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


South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg dies at age 87

Despite recieving help from the Israeli government in the negotiated release of his 22-year imprisonment, Goldberg remained a vocal critic of Israel and avid supporter of the BDS movement.

Denis Goldberg, South African anti-apartheid activist, speaking at the launch of the Edinburgh World Justice Festival, 12 October 2013 in the Grassmarket Community Centre.

Anna Frank’s influence on Nelson Mandela portrayed by 97-year-old artist

Mandela read Anne Frank’s Diary during his long imprisonment in Robben Island and he said that the book gave him strength.

Michael Italiaander paints Anne Frank's influence on Nelson Mandela.

A Palestinian Mandela and an Israeli de Klerk

Interesting comparison can be made between players in the local scene and these historical figures.

A Palestinian protester burns a replica Israeli flag as another holds a Palestinian flag during clashes with the Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near the West Bank city of Ramallah October 18, 2015.

Mandla Mandela – importing conflict, creating dissent

Nelson Mandela had the unique ability to engage both sides of a conflict – he spoke to leaders from China and Tibet, the USA and Cuba, Palestinians and Israelis.

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

Ahed Tamimi to be honored by Nelson Mandela’s grandson

Teenager will receive award for her ‘bravery and resistance’

Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 15, 2018

Defiant missives

Hundreds of letters written by Nelson Mandela while in prison reveal his anger, passion and longing.

NELSON MANDELA walks out of the Victor Verster Prison near Cape Town in February 1990, after spending 27 years in jail

South African government lambasted for asking Israel to withdraw from Gaza

Several well-known Israel advocacy figures took the government to task on Twitter in response to its ridiculous claims.

Demonstrators march through the streets of Cape Town against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict August 9, 2014

South Africa then and now

Nelson Mandela outside his home in 2005

Cyril Ramaphosa: A New Hope for South Africa

The Jerusalem Post

Cyril Ramaphosa, the Jews and Israel

How will the new ANC leader’s election affect South African Jewry and ties with the Jewish state?

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma (left) sings next to the newly elected president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on December 18, 2017