MANDELA'S LIFELONG SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE

South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela took his last breath on 5 December 2013, closing the curtain on a life marked by the struggle against racial oppression and injustice.

Ten years after his death, Mandela's legacy looms large. What stands out is his solidarity with the people of Palestine, who fight Israeli aggression and occupation to this day.

Mandela's solidarity was not only in words, but in deed. During his presidency (1994-99), he hosted several Palestinian leaders, including Yasser Arafat, then-leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO). In 1999, Mandela travelled to the occupied territories, including the Gaza Strip, which Israel has been bombarding since 7 October.

Several years before that trip, he gave this historic interview in the United States, in which he drew parallels between South Africa's struggle and the Palestinian cause.