‘Nelson Mandela Would Not Approve'

A group of pro-Israel South Africans has invoked the figure of the late Nelson Mandela, the iconic leader of their country’s anti-apartheid struggle, in a forthright condemnation of the recent UN Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry (COI) report that blamed Israel’s “perpetual occupation” for the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians.

In a statement issued this week by the South African Friends of Israel (SAFI), a collection of church and community leaders argued that Mandela — South Africa’s first post-apartheid president — would have rejected the report’s findings.

Source: The Algemeiner - Photo: A South African Friends of Israel demonstration on the 20th anniversary of the UN’s Anti-Racism conference in Durban. Courtesy of SAFI.