Nelson Mandela forcefully defends the Palestinian struggle to a New York audience in 1990; Haidar Eid remembers Mandela in Palestine; and Ali Abunimah talks about EI’s year ahead. Read more about Hear Nelson Mandela discuss support of Palestine in 1990 interview
Abbas has made his clearest statement in opposition to BDS and South Africa rabbi who spoke at Mandela memorial lived in an Israeli settlement. Read more about In South Africa, Abbas opposes boycott of Israel
The late South African leader was long a supporter of the Palestinian cause. Read more about Nelson Mandela leaves a legacy of struggle
Youth theatre will stage version of South African play The Island at Sao Paolo festival. Read more about Palestine's Freedom Theatre to stage Mandela tribute in Brazil
A free Palestine is on its way, so the US secretary of state should stop impeding it. Read more about Wake up John Kerry, a global intifada is erupting
Kathrada, who recently returned from Palestine, writes to Freeman that “Israel is indeed an apartheid state. And in certain respects it is worse than apartheid.” Read more about Mandela’s fellow prisoner Ahmed Kathrada urges Morgan Freeman to pull out of Hebrew University fundraiser
South African human rights defender and anti-apartheid activist, Ghadija Vallie, shares the lessons learned from resistance in apartheid South Africa, particularly involving political prisoners. Read more about Lesson from South Africa for Palestine: Support the political prisoners
The UK-based international cosmetics firm LUSH has endorsed a single aimed at raising awareness of the struggle for human rights in Palestine. “The catastrophe facing the Palestinian people is one of the defining global justice issues of our time.” Read more about Cosmetics firm LUSH endorses "Freedom for Palestine"