Mandla Mandela, 51, neto of the late South African President and antiapartheid activist Nelson Mandelaarrived in Johannesburg this Wednesday (8) after being detained and deported by Israelwhich prevented the flotilla of which he was part of delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
Mandela, who returned home with four other South Africans, said he and the group with which he was kept in a Israeli prison for six days before being released by Jordan.
“We were handcuffed with cables tied firmly behind our backs, taken from our boats, placed on the platform and exposed for everyone …,” he reported at the airport, where he was received by supporters who shaking Palestinian flags.
He continued, stating that “this is nothing compared to what Palestinians have been subjected daily,” referring to since the deadly attack of the Palestinian group against Israel two years ago.
The Israeli government states that they are exaggerated and dismissed the flotilla as a advertising scam for the benefit of Hamas.
The country denied having mistreated the hundreds of people he stopped, including.
