Madzulo omveka bwino komanso otentha a Novembala; Dzuwa limalowa m'chiwawa cha kumadzulo kumadzulo kwa nyanja komanso mwezi wowala kwambiri pa Beit Hanoun kumpoto kwa Gaza Strip. Monga ngati zikuwonekera, phokoso la ma drones opanda oyendetsa ndege amayamba pamene miyambo yawo yozungulira usiku ikuchitika. Manja a woyendetsa taxi amagwira gudumu la galimotoyo mozama kwambiri pamene tikuthamanga mumsewu wokhotakhota wopita ku Erez kudutsa mudzi womwe uli pamithunzi pamtunda wa mamita mazana angapo kumanja kwathu. Kumbali ya Palestine, dalaivala akutsika mu taxi, pasipoti yanga ili m'manja, ndikupita nayo m'kanyumba ka ofesi komwe kunakhala otetezeka ochepa, ovala yunifolomu. Mdima ukulowa kuchokera Kummawa.
Pali vuto, dalaivala amandifotokozera m'chingerezi chosweka. Sangakulole kudutsa. Kumbali ina ya Erez komwe alonda a pakhomo amakhala mu ofesi yawo ya park-rangers ndi magetsi a neon ndi makina a khofi, nambala yanga sikuwoneka kuti ikuvomereza pa kompyuta. Kapena chinachake chonga icho. Kuyimba foni m'malo mwanga kumayambira pakati pa oyendetsa, abwenzi ku Gaza, chitetezo cha PA ndi ambuye ku Israel. Pepani, sizinagwirizane. Pepani, zitenga kanthawi; pepani, simungachoke. Pepani, ayi. Nzika yaku America ku Gaza Strip ikhala ndi akaidi pakadali pano chifukwa alonda sali okonzeka kumutulutsa mu khola. Kubwezera chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwanu, ndikuganiza. Khalani ndi ena popeza mumawakonda kwambiri; idyani fumbi lawo ndi mvula m’ngalande zawo. Munkafuna kupita ku Gaza, ayi?
Mdima ukuphimba theka la thambo ndipo ma drones amamveka anjala. Dalaivala akukuwa pafoni kwa bwenzi langa, Khamsa Daqa'iq! Khamsa Daqa'iq! (Mphindi zisanu! Mphindi zisanu!) Adikira mphindi 5 zokha, akutero, asanandibwezere ku Gaza City koma ndikudziwa bwino. Adikira mpaka moyo wake ukhale pachiwopsezo kuyesera kundithandiza kuti ndituluke. Ndipo ndithu, panadutsa mphindi 45 pamene anandiyang’ana mochonderera n’kunena kuti tibwerere. Oyang'anira ndende sakugwirizana. Nambala yanga sinavomerezedwe. Tsopano ndi usiku.
Ma drones sangathe kusiyanitsa taxi ndi galimoto yodzaza ndi 'zigawenga.' Mumdima panjira iwo sangadziwe kuti ndife ndani-kapena zipangitsa zinthu kukhala zosavuta pamene mafotokozedwe a anthu awiri akufa adzabwera tsiku lotsatira, mmodzi wa iwo 'wapadziko lonse'. Munali mdima, mukuona, ndipo 'anakayikitsa.' Sutukesiyo iyenera kuti inali yodzaza ndi mabomba. Choncho palibe kufufuza komwe kudzafunika. Choncho zinali bwino. Chifukwa chake linali vuto lathu kukhala kunja. Choncho musapite ku Gaza. Kodi uthenga wake ndi womveka?
Ulendo wobwerera ndi ulendo wodzigudubuza wokhala ndi mitundu yolakwika ya zosangalatsa. Anzathu amakumana nafe m'mphepete mwa msewu kunja kwa nyumba yawo ndipo tonse timamuuza dalaivala bwino kuposa momwe angadzapezerenso m'moyo wake. Akupumanso; bambo wachikulire wa tsitsi loyera, akuyang'ana mopepesa m'maso mwanga.
M’chinyumba chachitali chodzaza ndi mabanja akaidi a ku Gaza, mabwenzi amandiimbira mobwerezabwereza ku Israel m’Chihebri ndi Chingelezi chawo. Mizukwa ya Kafka ndi Lewis Carroll ikuzungulira ife monyong'onyeka ndi kunyoza: akaidi a ku Gaza Strip akuyesera kukonzekera kumasulidwa kwa nzika ya ku America. Onse akuyenera kupereka maulamuliro a Israeli mayina awo. Pomalizira pake ndinatenga foni kuti ndilankhule ndi abwana ndipo, kwa nthawi yoyamba m'mbiri ya maulendo anga opita ku dziko losiyidwa ndi mulungu, Israeli anapepesa.
Pepani. Mwayiwala kupereka nambala yanu ku Security ku Erez. Mutha kuchoka m'mawa.
Ndi dalitso lotani nanga: hafu pasiti sikisi koloko m'mawa ndakonzekanso, masutikesi ali pampando, mu nthawi yake ya kuphulika mumsewu; mu nthawi yoti muwone chisokonezo chosungunuka cha galimoto yomwe kamodzi kamodzi ndi anthu anayi omwe kale anali akufuka pakati pa mzinda wa Gaza, anyamata akutola zigawenga ndi ma siren a ambulansi akutseka. ndege za helikoputala zolunjika kuchokera pamzere wolumikizana bwino wamakampani achitetezo ndikudzaza ndi mivi yonyezimira yolunjika. Zokopa alendo sizitha. Ngati akanangolola anthu ochulukirapo omwe angafune Hollywood?
Nthawi ino kumbali ya Gaza ya Erez ndili ndi ufulu wopita, ndikukokera sutikesi yanga yamawilo kumbuyo, makoma a konkire mbali zonse za phanga lophimbidwa ndi denga la chinsalu. Masitepe anga akufanana, palibe chomwe chikuwoneka koma ngalande ndi mizere yoyamba yazitsulo zomwe zimagawaniza kudutsa m'magawo. Makamera achitetezo amabisala pamakona ndipo Voice from nowhere imatsogolera:
Chonde kankhirani chitseko.
Ndadutsa zitseko za ndende yoyamba ndikulowera ku seti yachiwiri. Pano, chitseko chachitsulo chozungulira chimasokoneza zipata zokhala ndi zitsulo. Liwu likumvekanso.
Pitani kupyola munjira.
Monotone, Mawu opanda chilakolako.
Ikani matumba anu pa lamba.
Musaganize n’komwe za kusamvera.
Lowani m'makina agalasi a X-ray ndi manja anu otambasula ndi miyendo yanu yotalikirana.
Zitseko zagalasi zimazungulira zotsekedwa, zomveka zaukadaulo wapamwamba ngati ma elevator ku Mall of America. Ndimajambulidwa ndi ma X-ray pamodzi ndi zikwama zanga pamene zikudutsa mumsewu wa katundu.
Chonde bwererani m'mbuyo.
Chonde lowetsaninso.
Chonde pitani patsogolo.
Chonde tengani zikwama zanu.
Chonde yendani kutsogolo.
Ndi Mau aulemu bwanji. Akuti “chonde”.
Osagwira galasi.
Mawu amawona zonse zomwe ndikuchita. Imawona pazovala zanga ndi chikwama changa chachikopa.
Inu mwagwetsa chinachake, Liwu likundiuza ine. Malingaliro a humanoid kumapeto ena. Ndikunyamula.
Pitilizani.
Gulu lotsatira lazitsulo zazitsulo likuwonekera. Chipinda chomaliza chamsewu chimagawidwa m'mabwalo atatu: imodzi ya anthu ang'onoang'ono ochokera ku Gaza pano osaloledwa konse; imodzi ya alendo opweteka-abulu-sanadziwe momwe angathetsere palimodzi monga ine; imodzi yokulirapo kuposa ena awiri- kwa a VIP omwe ali ndi mbiri yaukazembe omwe amayenera kuchitidwa ngati alendo. Aliyense amene wadutsa ku Erez sadzapeza kukokomeza m'mafotokozedwe awa. Aliyense amene adafunsapo zachitetezo chokulirapo, chachitsulo komanso konkire cha alonda ankhondo akumafakitale adzauzidwa kuti ndi chitetezo chawo kuti izi ziyenera kukhalapo. Aliyense amene waponda ku Gaza Strip adzadziwa nthawi yomweyo kuti ndi zonyansa zotani.
Zoyipa izi si zachitetezo chanu. Neo-fascist uyu, Stalinist, gulag Guantanamo alipo kuti akutetezeni inu kunja, kukutetezani inu kuti musayese, ngakhale kufuna, kulowamo. Zili pamenepo kotero kuti inu simudzawona misewu yong'ambika, ndi nthaka yowonongedwa; nyumba zophulitsidwa ndi mabomba ndi dothi lapoizoni; nyumba zogona ng'ombe ndi misasa ya othawa kwawo yomwe ili ndi zipolopolo; majenereta owonjezera akuthamangitsidwa; thiransifoma yapakati yowonongeka, mafakitale osweka ndi masitolo; mizikiti yomwe ili m'mapanga ndi zipatala zosamalizidwa; mapampu amadzi opanda mphamvu; maere odzaza ndi zinyalala ndi zinyalala; kavalo watsoka, ndi magareta, ndi ana opemphapempha; amayi otopa, abambo onyozeka, anyamata osagwira ntchito; asungwana achichepere akugwira mabanja athunthu pamodzi; aphunzitsi otopa, ogwira ntchito m'boma osalipidwa, ogulitsa m'misewu apeza zokolola za sabata yatha; milu ya dzimbiri ndi kununkha kwa zowola, masukulu odzaza mabuku ndi desiki odzaza ndi achichepere ovutitsidwa, ogona, ptsd ana; mayendedwe a zipatala; zilonda za odwala ndi ovulala; mosungiramo mitembo yodzala ndi akufa; zoziziritsa zachifundo, zothira siliva m'malo osungiramo mitembo momwe kupumula kumakufikitsani mosazindikira.
Chipinda cha ndende cha Gaza chinamangidwa kuti chikankhire theka la dziko mpaka imfa, kuti athetse kukana kwake, kuti atulutse mpweya wake. Amafuna kuti tizivutika osati kufa. Mawu a meya wa Rafah akumveka ngati mbiri yosweka m'mutu mwanga. Ndipo akuyenda bwino, adatero mosatengeka mtima.
Chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chotsekereza anthu ku Gaza, izi zoyeserera zozunza anthu onse, zimaloledwa, kuthandizidwa, kuvomerezedwa ndikudalitsidwa ndi United States, European Union, United Nations, Arab League, G-8, mabwana amakampani, "gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi"; ndi atsogoleri a mayiko, apurezidenti, nduna zazikulu, ma chancellor, mafumu; ndi nduna zakunja ndi nthumwi zawo zodalirika; ndi ndale ndi akazembe, akuluakulu ndi mabungwe, masukulu ndi masukulu, oganiza bwino ndi malo ophunzirirako; ndi madipatimenti a zachilendo, mkati, maphunziro ndi zachuma; ndi olamulira atolankhani, manyuzipepala, mawailesi, mawailesi yakanema, atolankhani, ofufuza, olemba ndemanga ndi anthu onse omwe sayerekeza kutsegula pakamwa pawo, amalemba zomwe akukumana nazo, kulembetsa zotsutsa zawo, kuwonetsa kuipidwa kwawo, kutulutsa mawu akuti "ayi" kuopa kuti anganene kuti Zida zankhanza za Israyeli ndi zonyansa padziko lapansi.
Kutumikira mphamvu, kunyada, nkhanza zolungama, kusankhana mitundu, mantha, kusagwirizana ndi kukana kumapangitsa injini yamakina owopsa awa, ndipo iwo omwe ali ndi mphamvu zoyimitsa nthawi yomweyo amakana kutulutsa mawu.
Chotero panja pa mapeto a ngalandeyo asilikali aja akundipatsa moni. Ndondomeko yokhazikika. Zonse mu ntchito za tsiku. Normalcy. Tengani zikwama zanu kumeneko. Komanso mndandanda wina wa makina a x-ray ndi matebulo. Chilichonse kuyambira machubu otsukira mano ndi ma lens olumikizirana mpaka masokosi akuda ndi ma shirts, kuyambira ma jeans abuluu ndi ma turtlenecks mpaka ma shawl okongoletsedwa ndi zikwama, amatayidwa patebulo ndikusefa mosamalitsa monga chikwama ndi sutikesi, chikwama chamanja ndi matumba apulasitiki. amatumizidwa kudzera mu makina a x-ray kachiwiri. Patangotha maola atatu ndi theka ulendo wanga udayamba, adandithamangitsa kupita ku Erez rangers's terminal komwe amandiyesa pasipoti yanga kachisanu. Ndili ndi maola awiri kuti ndikafike ku Allenby Bridge usanatseke! masana. Zabwino kuti sindinachoke ku Gaza ku 5.
Kukongola kwa chigwa cha Yordano ndi kodabwitsa. Mapiri a m’chipululu ndi oyera ndi achikasu ndi amber, akukokedwa ndi mphepo, zojambulidwa ndi kuvina, mitengo ya kanjedza pansi pafupi ndi Mtsinje wa Yordano. Dzuwa lotentha la m'dzinja limatulutsa chisoni. Pomaliza, cheke chomaliza chachitetezo chatsiku kukhalapo kwanga kumachedwetsa van-load ya VIP ndikuyembekeza kubwerera ku Yordani koyambirira. Tayambanso. Ndikuganiza kuti ndichifukwa choti ndinali ku Erez, ndimauza mtumiki waku Israeli akundiyang'ana mwachidwi akamanditenga pasipoti yanga.
Kuti? Amafunsa.
Erez.
Kuyang'ana kopanda kanthu.
EREZ. Polowera ku Gaza, ndikunena.
Sakudziwa zomwe ndikunena.
Jennifer Loewenstein ndi Visiting Research Fellow ku Oxford University's Refugee Studies Center. Wakhala ndikugwira ntchito ku Gaza City, Beirut ndi Jerusalem ndipo wayenda kwambiri ku Middle East, komwe wagwira ntchito ngati mtolankhani womasuka komanso womenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. Atha kufikiridwa pa: [imelo ndiotetezedwa]
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