In January 1962, Mandela left South Africa & met with Israelis, under the alias David Mobsari, to be trained in weaponry & sabotage.
By JTA
Nelson Mandela received training from Israel’s Mossad in the 1960s, an Israeli government document has revealed.
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Nelson Mandela Photo: Eli Weinberg -1961
Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader who died earlier this month, was trained by Mossad agents in weaponry and sabotage in 1962, according to a report Thursday in Haaretz that was based on a document in the Israel State Archives labeled “Top Secret.”
The document, a letter sent from the Mossad to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, said Mossad operatives also attempted to encourage Zionist sympathies in Mandela, Haaretz reported.