“I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk” – Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza
Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian now living in the United States, grew up in Gaza. In Chicago last week, addressing activists committed to breaking the siege of Gaza, he held up a stack of 31 papers. On each page were names of 1,254 Palestinians living in Gaza who had been killed in just one month of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” attacks five years ago.
"Na ji girgiza da damuwa duk ranar da nake shirin wannan magana," in ji shi. Ya bayyana bacin ransa sa’ad da ya duba jerin sunayen, ya gane wani matashin ɗan garinsu.
Abusalim ya ce, "Kodayaushe yana abokantaka da ni." “Na tuna yadda zai gaishe ni a hanyar zuwa masallaci. Iyalinsa da abokansa suna sonsa, suna girmama shi.”
Abusalim recalled the intensity of losing loved ones and homes; of seeing livelihoods and infrastructure destroyed by aerial attacks; of being unable to protect the most vulnerable. He said it often takes ten years or more before Palestinian families traumatized by Israeli attacks can begin talking about what happened. Noting Israel’s major hare-haren iska in 2009, 2013, and 2014, along with mafi kwanan nan attacks killing participants in the “Great March of Return,” he spoke of ongoing dread about what might befall Gaza’s children the next time an attack happens.
Eighty people gathered to hear Abusalim and Retired Colonel Ann Wright, of US Boats to Gaza, as they helped launch the “Free Gaza Chicago River Flotilla,” three days of action culminating on July 20 with a spirited demonstration by “kayactivists” and boaters, along with onshore protesters, calling for an end to the siege of Gaza. Wright resigned from her post as a U.S. diplomat when the United States launched the 2003 Shock and Awe bombing of Iraq. Having participated in four previous international flotillas Wright da ke da nufin bijirewa shingen shingen jiragen ruwa na Isra'ila a gabar tekun Gaza, Wright tana ba da kuzarinta don shirye-shiryen biyar a 2020.
Another organizer and member of US Boat to Gaza, Elizabeth Murray, who like Wright formerly worked for the U.S. government, recalled being in a taro wata babbar cibiyar bincike a Washington, DC ta dauki nauyinsa, lokacin da wani memba ya kwatanta hare-haren da Isra'ila ke kaiwa Falasdinawa da kokarin yau da kullun na "yanke lawn." Ta ba da labarin jin wani haske mai haske yayin da masu sauraron DC ke nuna nishadi. Amma, Murray ya ce, "Babu mutum daya da ya nuna adawa da kalaman dan majalisar." Wannan ya kasance a cikin 2010, biyo bayan Operation Cast Lead na Isra'ila a 2009, wanda kashe Falasdinawa 1,383, 333 daga cikinsu yara ne.
Abusalim’s colleague at the Kwamitin Kasuwancin Amfanonin Amirka, Jennifer Bing, had cautioned Chicago flotilla planners to carefully consider the tone of their actions. A colorful and lively event during a busy weekend morning along Chicago’s popular riverfront could be exciting and, yes, fun.
Amma Falasdinawa a Gaza suna fuskantar tashin hankali akai-akai, in ji ta. An hana su 'yancin walwala, suna zaune ne a gidan yari mafi girma a duniya, a karkashin yanayin da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta tanada annabta will render their land uninhabitable by 2020. Households get four to six hours of electricity per day. According to UNICEF, “najasa magani shuke-shuke ba zai iya yin aiki cikakke ba kuma ana zubar da kwatankwacin wuraren ninkaya arba'in da uku na danye ko najasa da aka yi da shi a cikin teku kowace rana."
Fuskantar munanan take haƙƙin ɗan adam a kullum, masu shirya taron sun yi kira da a ba da haɗin kai ta hanyar kauracewa, karkatar da su, da kuma takunkumi. Mazaunan Amurka suna da alhakin kai hare-haren soji da Isra'ila ke kai wa fararen hula, kamar yadda Amurka ta baiwa Isra'ila kayan. biliyoyin na dala don gina sojoji.
Kamfanonin Amurka suna samun riba sosai daga sayar da makamai ga Isra'ila. Misali, Boeing, tare da hedkwatar Chicago, sayar Helikwaftan Isra'ila Apache, Makamai masu linzami na Jahannama da Harpoon, tsarin jagora na JDAM da Kananan Bama-bamai da ke isar da Almubazzaranci na Karfe Inert. An yi amfani da dukkan wadannan makamai akai-akai a hare-haren da Isra'ila ke kaiwa yankunan fararen hula masu yawan gaske.
A lokacin Operation Cast Lead na 2009, na kasance a Rafah, Gaza, ina sauraron yara da ke bayanin banbance-banbance tsakanin fashe-fashe da jiragen yakin F-16 suka yi da jefa bama-bamai mai nauyin kilo 500 da jirage masu saukar ungulu na Apache suna harba makamai masu linzami na wuta.
Isra'ila na ci gaba da yin amfani da wadancan makaman, kuma Isra'ila na sayan kayayyakin kitso na Boeing.
A ranar 19 ga watan Yuli, matasan Falasdinawa a wajen ofishin jakadancin Isra'ila sun karanta da babbar murya sunaye of people who had, five years ago, been killed in Gaza. We listened solemnly and then proceeded to Boeing’s Chicago headquarters, again listening as young people read more names, punctuated by a solemn gong after each victim was remembered. Ultimately, 2,104 Palestinians, more than two-thirds of whom were civilians, including 495 children, an kashe su yayin harin da aka shafe makonni bakwai ana kai wa zirin Gaza a shekarar 2014.
A lokacin da ake gudanar da fulotilla na Free Gaza River River a ranar 20 ga watan Yuli, Husam Marajda, daga kungiyar Arab American Action Network, ya zauna a cikin wani karamin jirgin ruwa kusa da kakansa, wanda ya kawo ziyara daga Falasdinu. Waƙarsa, "Daga Falasdinu zuwa Mexico, duk ganuwar dole ne su tafi!" daga ruwa zuwa gaci. An jefar da tutoci daga gada da ke sama, mafi girman karatu, "Isra'ila, Daina Kashe Falasdinawa."
Kayakers sun saka jajayen T-shirts suna sanar da yaƙin neman zaɓe na "Buɗe Gaza" kuma sun sami nasarar nuna tutoci, waɗanda aka haɗa ta kirtani, suna rubuta "Gaza ta kyauta." Fasinjoji da ke cikin wasu kwale-kwale sun haska alamun kwanciyar hankali da kuma alamun babban yatsa. Waɗanda suke aiki a bakin tekun, ɗauke da tutoci da alamu, sun bi gabaɗayan hanyar da muka tsara kafin wani sajan daga Sashen ’yan sanda na Chicago ya zo ya ce muna buƙatar izini.
Ba za mu iya barin kanmu mu yi shiru ba. Bayan aikin flotilla mai kuzari, na zauna tare da abokai da yawa a wurin shiru. "Suna da yawa," in ji wani abokin, yana tunanin jerin sunayen da Abusalim ya riƙe. "Rayukan da yawa," in ji wani.
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