Six South African activists, including a grandson of Nelson Mandela, who were detained by Israel while attempting to reach Gaza as part of an aid flotilla said they were singled out after Israeli guards noticed their nationality.
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Their treatment was 'because we are a nation that dared through our government to take apartheid Israel to the international court of justice and the international criminal court and hold them accountable', Mandla Mandela said.
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