FILE — Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela, center, with Hamas official Basem Naim, center right, during a march to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. South Africa's long-held support for the Palestinian people can be traced back to the time of Mandela and the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with the two leaders believing that the struggle for freedom by Blacks in apartheid South Africa and Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank were the same. (AP Photo, File)
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