Mandela Mandela, the grandson of the late leader Nelson Mandela, said that the Palestinians in Gaza are living under Israeli occupation worse than blacks in South Africa during the apartheid. He stressed that the international community is required to move to support them.
Vocabulary from Johannesburg Airport
Mandela, 51, came in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday evening, before traveling to Tunisia to join the “Global Resilience Fleet”, a marine alliance that seeks to break the siege imposed on Gaza by delivering foodstuffs and humanitarian supplies.
Compared to the experience of apartheid
Mandela explained: “Whoever visits the occupied Palestinian territories returns with one conclusion, which is that the Palestinians face a form of apartheid more severe than what we have witnessed.” He added that the experience of South Africa has proven that international pressure and sanctions are able to break the repression systems.
Famine in Gaza
According to the World Food Program, hunger is widespread in the Strip, while a global hunger observatory data indicates that a quarter of the population suffers from starvation amid the continuous Israeli attack.
An invitation to isolate Israel as South Africa was isolated
Mandela stressed that the end of the racist separation in 1994 was achieved as a result of his country’s isolation internationally, and said: “It is time to apply the same thing to the Israeli occupation.”
Al -Samoud fleet is heading to Gaza
About 20 boats sailed last Sunday from the Port of Barcelona, followed by another caravan from the Italian port of Genoa, and additional ships from Tunisia will join them in the coming days before heading towards Gaza.
The fleet consists of the “Freedom Fleet”, “Gaza International Movement”, “Al -Samoud Caravan”, and the Malaysian “Samoud Nusantara” organization.
