Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela, member of the South African Parliament, stated that the continuation of the Israeli occupation and its support from Western powers is the main reason for the Al-Aqsa flood operation.

Mandela added that the countries that financially support the Israeli occupation, provide weapons, military personnel, logistical assistance, and moral support are complicit in the genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

He called for a ceasefire, the implementation of the rulings of the International Court of Justice, and the end of the occupation to prevent a regional war in the Middle East and to counter plans for the displacement of Palestinians and Lebanese.

Mandela pointed out that after a year of genocide, it has become clear to everyone the lies propagated by the Zionist and Western propaganda machine in mainstream media regarding the events of October 7, asserting that there was no rape, random killings, or other falsehoods.

He emphasized that Israel is the one that has raped prisoners and carried out mass killings of infants and their families, and has bombed churches, mosques, hospitals, schools, and civilian infrastructure, stressing that the struggle of the Palestinian people did not begin on October 7, 2023, nor did the occupation and genocide start on that date, but rather since the beginning of the occupation in 1948.