Wednesday, August 29, 2012

South Africa’s Boycott of Israel Is Mandela’s Legacy | FrontPage Magazine

South Africa’s Boycott of Israel Is Mandela’s Legacy | FrontPage Magazine

In 2000, the American Jewish Committee canceled a Washington luncheon scheduled to honor Mandela after he said that 13 Jews tried for “espionage” (read: Judaism and Zionism) in Iran were receiving a “fair trial.” While Jews — including community leaders and a rabbi — were presented as agents of Israel and the US, Mandela was laying a wreath on the grave of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of the Iranian revolution, and warmly greeting his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.FP

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