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Mandela's Grandson: What Palestinians Face Is 'Far Worse Form of Apartheid'
Mandla Mandela joins 44-country flotilla to challenge Israeli blockade and deliver critical aid amid Gaza famine affecting 25% of the population, highlighting international solidarity.
- On Wednesday in Johannesburg, Mandla Mandela, Nelson Mandela's grandson, announced he would be traveling to Tunisia to participate in a flotilla mission delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- He made this decision amid ongoing Israeli naval blockades and past interceptions blocking aid flotillas in June and July near Gaza.
- The Global Sumud Flotilla includes over 50 ships and hundreds of activists from 44 countries, aiming to deliver food and medicine to a starving Gaza population.
- Mandla, 51, stated that Palestinians face conditions under Israeli control that surpass the severity of the apartheid system experienced by Black South Africans, and called on the world to support their struggle just as it supported his ancestors’.
- The flotilla's mission echoes South Africa’s liberation fight, suggesting international pressure might help end Gaza's blockade and improve humanitarian conditions.
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Mandela’s Grandson Says Palestinians’ Plight Is Worse Than Apartheid, Departs to Join Global Sumud Flotilla - Quds News Network
Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, has departed to join the Global Sumud Flotilla, saying his journey is a continuation of his “family legacy” and the fight his “beloved country”, South Africa, “has taken to be the voice of the oppressed”.
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