From Dec 3 to 5, Mandla Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s grandson, hosted a solidarity conference in Johannesburg for the Palestinians, Reuters reports.

The African National Congress lawmaker’s party was also attended by members of Hamas.

Last month, the ruling ANC backed a motion in South Africa’s parliament to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel until it agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza.

“Palestinians still do not enjoy fully their freedom on their land. And instead their land has been annexed more and more, something that we also faced in South Africa,” said the ANC’s deputy chair of international relations, Obed Bapela.

Israel has disputed the comparison with apartheid as a lie motivated by anti-Semitism, but many South Africans follow Mandela’s lead.