{"id":1628950,"date":"2024-04-25T06:55:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=100232"},"modified":"2024-04-25T06:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:55:15","slug":"nelson-mandelas-grandson-joins-gaza-flotilla-slams-genocide-complicit-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/04\/25\/nelson-mandelas-grandson-joins-gaza-flotilla-slams-genocide-complicit-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandela\u2019s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams \u2018genocide complicit\u2019 leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/\"><em>Asia Pacific Report<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela\u2019s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in istanbul as the ships prepare to sail for Gaza, <a href=\"https:\/\/kiaoragaza.wordpress.com\/2024\/04\/25\/nelson-mandelas-grandson-joins-the-freedom-flotilla\/\">reports Kia Ora Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mandela is also the ambassador for the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>When he met with flotilla participants yesterday, including the Kia Ora Gaza team from Aotearoa New Zealand, he said: \u201cIt was not only our efforts in South Africa that defeated the apartheid regime, but it was also efforts in every corner of the world through international solidarity of the anti-apartheid campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?s=Kia+Ora+Gaza+Freedom+Flotilla\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> Other Kia Ora Gaza and Freedom Flotilla reports<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQXpaZexHbg?si=PyF8pifSJT_YaiLJ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Chief Mandla Mandela talks to the Freedom Flotilla.\u00a0\u00a0 Video: Freedom Flotilla\/Palestine Human Rights<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mandela said that while his grandfather was incarcerated for life imprisonment on Robben Island, he drew &#8220;immense inspiration&#8221; from the Palestinian struggle.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Palestine \u201cwas the greatest moral issue of our time, yet many governments choose to remain silent and look away&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Many have been complicit in the genocide, the ethnic cleansing, the war crimes, and crimes against humanity that have been meted out on a daily basis against our Palestinian brothers and sisters &#8212; not just the 7th of October, but for the past 76 years.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8212; Chief Mandla Mandela<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Incredible to see Mandla Mandela address Gaza Freedom Flotilla participants in Istanbul today.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke of his grandfather Nelson Mandela\u2019s deep love for the Palestinian struggle and how Palestine inspired generations of South Africans in their fight for freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6aVwwB4fIu\">pic.twitter.com\/6aVwwB4fIu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aamer Rahman (@aamer_rahman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aamer_rahman\/status\/1783243548826960134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2024\/04\/25\/nelson-mandelas-grandson-joins-gaza-flotilla-slams-genocide-complicit-leaders\/\">Asia Pacific Report<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Pacific Report Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela\u2019s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in istanbul as the ships prepare to sail for Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza. Mandela is also the ambassador for the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine. 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