{"id":15649,"date":"2016-04-28T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15649"},"modified":"2016-04-28T07:51:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T07:51:55","slug":"mandela-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/mandela-statue","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians Unveil A 6-Meter Statue Of Nelson Mandela In\u00a0Ramallah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Both Palestinian and South African officials were present at the statue\u2019s inauguration ceremony that took place on South Africa&#8217;s Freedom\u00a0day in\u00a0commemoration of the country&#8217;s first post-apartheid elections held on April, 27th 1994. The square hosting the statue in the Al-Tireh district has been renamed Nelson Mandela Square.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A symbol<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Mussa Hadid, the mayor of Ramallah, the statue &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">symbolises the shared suffering&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the South Africans and Palestinians.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0The mayor also stated that the statute is intended to send \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a clear message to the Israeli colonizer and occupier \u2014 that we are closer to freedom than you think.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15652\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/cg__9sswwaibrwn-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"710\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/cg__9sswwaibrwn-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/cg__9sswwaibrwn-1-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Cg__9SsWwAIBRWN.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>A long trip<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The gift from Johannesburg was detained for a month by Israeli customs officers since the Palestinian Authority does not control its own borders. Parks Tau, the mayor of Johannesburg, claimed that Israel had sought duty that was equal to 10 times the statue&#8217;s worth but he did not pay the requested price. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cNelson Mandela, who had already spent 28 years in the jails of the apartheid regime in South Africa, was again detained for 30 days by the Israeli authorities,\u201d Hadid accused.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15653\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/cg-p0uuwgaatrfe.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"707\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/cg-p0uuwgaatrfe.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/cg-p0uuwgaatrfe-85x43.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Cg-p0UuWgAATrFE.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>An inspirational figure in Palestine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mandela has become a popular figure in Palestine. He expressed support for the Palestinians during his lifetime. His role as an anti-apartheid revolutionary turned him into an inspirational figure for many Palestinians; there were giant posters put up in Ramallah bearing a well-known quote by Mandela: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWe know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15654\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/5-mandela-splash-arafat.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/5-mandela-splash-arafat.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/5-mandela-splash-arafat-600x382.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/5-mandela-splash-arafat-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forward.com\/workspace\/assets\/images\/articles\/5-MANDELA-splash-ARAFAT.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Advocating for peace<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though Mandela is an inspirational figure for Palestine, his true views on the Israel-Palestine conflict are unclear. In 2007, an alleged memo from Mandela to journalist Thomas Friedman surfaced online. In the memo, Mandela seemingly accused Israel of being an apartheid state. Though this memo is apparently a fake it is still used today. In reality, Mandela had a friendly, working relationship with Israel and advocated for peace between Israel and Palestine. He was, in fact, critical of Israel, as evidenced by his 1997 Address at the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. In the address, he called for Palestinian self-determination and statehood. He also called for the international community to take a stronger stance, as they once did with apartheid. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0\u201cWhen in 1977, the United Nations passed the resolution inaugurating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, it was asserting the recognition that injustice and gross human rights violations were being perpetrated in Palestine. In the same period, the UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Tau believes that Mandela would be happy with the statue. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I think that Nelson Mandela himself would have been extremely proud of what has been done today,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15655\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/9215883633_9c5008e1ed_b.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"650\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/9215883633_9c5008e1ed_b.jpg 650w, 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