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Demands grow for Mandela's release after Israel halts flotilla | The Witness

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47% : President Cyril Ramaphosa called on Israel to immediately release pro-Palestinian activists intercepted on an aid flotilla headed towards Gaza. Mandela and at least five other South Africans were onboard the Global Sumud Flotilla of around 45 vessels aiming to break Israel's siege of the Palestinian territory and deliver aid to Gaza, where the United Nations says famine has set in.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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