Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 01-12-2017
The grandson of late former President Nelson Mandela says the incarceration of his grandfather for 27-years on Robben Island inspited a generation across the world.
Mandla Mandela was speaking during an international conference in Pakistan on Friday.
He recently returned from a visit to Palestine where he was quoted as saying “Israel is the worst apartheid regime”, in the Jerusalem Post.
Mandela, speaking to a packed audience says Madiba was firm in his belief that South Africa’s freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinian people.
“Today he remains a hero for every Palestinian child on every road that we walked,they chanted his name. I call upon you to never forget then struggle for the liberation of the Palestinian people.”
Mandela also pledged his support for the people of Kashmir.
“I know that the course of self-determination to the people of Kashmir is very close to your hearts. We support you in that, just as my grandfather Nelson Mandela did.”
Mandela says supporters of a free Palestine must be brave continue the struggle because a day will born when Palestine will be free from the clutches of Apartheid Israel like South Africa was freed from Apartheid.
Listen to the speech by Mandla Mandela
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