South Africa’s president accused Israel of “making the same costly mistakes made by the captains of apartheid in our country.” In an article published in ANC Today, the weekly newsletter of the ruling African National Congress, Thabo Mbeki drew several parallels between the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and the current situation in the Middle East.
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