Nelson Mandela

A voice from apartheid: South Africa's Regent Xami’s calls for indigenous support of Israel

Xami, who lived through South Africa’s apartheid, offered invaluable testimony on the misuse of that term against Israel and the deep sense of kinship many indigenous nations feel toward Jews.

Regent Xami in Jerusalem’s Old City, with the Western Wall behind him.
Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela who was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, reacts after his arrival at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 8, 2025

Mandela's grandson returns to South Africa after deportation by Israel

Mandla Mandela, grandson of former South African President Nelson Mandela, joins protesters, mainly Houthis, during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day) on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 28, 2025.

Mandela's grandson: What Palestinians face is 'far worse form of apartheid'

Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, speaks to reporters in South Africa

Mandela's grandson denied UK visa over his support for Hamas


Savir's Corner: We need Mandelas

Nelson Mandela: the man who from Robben Island Prison united the whole world in a profound desire for freedom.

Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie after his prison release

Mandela and the Jews

We campaigned for Soviet Jewry, marched for Israel and waged war on apartheid.

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An uneasy decision

A reprint of a conversation with Natan Sharansky about his meeting with Nelson Mandela on July 6, 1990.

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December 12: Mandela’s legacy...

Mandela’s principles were compromised by maintaining warm relations with rogue nations and leaders responsible for numerous human rights violations.

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The hijacking of apartheid

The Palestinians and her supporters have blindly but broadly attempted to brand Israel as a racist criminal state.

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Grapevine: Mandela's boss

It is less common knowledge that with the exception of Lazer Sidelsky, a Jew, no lawyer in SA would allow Mandela to clerk for him.

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Why it's hard for me to mourn Nelson Mandela

Outside of his own country, he was not the same Nelson Mandela who had transformed South Africa from an apartheid state into a true democracy by means of an olive branch and reconciliation.

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Nelson Mandela : hommages contrastés

A l’heure où le monde entier salue le combat du dirigeant sud-africain, Shimon Peres et Binyamin Netanyahou ne se rendront pourtant pas à ses obsèques. Les dessous de cette absence.

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Edelstein: Regional leaders should renounce violence like Mandela

Knesset Speaker, 5 MKs attends memorial service; SA Chief Rabbi: Mandela, like Biblical Joseph, rose from prison to become leader.

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S. African chief rabbi compares Mandela to biblical Joseph

Warren Goldstein eulogizes late South African leader calls South Africans a “nation of heroes”.

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