Palestine Center Brief No. 277 (6 December 2013)
By Yousef Munayyer
As the news broke of Nelson Mandela’s death and reactions were coming in from around the world I did something I always do in these instances, I turned to cable news. No, I am not a masochist, nor did I turn there to learn about Mandela (for real news I turn to the internet and twitter), but rather I wanted to see how the narratives around his life, death and legacy would be created or revised.
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This article originally appeared in The Daily Beast.
Yousef Munayyer is Executive Director of the Palestine Center. This policy brief may be used without permission but with proper attribution to the Center.
The views in this brief are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Jerusalem Fund.
