was also marred by controversy
By AFP
Acting President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa in the parliament in Cape Town, February 15, 2018. (Mike Hutchings, Pool via AP)
February 15, 2018, 5:30 pm
South African lawmakers choose Ramaphosa to succeed tainted Zuma
Ex-businessman named new president after predecessor resigns under intense pressure from his own party over graft scandals
By Gregory WALTON
Avraham Neguise
November 29, 2017, 12:50 pm
Avraham Neguise
Your grandfather Nelson Mandela always listened
An open letter to Mandela’s grandson: Your false claims about Israel dishonor the struggle to end Apartheid
This file photo taken on April 10, 2000 shows a policeman and black squatters guarding the farm of expelled white farmer Rob Marshell, in Mazowe, some 60 kilometers north of Harare. A portrait of President Robert Mugabe who encouraged the squatters to step up the occupations of white-owned farms, is seen on the fence. (AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE)
November 22, 2017, 5:46 am
Ousted Mugabe leaves legacy of economic ruin, upheaval in Zimbabwe
Dictator was hailed for de-colonizing country, but quickly ran its economy into the ground while cracking down on freedoms, turning it from a breadbasket into a basketcase
By ANDREW MELDRUM
South African-born British lawyer and Labour lawmaker Lord Joel Joffe delivers remarks at the British Museum in London on Friday 13th 2017. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 20, 2017, 5:56 pm
Joel Joffe, lawyer who defended Mandela, dies aged 85
South African-born Jewish attorney was key part of defense team in 1963 trial that saw the anti-apartheid icon jailed
By Robin MILLARD
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) talks with US President Barack Obama at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl national cemetery during the funeral of former president Shimon Peres on September 30, 2016. (AFP/Pool/Menahem Kahana)
September 30, 2016, 1:03 pm
Obama remembers Peres as 20th century ‘giant’ determined for peace
US president says Abbas’s presence a ‘reminder of the unfinished business of peace’; recalls Peres’s insistence ‘Jewish people were not born to rule another people’
By ToI Staff
A pro-Israel rally in Johannesburg, at the time of the last conflict with Gaza, in August 2014 (Ilan Ossendryver)
July 27, 2016, 11:45 pm
In troubled post-Mandela South Africa, a fight or flight dilemma for the 70,000 Jews
Next week’s local government elections amount to a referendum on ANC rule. With joblessness, inequality and violence all on the rise, many in the Jewish community are considering their future
By Geoff Sifrin
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