Mandla Mandela - wnuk Nelsona Mandeli, poseł do prlamentu RPA, wielki krytyk Izraela i jego polityki względem Palestyńczyków, zwolennik zerwania stosunków dyplomatycznych z Izraelem przez jego kraj oraz entuzjasta ruchu BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) - głoszącego konieczność sankcji i bojkotu międzynarodowego Izraela, w listopadzie zeszłego roku przebywał w Palestynie. Podczas konferencji prasowej - będąc w towarzystwie premiera Palestyny - wygłosił on następujacy pogląd:

"The settlements I saw here [in the West Bank] reminded me of what we had suffered in South Africa because we also were surrounded by many settlements and were not allowed to move from one place to another freely.
Palestinians are being subjected to the worst version of apartheid."

"Kolonie które tutaj widziałem ( nielegalne osiedla żydowskich osadników na terytoriach palestyńskich) - przypominają mi nasze cierpienia w Południowej Afryce, ponieważ my także byliśmy otoczeni przez wiele osiedli i zabraniano nam poruszać się swobodnie z jednego miejsca do drugiego. Palestyńczycy doświadczają apartheidu w jego najgorszym wydaniu".

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"He also stressed the strength of bilateral ties between the Palestinian Authority and South Africa and the historic relationship formed between the late presidents Yasser Arafat and Nelson Mandela. He also praised South Africa's position in supporting the Palestinian people and championing their cause in the international arena.Hamdallah briefed the South African MP on Israel's so-called "violations against the Palestinians, including settlement expansion and displacement projects that constitute a major obstacle to realizing the dream of establishing a Palestinian state."The two politicians also discussed ways to strengthen their cooperation and advance bilateral relations.
"What we have experienced in South Africa is a fraction of what the Palestinians are experiencing," Mandela said in an interview with Royal News English on Sunday. "We were oppressed in order to serve the white minority. The Palestinians are being eliminated off their land and brought out of their territories, and this is a total human-rights violations. I think it is a total disgrace that the world is able to sit back while such atrocities are being carried out by apartheid Israel."