M'mawu posachedwapa, Mlembi wa boma ku United States a Hillary Clinton akuwoneka kuti akuyika pansi - ndithudi pafupifupi kupereka kuwala kobiriwira - kwa asilikali a Israeli pa Gaza Freedom Flotilla yomwe ikubwera, yomwe idzaphatikizapo Boti la US ku Gaza.
Pakati pa anthu okwera ngalawa yaku America padzakhala Hedy Epstein, wopulumuka wa Kindertransport wazaka 87, wolemba komanso wolemba ndakatulo Alice Walker. Pazonse zikuyembekezeredwa kuti pafupifupi zombo 10, zonyamula anthu 1000 ochokera kumayiko oposa 20 zitenga nawo gawo.
Izi ndi zomwe Clinton adanena polankhula ku State Department pa 23 June:
Chabwino, sitikhulupirira kuti flotilla ndi ntchito yofunikira kapena yothandiza kuyesa kuthandiza anthu aku Gaza. Sabata ino, Boma la Israeli lidavomereza kudzipereka kwakukulu kwa nyumba ku Gaza. Padzakhala zida zomangira zomwe zimalowa ku Gaza ndipo tikuganiza kuti sizothandiza kuti pakhale ma flotilla omwe amayesa kuyambitsa zochita polowa m'madzi a Israeli ndikupanga mkhalidwe womwe Israeli ali ndi ufulu wodziteteza.
Clinton ayenera kudziwa kuti Gaza si gawo la zomwe dziko lililonse limazindikira kuti ndi "lodziyimira pawokha" gawo la Israeli, chifukwa chake salinso madzi aku Gaza. Maboti aliwonse omwe amalowa m'madzi a Gaza sangalowe "m'madzi a Israeli" monga Clinton adanena. Clinton nayenso, poganiza kuti wauzidwa bwino osati kusokeretsedwa, ayeneranso kudziwa kuti chaka chatha Israeli inaukira Gaza Freedom Flotilla pamene inali m'madzi apadziko lonse ndipo deta ya GPS imasonyeza kuti ikupita kutali ndi Israeli.
Popempha Israeli kuti ndi "ufulu wodziteteza" motsutsana ndi mabwato a anthu omwe akuyesera kukafika ku Gaza, tiyenera kumvetsetsa kuti Clinton akuuza Israeli kuti United States sidzaima panjira ya nkhondo ina.
Ndipo potchula Israeli kulola zida zomangira ku Gaza kuti flotilla ikhale "yosafunikira" chifukwa "thandizo" limatha kufikira anthu aku Palestine ku Gaza, Clinton akuchita nawo chidwi kwambiri.
Anthu ku Gaza adatsitsidwa kukhala osowa kwambiri ndipo amadalira thandizo pazaka makumi angapo zakulandidwa kwa Israeli, kuzingidwa ndi kuwukira kwankhondo. Nkhani sikupereka thandizo koma kumasula anthu pochotsa mpanda. Ndizonyansa kunena - monga momwe Clinton akuwonekera - kuti ngati anthu aku Gaza alandira zopatsa mphamvu zokwanira kapena zomanga zochepa ndiye kuti tisadere nkhawa kuzingidwa kwa Israeli. Anthu aku Palestine aku Gaza si nyama zotsekeredwa zomwe chisamaliro chokwanira chimakhala ndikukankhira chakudya kudzera m'mipiringidzo yandende yawo.
Kuzingidwa kwa Israeli kumapangidwa ngati njira yachilango chapagulu ndipo ICRC yalengeza kuti ndi yosaloledwa.
Israel, monga momwe The Electronic Intifada idanenera, ikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti aletse gulu lankhondo lopanda zidali. Malinga ndi zomwe Clinton adanena, ngati magazi aliwonse atayika sadzakhala pa Israeli, komanso manja a ku America.
Kuimba mlandu okwera flotilla pansi pa malamulo a "thandizo la zinthu".
Osakhutira ndi kulimbikitsa mwachidwi chiwawa cha Israeli, muzochitika zina zochititsa mantha, Dipatimenti ya Boma yakhala ikuwopseza kuti anthu aku America omwe amakwera mabwato kupita ku Gaza akhoza kumangidwa kapena kulipira chindapusa chifukwa chothandizira uchigawenga. Haaretz akuti:
Dipatimenti ya boma ya US idati Lachisanu kuti kuyesa kuthetsa mkanganowu ndi "osavomerezeka komanso okhumudwitsa" komanso kuti Israeli ali ndi njira zopangira chithandizo kwa anthu a ku Palestina ku Gaza. Adanenanso kuti gawoli likuyendetsedwa ndi gulu lankhondo la Hamas, gulu lachigawenga lodziwika ku US, ndipo anthu aku America omwe amapereka chithandizo kwa iwo ali ndi chindapusa komanso kundende.
M'malo mwake, US tsopano ikuwoneka kuti ikufotokozera thandizo lililonse kwa anthu aku Palestine, kuphatikiza anthu wamba omwe adazingidwa, monga kuthandizira Hamas, chifukwa chake kuthandizira "uchigawenga."
Izi zikuwonetsa kugwiritsa ntchito kwake malamulo a "zothandizira" ngati chifukwa chofufuza ndikuzunza mgwirizano wa Palestine, odana ndi nkhondo, ndi omenyera ufulu wa anthu omwe akugwiritsa ntchito ufulu wawo wa First Amendment kunyumba.
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