Two Nelsons. One fought apartheid; the other’s grandson just got a front-row seat to its reincarnation. Different century, same arrogance — this time in uniform with Hebrew insignia and U.S.-made rifles. So here’s the scene: The Sumud Flotilla — a peaceful humanitarian mission, forty boats strong, loaded not with missiles or militants but medicine, baby formula, and human decency — sails toward a starving Gaza . Among its passengers: activists, clergy, parliamentarians … and Nkosi Zwelivelile “ Mandla” Mandela , heir to a name that once made tyrants tremble . Enter the Israeli navy — that proud defender of blockades and reputations — intercepting the flotilla in international waters. 1 Because nothing screams “self-defense ” like seizing aid ships outside your own border. Suddenly, Mandela’s grandson — a South African MP — is handcuffed with plastic ties so tight they left bruises of democracy . The “world’s most moral army” parades him, cables biting into his wrists ...
By Malik Mukhtar — ainnbeen.blogspot.com The world watched in silence — again — as another eye of conscience was crushed in the name of “public order.” This time, it wasn’t in Gaza, or Jenin, or Nablus. It was in Sydney. It was Hannah Thomas — a young Australian woman who dared to look directly at the machine of complicity. She didn’t lose her eye in war. She lost it in democracy. A Democracy That Kicks, Punches, and Then Investigates Itself On June 27, 2025, outside a modest plating factory in Belmore, Sydney, about sixty peaceful protesters stood with banners, chanting against Israel’s use of Australian-made components in its F-35 fighter jets — the same jets that turned Gaza’s hospitals and classrooms into cemeteries. The police arrived to “maintain peace.” They told protesters to move on. Hannah Thomas — former Greens candidate, activist, and daughter of Malaysia’s former Attorney General — stayed. She stayed because silence was the true crime. Moments later, ...