As Mandela is lauded, contradictions surface: "Among world leaders paying homage to Mr. Mandela was an obvious dichotomy between the likes of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and President Raul Castro of Cuba—an ally of anti-apartheid and African liberation movements—and the likes of British Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Barack Obama—who delivered soul stirring words. But these were leaders of countries that actively supported racist White minority rule over the struggle for self-determination for Black South Africans. No top Israeli political leader was present, but Israel’s nuclear capability came from White Afrikaners, largely isolated from the rest of the world, except Israel’s big brother, the United States."
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