apartheid

He spent almost three decades in prison in South Africa before being freed on parole in 2022, sparking protests and an outcry, in a nation still grappling with racism and apartheid's legacy.

It had led the struggle for nationhood against apartheid South Africa.

The dissident poet, novelist and painter was "an immense artist, militant against apartheid, he fought for a better world until the end," a statement from his family read.

Even before the war, critics accused the Israeli state of carrying out polices that amount to apartheid against Palestinians.

"That comes from the anti-apartheid struggle and the solidarity that Labour and people that were the Labour movement provided for combating apartheid," he says.