A spate of recent news reports on international companies moving out of the occupied Palestinian territory (
ʻO ka mea i hala loa aku nei, ʻo ka hui Suedena, ʻo Assa Abloy, hoʻolohe i nā hoʻopiʻi mai ka Ekalesia o Suedena a me nā hui ʻē aʻe o Suedena koʻikoʻi a ua hoʻoholo e hoʻoneʻe i kāna hale hana puka Mul-T-Lock mai ka ʻāpana ʻoihana o ka panalāʻau Barkan i ka West Bank i noho ʻia i kahi wahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela, ma hope o ke alakaʻi ʻana o Barkan Wineries , he hui ʻāpana ʻo Dutch i loaʻa mua haʻalele iā Barkan ia Kibbutz Hulda. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻāpana o kēia kibbutz e noho ana ma luna o kahi kauhale Palestine i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nona ka inoa, ʻo Khulda, ka Kibbutz - maʻamau - ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia, ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole pono e haʻi ʻia i loko o nā palapala e hoʻopiʻi nei i ka mea hana waina i ka hewa. e like me ke kānāwai honua.
Eia kekahi, ma kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi, The Independent hoike last week that the British government has decided to “crack down on exports from Israeli settlements,” based on the fact that Israel has persistently violated its trade agreements with the EU which provide tariff exemptions only to goods produced within Israel, not in the occupied Palestinian territory (
In reality, though, EU countries have for decades looked the other way while
E like me ka ʻatikala ma Haaretz ma ke kua i keia unfolding kalepa laina ma waena o ka Iseraela a me ka UK - a hiki i ka holoʻokoʻa EU - kaʻIseraʻela i aelike, i ka wā i hala me ka EU, e hōʻike ma luna o kāna mau huahana i lawe aku i ka EU 'āina i ka geographic kumu o kona waiwai. Eia naʻe, ke koi nei ʻo Beretania "ʻo nā hui ʻIseraʻela e noho ana ma nā wahi noho e hoʻāʻo e hoʻopuni i ka ʻaelike ma o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā keʻena ʻoihana i loko o ka Green Line," e hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi ana i nā laina e hoʻokaʻawale ana i nā huahana hoʻonohonoho mai nā huahana ʻIseraʻela ʻē aʻe, a laila e uhaki ana i nā paukū i kāna ʻaelike me ka EU. kuhikuhi pono i ka mea mua.
Ma hope o ka hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻana mai nā pūʻulu kuleana kanaka Pelekane a me Palestinian a me ka hoʻolaha wikiwiki ʻana - a me ka hoʻohiki ʻana - ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ka ʻIseraʻela ma UK i hōʻea i ka hale kiaʻi ʻelepani o ke kula a me nā uniona kalepa nui loa, me he mea lā Ke nānā nei ke aupuni i nā hana hewa ʻole o ka ʻIseraʻela a hoʻāʻo e hana pū me kāna mau hoa e hoʻopau iā lākou.
This evolving, commendable British policy, actually a belated recognition of the need to respect and implement a long-approved European policy, shows that the position advocated by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (
In fact, while the Palestinian
At a practical level, as argued above,
Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa kekahi poʻe kākoʻo maoli o nā kuleana Palestinian, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā huahana hoʻoponopono me ka boycott no ka mea aia ka ʻae like ʻole o nā ʻano o ke kānāwai o ka noho ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e pili ana i nā hewa ʻē aʻe o ka ʻIseraʻela e hiki ke hoʻoikaika. ʻO kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻoi aku ka nui, e like me ka mea i koi ʻia ma ka Palestinian Kahea BDS a kahea aku la ma ka hoolaha hope ʻO ka Bilbao Initiative o ka hui kīwila i kākoʻo i ka hoʻopono ma Palesetina. ʻOiai inā e ʻae kekahi i kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa pragmatic, ʻo ka ʻike ʻole ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā huahana hoʻonohonoho a me nā huahana ʻIseraʻela ʻē aʻe e pono ke hōʻoia - ma ke ʻano maʻamau - e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā huahana a me nā lawelawe a ka ʻIseraʻela ma ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka hoʻokō pono ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela. ke koi a ka EU no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā huahana hoʻoholo me ka maopopo a pololei.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo politika naʻe, a inā paha e hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i waena o nā hua o nā kamaʻāina a me nā hua o ka ʻIseraʻela, hiki i nā mea hana ma ke kumu - ma mua o ka ʻoluʻolu - ke kākoʻo nei i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mea mua wale nō e hōʻike i ko lākou kūʻē wale ʻana i ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela. ʻO ka noho ʻana a me ka noho ʻana o 1967 a ʻaʻohe pilikia me ka ʻIseraʻela ma ke ʻano he mokuʻāina e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka apartheid, a i ʻole ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka lāhui, e kūʻē i kāna poʻe "non-Jewish" ponoʻī a hōʻole i nā kuleana puʻuhonua Palestinian, i ʻae ʻia e UN. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole mākou e haʻalele i kēlā mau hana ʻino ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia e ka ʻIseraʻela, a me ka nānā ʻole i ka hopena o kēia hoʻokaumaha holoʻokoʻa e kākoʻo ai kekahi o mākou, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i nā hemahema i loko o kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa.
Ke noho ka moku'āina X i kekahi "moku'āina" Y a hoʻomau mau i nā ʻōlelo hoʻoholo UN e kāhea ana e hoʻopau i kēia ʻoihana, hoʻopaʻi pinepine ke kaiāulu honua iā X a ʻaʻole kekahi hōʻike o ka noho ʻana o X! Ma waho aʻe o nā aupuni, ua hoʻopaʻa pinepine nā hui kīwila honua i nā mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa i hoʻopili ʻia i ka ʻoihana hakakā lōʻihi, apartheid a i ʻole nā mea hōʻeha koʻikoʻi o ke kanaka, ʻaʻole wale nā ʻāpana o ia mau mokuʻāina. Aia kekahi neʻe e kāhea ana i ka boycotting i nā bantustans wale nō ma ʻApelika Hema? Aia nā kāhea no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka pūʻali koa Sudanese a me nā luna aupuni e kū nei ma Darfur i kēia lā? Ua kāhea anei kekahi o nā mea hoʻoikaika manuahi-Tibet e hoʻopaʻa wale i nā huahana Kina i hana ʻia ma Tibet?
Ke poina nei no ka manawa i hānau ʻia mai loko mai o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lāhui a me ka luku ʻia ʻana o ke kaiāulu Palestinian ʻōiwi, ʻo ʻIseraʻela ka mokuʻāina nāna i kūkulu a kuleana piha i ka mālama ʻana i nā kolone Iudaio kūʻokoʻa. No ke aha lā e hoʻopaʻi ai kekahi i nā kauhale, ʻaʻole i ka ʻIseraʻela? ʻAʻole kūpono kēia, ma ka ʻōlelo politika. ʻOiai ko lākou mau manaʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka poʻe o ka lunamanaʻo e kākoʻo ana i ka maluhia a me ka hoʻopono ma Palesetina e ʻae nei i kēia ʻokoʻa e hoʻokō pono ana i ka ʻIseraʻela kūikawā, a i ʻole ke kūlana o ka ʻIseraʻela ma ke ʻano he mokuʻāina ma luna o ke kānāwai.
Finally, and most crucially, there is a moral problem that must be addressed in this approach. Ignoring Israel’s denial of refugee rights and its own system of racial discrimination against its “non-Jewish” citizens, the two other fundamental injustices listed in the
Pono e hoʻokūkū ʻia kēia paradigm holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole e ʻae ʻia e like me ka naʻauao maʻamau.
No laila, ma nā wahi a pau e pono ai i loko o kahi pōʻaiapili, ʻo ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā huahana hoʻoponopono he mea maʻalahi wale nō ia, e neʻe i ka hoʻopau piha ʻana i nā huahana Israeli āpau. ʻAʻole hiki ke lilo i ka pahuhopu hope loa o nā mea hoʻoikaika e hakakā nei i ka ʻIseraʻela apartheid.
ʻO Omar Barghouti kahi founding member of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (
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