The former South African leader, who passed away on December 5th, allegedly received weapons training from Mossad agents in 1962, shortly before his arrest and decades-long imprisonment in South Africa, according to Haaretz.

A letter filed away in the Israel State Archives reveals that Mandela, using an alias, approached the Israeli Embassy in Ethiopia in an effort to garner support for the African National Congress’s struggle against South Africa’s all-white rule. 

Under the subject “the Black Pimpernel,” as the South African media was already calling the anti-apartheid revolutionary, the letter, classified as top secret, said that Mandela received military training, according to Haaretz, the Israeli daily. 

“As you may recall, three months ago we discussed the case of a trainee who arrived at the [Israeli] embassy in Ethiopia by the name of David Mobsari who came from Rhodesia,” the letter said. “The aforementioned received training from the Ethiopians [code word for Mossad operatives, according to Haaretz] in judo, sabotage and weaponry.” 

The letter added that the individual had displayed an interest in the methods of the Haganah, a Jewish underground paramilitary group that fought British rule, as well as the Palestinians in the pre-state era. 

The young Mandela had illegally visited other African countries at this time, including Algeria, Egypt and Ghana. 

It continued: “He greeted our men with ‘Shalom’, was familiar with the problems of Jewry and of Israel, and gave the impression of being an intellectual.” 

It was then noted that the man who introduced himself as David Mobsari was the same man who had recently been arrested in South Africa, where he was convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state.

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