He liʻiliʻi kā mākou lohe ʻana mai ka Palestinian Occupied Territories ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka make pau ʻole, ka luku, ka ʻilihune a me ke kaumaha. ʻOiai e hāʻule ana ke kūlana o ke ola a me ka nui o ka make, paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kahi wahi liʻiliʻi e loaʻa ai ka loaʻa kālā. Akā ʻoiai ke ʻano o ka pōʻino kanaka, a me ka nānā ʻana o ka honua i loaʻa iā ia, nā inoa i kamaʻāina ma nā alanui kiʻekiʻe ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika e kākoʻo ikaika ana i ka noho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela ma Palesetina ma o kā lākou mau hana ʻoihana - hoʻoweliweli e hoʻolōʻihi i ka pōʻino o ka poʻe Palestinian. no na makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana.
Ua koho mua ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Caterpillar, e hāʻawi ana e like me ka hana ʻana i nā bulldozers militarized i ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela ma o ka papahana ʻo Foreign Military Sales. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka manaʻo o kahi pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela i kēia manawa War on Want, ʻo ia ka mea i kapa i kēia mau mīkini monster i ka "mea kaua kī" i ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka noho ʻana o ke Komohana Komohana. ʻO ka litany o nā hewa kaua i hoʻohana ʻia ai kēia mau mīkini he mea hoʻopūʻiwa - ka hoʻohiolo ʻana i nā tausani he nui o nā hale Palestine, i kekahi manawa ma luna o ko lākou poʻe kamaʻāina; ka luku ʻana i ka ʻāina mahiʻai, nā lako wai, nā ʻoliva a me nā lāʻau hua; a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pā hoʻokaʻawale kūʻokoʻa i kēia manawa e hoʻopuni ana i nā kūlanakauhale Palestine, e hoʻokaʻawale i nā kaiāulu a hoʻohuli i ke Komohana Komohana i hale paʻahao nui. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi a hiki i ka Luna Nui o Caterpillar ʻo Jim Owens ke ʻōlelo ʻo "Hana maikaʻi ʻo Caterpillar ma ka hana maikaʻi a puni ka honua."
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi kūʻē ʻana iā Caterpillar i hoʻāla i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā hui ma waena o nā Ekalesia Kalikiano he nui; ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi loa ma ka Ekalesia ʻEnelani kahi i koho ai ka Synod Nui no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kahi kaʻina hana hoʻokuʻu, ʻoiai ʻo nā Komisina o ka Ekalesia e paʻa nei i nā kaula ʻeke kālā, ua lawe ʻē aʻe. I nā pule i hala iho nei, ua koho ka Methodist Church a me ka United Church of Toronto e hoʻohana i ka hoʻoweliweli o ka divestment i mea e koi ai i nā hui e ho'ōki i ke kōkua ʻana i ka ʻoihana Israeli.
Akā ʻaʻole ʻo Caterpillar wale nō. Nui nā poʻe ma ka hema-hikina o ʻEnelani e hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi (a i ʻole) o ka mea hoʻokele kaʻaahi Farani ʻo Connex, ka mea i holo i nā kaʻaahi ma waho o Ladana no ʻehiku mau makahiki ma mua o ka pau ʻana o kāna franchise no ka hoʻokele waiwai maikaʻi ʻole i ka makahiki 2003. ʻAʻole i ʻike nui ʻia kēlā makahiki ma mua, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Connex, ʻo ia ka hoa nui ma ka consortium i kapa ʻia ʻo CityPass, i kahi ʻaelike $500 miliona e kūkulu i kahi ʻōnaehana kaʻaahi māmā e hoʻopili ana iā Ierusalema me nā noho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela ma East Jerusalem. ʻO nā hana alanui a puni ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Ierusalema e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka hoʻopau ʻana i 2020. E holo ʻo Connex i ka hana o ka laina no nā makahiki 30 e hiki mai ana, aʻo kekahi hoa Farani ʻo Alstrom, e hāʻawi i nā kaʻaahi.
ʻO ka pilikia, ʻaʻole ʻo Ierusalema Hikina he ʻāpana o ka ʻIseraʻela. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke manaʻolana nei ka poʻe Palestinian i kahi lā e loaʻa ai ko lākou kapikala ma ʻaneʻi. Akā ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻole ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela i Ierusalema Hikina e hoʻoweliweli i kēia moe. Ua paipai ʻo ʻIseraʻela i 200,000 poʻe noho e neʻe i Ierusalema Hikina i nā makahiki he 40 i hala iho nei, a ke hoʻohana nei i kēia mau wahi, me ka Separation Wall, e ʻoki aku iā Ierusalema Hikina, kahi e hilinaʻi ai nā ʻumi tausani o ka Palestinians, mai ke koena o ke Komohana. Panakō. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Jeff Halper, ka mea hoʻolaha maluhia Israeli a me ka makana no ka makana no ka Nobel Peace Prize, ʻo ka papahana hoʻonui o ka ʻIseraʻela i kēia manawa a puni Ierusalema Hikina e hoʻolilo i kekahi mokuʻāina Palestine e hiki mai ana "ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana i hiki ʻole ke ola."
Ua ʻōlelo ākea ke aupuni ʻIseraʻela ʻo ka ʻōnaehana kaʻaahi Connex he ʻāpana o kēia papahana like, e hoʻopau i ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o Ierusalema Hikina. I ka wā o ke kau inoa ʻana i ka ʻaelike i Iulai 2005, ua kuhikuhi ʻo Kuhina Nui ʻo Ariel Sharon e kōkua kēia papahana i ka "hoʻoikaika ʻana iā Ierusalema, kūkulu iā ia, hoʻonui a mālama iā ia no ka wā pau ʻole ke kapikala o ka poʻe Iudaio a me ke kapikala hui o ka mokuʻāina o ʻIseraʻela†. ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia ka hopena o kēia papahana i ka ʻeha e hoʻomanawanui nei i kēia manawa, akā pili i ka hiki ke maluhia i ka Middle East no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana.
Inā ʻaʻole mākou e noho ma ke ala kaʻa ma Wales, he kakaikahi paha mākou e holo i Connex. ʻO ke kikowaena o ko mākou ola, ʻo ia ke ʻano o nā hale kūʻai alanui kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka nele o ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou meaʻai ke lilo nei i mea hopohopo i kēlā me kēia lā no nā mea he nui. Eia hou, ʻo ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka ʻoihana o ka ʻIseraʻela ua lawa ka manaʻo ʻaʻole i haʻi nā hale kūʻai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i kā lākou huahana Israeli.
ʻO ka noho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela ma West Bank e hōʻike ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli o ka ʻoihana no ka hapa nui o nā Palestinians i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua kūʻē kēia mau wahi i nā Geneva Conventions a ʻo kā lākou hana ʻana he hewa kaua ia e like me ka Roma Statute of the International Criminal Court. Akā naʻe, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka noho ʻana i ka wikiwiki i ka wā o ka 'Oslo 'Peace' Process, ka ʻaihue ʻana i ka ʻāina a me nā kumuwaiwai Palestinian, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka huhū Palestinian a me ka haki ʻana o Oslo. I kēia lā, aia he 450,000 poʻe noho e hoʻohana, me ka ʻIseraʻela pono, 83% o nā kumuwaiwai wai o West Bank, e hele ana ma nā alanui i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e pili ana iā lākou i ka ʻIseraʻela. ʻO nā cranes a me nā bulldozer ma ka West Bank e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka noho ʻana i kēia lā.
ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Ioredane, ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ke Komohana Komohana, kahi kikowaena hana hoʻonohonoho nui. ʻOiai e hoʻopili ʻia ka Palestinians i loko o nā kauhale liʻiliʻi i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pūʻali koa i pani ʻia, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kanu huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i ka ʻāina. Hoʻokahi miliona lāʻau pāma i kanu ʻia ma ʻaneʻi, a hoʻolālā ke aupuni ʻIseraʻela i kahi miliona hou i nā makahiki ʻelima e hiki mai ana. ʻO Agrexco ke kuleana o ka hui kūʻai mokuʻāina ʻo Agrexco, no ka 60-70% o nā huahana a pau i lawe ʻia mai nā hale noho, a ke ulu nei ka ʻoihana, me ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā he 72% i nā makahiki 3 i hala. ʻO 60% o nā meaʻai a pau o ka ʻIseraʻela i lawe ʻia aku i hoʻopau ʻia ma UK. Ua halawai makou me kekahi kanaka mahiai Palesetine e ulu ana i ka aubergines ma kana kihapai, aka, ua maloo a mae wale ke hoohalike ia me na huawaina i hooinu maikai ia e ulu ana ma na mahiko i aihue ia mai ona aku. “Ke hele mau mai nei ka wai o keia mau meakanu ma ko'u aina,†i olelo mai ai oia ia makou, 'aole hiki ia'u ke komo.
ʻOiai ʻo ke kikowaena o nā wahi noho i mea e pale ai i ka maluhia, ʻo nā hale kūʻai nui e like me Tesco a me Waitrose mau huahana i ulu a hana ʻia paha i nā hale noho ʻo West Bank, e kapa ana iā lākou he 'Made in Israel'. ʻOiai e koi ana ke kānāwai o EU e hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia nā huahana no ka hana kuʻuna, i ʻole e hoʻopili i nā kumukūʻai makemake iā lākou, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kēia ʻike i ka mea kūʻai aku, no laila ua hui pū ʻia nā hua hoʻoholo me nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe o ka ʻIseraʻela.
ʻO kekahi mau huahana maʻalahi ke ʻike. ʻO ka waina i hana ʻia e Barkan ke kūʻai ʻia nei ma Tesco, Selfridges a me Sainsbury's, ʻoiai ke kūʻai ʻia nei nā meaʻai ʻai a Beigel & Beigel ma Tesco a me Waitrose, nā huahana mālama ʻili e Ahava ma Selfridges a me nā huahana wai wai mai Mishor Adumin ma Argos. Hana ʻia kēia mau huahana a pau a i ʻole ka hapa nui ma West Bank settlements. ʻO ka waina mai ka Golan Heights, ka ʻāina o Suria i noho ʻia i ka makahiki 1967, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana ma Tesco, Waitrose a me Sainsbury's.
ʻO ka hope ʻaʻole ʻo Caterpillar wale nō ka hui kūkulu hale i komo i ka wāwahi hale. ʻOiai he mea koʻikoʻi kā lākou mau hana - hāʻawi lākou i ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka pūʻali koa ʻIseraʻela me nā lako kaua - ua ʻike mākou i ka Volvo, Daewoo a me JCB bulldozers a i ʻole nā cranes i hoʻohana ʻia, ma ke kumu aelike, i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Pa Hoʻokaʻawale.
ʻAʻole lawa ka noho ʻana o nā ʻoihana i loko o kahi honua o nā hōʻike kuleana pilikanaka hui, ʻoiai e pani ana i ko lākou mau maka a me nā pepeiao i ka hopena maoli o kā lākou hana. He mea hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻole ʻo Connex a me Caterpillar i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻohana ʻia kā lākou huahana a me nā lawelawe e hoʻokō i nā hewa kaua. Inā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻo Tesco lāua ʻo Waitrose i ke kumu o nā huahana a lākou e kūʻai aku ai ma ke ʻano he 'Made in Israel', no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou i nīnau i nā nīnau koi o kā lākou mea hoʻolako. A inā ʻaʻole ʻike ka poʻe hoʻokele o Volvo, Daewoo a me JCB i ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o kā lākou bulldozers e kūʻē i ke kānāwai o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolilo i ka hapalua lā ma nā Teritori Noho ʻia. I kekahi hihia, ʻike lākou a pau i kēia manawa.
Aia iā mākou a pau e hoʻohana i ko mākou mana e koi i kēia mau ʻoihana e hoʻololi i nā ala e hana ai lākou. Akā ʻo ka mea hope ʻaʻole ʻo ka pilikia ma kahi ʻoihana. Ma hope o ke Kaua Honua Mua, ua hoʻowahāwahā ka manaʻo o ka poʻe waiwai kaua i kahi hanauna i hōʻeha ʻia e ka weliweli o ka hakakā. I kēia mau lā, hiki ke kaua i kahi kahua, akā ʻaʻole i emi iki nā hopena. Ke hoʻomau nei nā ʻoihana i ka loaʻa kālā mai kēia pilikia ma nā ala ākea a maʻalahi. No ka hooki ʻana i kēia, pono mākou e huli kūʻē i ka orthodoxy hoʻokele waiwai o ko mākou mau makahiki - ʻo ke kumu waiwai ka mea hoʻokahi e hoʻokumu ʻia ai ka hui kaiaulu. ʻAʻole pono nā hui i ke kūʻokoʻa, akā ʻuʻuku.
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