(Jerusalem Post) Zvika Klein - Israel cannot be compared to an apartheid state, former anti-apartheid activist Mosiuoa Lekota, who served time in prison alongside Nelson Mandela and later served for nine years as South Africa's defense minister, said in an interview with the South African Friends of Israel podcast earlier in September. "I was in Israel, my brother," Lekota said. "In Israel, you won't find the same divisions between Jews and non-Jews that we used to witness during apartheid. There are no segregated buses for different ethnic groups, like Jews and Arabs." In Israel he was surprised to find that "in the parliament, there are Arabs who are members of parliament, and they were all sitting together." Referring to South Africa's stance on Israel, he stated, "I can never be convinced that it's better for this country [South Africa] to favor one side over the other."
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