South Africa Channels Mandela's Legacy at Int'l Court of Justice – Also for Political Purposes – Israel News – Haaretz

Several reasons can explain why South Africa filed the petition against Israel at the ICJ. Some involve internal politics, others are regional and global, but suggest the ruling party is selectively using the teachings of Nelson Mandela to distract from its own failings
When South African President Nelson Mandela spoke at the opening of Johannesburg’s “Anne Frank in the World” exhibit in 1994, he revealed how the teenage girl’s diary had served as a source of inspiration to him and his fellow inmates at Robben Island. Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years of incarceration at that prison because of his struggle to free his homeland of the apartheid rule of its white minority.

source

About The Author

admin

See author's posts