Nelson Mandela’s grandson voices his support for Palestine<br />#PalestineLivesMatter #Israel #palestine #palestinelibre #mandela<br /><br />Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Zwelivelile Mandela, voiced his support for Palestinians and the leadership of the Palestinian resistance to MEE, saying that just as apartheid South African “is no more”, “the end of apartheid in occupied Palestine is inevitable"<br /><br />would you want a gaddafi or an arafat or<br />a castro<br />to be a future president of south africa<br />one of the mistakes<br />which has some political honors make<br />is to think that their enemies<br />should be our enemies<br />oh<br />that we<br />can and we will never do<br />we have our own struggle which we are<br />conducting<br />we are grateful to the world<br />for supporting our struggle but<br />nevertheless<br />we are an independent organization<br />with its own policy and the attitude<br />of every country towards<br />our attitude towards any country is<br />determined by the attitude of that<br />country to our struggle<br />yasa arafat<br />colonel gaddafi<br />fidel castro support<br />our struggle to the hilt<br />there is no reason whatsoever<br />why we should have any hesitation<br />about hailing their commitment to human<br />rights<br />as they are being demanded in south<br />africa<br />our attitude is based solely on the<br />fact that they fully support the<br />anti-apartheid struggle<br />they do not support it only in rhetoric<br />they are placing resources at our<br />disposal<br />for us<br />to win this fight<br />that is the position having said that<br />i think i would be dishonest if i did<br />not express<br />profound disappointment with the answer<br />that mr mandela gave to the previous<br />question<br />because it suggests a certain degree of<br />immorality the<br />that suggests that the<br />what these people do in their own<br />countries what a gaddafi does in libya<br />what what a castro does in cuba<br />is totally irrelevant even in terms of<br />the issue<br />of of human rights as long as they<br />support the cause of the anc<br />i hope that is not what mr mandela meant<br />and i would hope that he would clarify<br />that issue further<br />mr mandel and at the same time<br />want me to be involved in the internal<br />affairs<br />of libya and<br />cuba i refuse to do that<br />as far as yasa arafat is concerned<br />i explained to mr sidney<br />that we identify<br />with the plo because<br />just like ourselves<br />they are fighting for the right of<br />self-determination<br />i went further however to say that the<br />support<br />for yasser arafat in his struggle<br />does not mean that the anc<br />has ever doubted the right<br />of israel to exist as a state<br />legally<br />we have stood quite openly and firmly<br />for the right of that state to exist<br />within secured borders<br />but of course as i said to mr signal<br />in geneva and others that we<br />carefully define what we mean by secure<br />borders<br />we do not mean that<br />israel has the right to retain<br />the territories they conquered from the<br />arab world<br />like the gaza strip the golan heights<br />and the west bank we don't agree with<br />that<br />those territories should be returned to<br />the arab people<br />listen<br />i also explained to mr sigmund and<br />company<br />that in our organization<br />we have jews<br />in fact mr gaddafi did not allow us to<br />open<br />our offices in libya
