Rights group does not compare Israel to South Africa, but evaluates policies based on international conventions; head of group: 'Palestinians treated as an inferior racial group'

Top official dismisses call, says group tried to engage with FM Lapid on report for several months; 'It is far too late for him now to just call on us not to publish the report'

Foreign minister warns Israeli participation in international events could be threatened by campaigns at The Hague and UN; says Israel open to a good deal on Iran's nuclear program

South African archbishop left instructions for a simple funeral with cheap pine coffin; will be cremated, then buried in church where he railed against apartheid from pulpit

Archbishop wanted 'no ostentatiousness or lavish spending' for funeral, with cheapest coffin available; lying in state extended for 2 days to accommodate mourners for the activist

US President Biden says he is 'heartbroken'; Queen Elizabeth II calls the late anti-apartheid icon a 'man who tirelessly championed human rights'

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, famed for his efforts against the racist regime in South Africa, compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid and backed boycott, sanctions

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, who was imprisoned in his home country before eventually rising to become a deputy minister, pressed his government to cut ties with Israel

The former president oversaw the end of the country's apartheid era, was the one to announce Nelson Mandela's release from prison

Mainstream groups say disconnect between Diaspora youth, reality in Israel result of 'deficient education;' liberal counterparts argue Israel's faults being glossed over entirely