South African activists on Gaza flotilla claim harsh treatment

‘Because we are a nation that dared to take apartheid Israel to the ICJ’

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Six South African activists who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza as part of an aid flotilla said yesterday they were subjected to harsher treatment than other detainees because of South Africa’s role in a genocide case against Israel.

Speaking after their return, the activists, including the grandson of Nelson Mandela, said they were singled out after Israeli guards noticed that they were from South Africa. Two Muslim women among the group said they had their hijabs ripped off their heads and were forced to strip naked in front of Israeli soldiers.