CHIEF Mandla Mandela on Friday called on Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to withdrawn his statements expressing support for ‘apartheid Israel’ during a webinar hosted by The Jerusalem Post and South Africa’s chief rabbi Warren Goldstein.
During the live webinar on Tuesday, Mogoeng lamented his South Africa’s adoption of a lopsided attitude toward the Israel-Palestinian conflict and said that it would have greater influence if it displayed a more balanced approach.
“We call on Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to retract statements attributed to him by Jerusalem Times (The Jerusalem Post) supporting apartheid Israel. We request him to uphold Madiba’s legacy of standing for human rights and unreservedly supporting the struggle of oppressed peoples and those living under occupation all over the world,” Mandela was quoted in the media on Friday.
“We strongly condemn Apartheid Israel’s colonial tendencies and demand an end to its illegal land grabs and settler expansion on
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