00:01Occupation, the fight for freedom and the wish for peace.
00:05These were the themes of this year's Nelson Mandela lecture.
00:09It was delivered by Francesca Albanese,
00:11who drew parallels between Mandela's fight in South Africa and the war in Gaza.
00:16A world in which international law is applied universally
00:20and the crimes of colonialism for which Mandela and his comrades
00:24spent 27 years in prison,
00:27as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have in theirs,
00:31are finally accounted for.
00:33Otherwise, it will be remembered as the greatest moral failure of our time.
00:40And that is why, no matter the repression we face,
00:44Palestine will increasingly stand at the center of all struggle for justice worldwide.
00:51Albanese also pointed out the consequences of the suffering in the Middle East.
00:56The meaning of what this genocide means for all of us,
01:01for our collective understanding of holidays, of solidarity, of humanity.
01:07Today we know Gaza, we see Gaza.
01:10Hospitals bombed, parents gathering the limbs of their children,
01:15journalists and medics torn apart.
01:17This honor is visible to us, in real time, on our phones, all day long.
01:25Fear to look.
01:27But this is also bringing social and political awakening everywhere.
01:31It is shaping the conscience, especially of the new generations.
01:34The lecture has been running for the 23rd consecutive year.
01:39Previous famous speakers of the Nelson Mandela lecture have included
01:42former U.S. President Barack Obama,
01:45Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan,
01:47and education activist Malala Yousafzai.
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