Sezvo mishumo yemhosva dzehondo dzeIsrael dziri kuramba dzichibuda, US inoramba kushandura chimiro chayo chekutsigira Israeri, pachinzvimbo ichiisa dzinenge mhosva kuna Yasir Arafat. Mutungamiri Bush vakaramba kuita zvinopfuura kungopa mazwi makukutu kuIsrael ayo, nekubvuma kweWhite House pachayo, haana kumbobvira aitirwa kumisa hondo yeIsrael nemaPalestine. I
t yakanga iri mhinduro kumutemo wekunze wakashata zvekuti pakati pe75,000 ne100,000 vanhu vekuAmerica vakaungana paWashington DC Mugovera wapfuura, Kubvumbi 20. Musangano mukuru kwazvo wevatsigiri vePalestine munhoroondo yeUS wakaratidzira kuratidzira kweIsrael kwemakore makumi matatu nemashanu ekutora West Bank neGaza Strip pamwe nekuenderera mberi kwehungwaru hwemakambani uye kudyidzana kwepasi rose.
Asi kure nekuona zvikonzero zvakakura kudaro zvekupikisa mutemo wekune dzimwe nyika weUS sechimwe chinhu chakakodzera kutaurirwa zvakanyanya, vezvenhau muAmerica vakaona zvakakodzera kutaura zvisizvo uye kusataura chokwadi. Chikamu chekuenderera mberi kwekuedza kuchenesa nhau dzezviitiko muMiddle East uye nemhinduro yeAmerica kwavari, vezvenhau muUS vanoita sevanonyanyofarira kuita mutsara wepamutemo pane kutapa nhau.
Senguva dzose, bepanhau rine simba zvikuru muUS rinopa muenzaniso wakanaka. Zvichienderana neshanduro ipi yeThe New York Times yawakaverenga, unogona kunge wakanzwa zvakasiyana nezve rally yeMugovera. Dai wangotenga kopi yekutanga edition yemusi weSvondo, ungadai usina kuwana chero chinyorwa cherally zvachose.
Asi kana wakanonoka kusimuka, ungangove wakasangana nechinyorwa chipfupi - mazwi asingasviki mazana mana - papeji 400. Pane kungotarisa pamusangano mukuru wegutsaruzhinji sezvawaiitika, Times yakada kupa "kuongorora nhau" peji rayo rekutanga, richidhinda musoro waiti, "Israel Inokunda Rutsigiro Rwakafara kubva kuUS Right."
Hazvirevi kuti Times inofunga kuratidzira kukuru kwedemocracy hakuna kukosha. NeMuvhuro, Kubvumbi 15th, Times yakamhanyisa musoro wepeji rekutanga waiti, "Kupfuura 100,000 Rally muWashington mukutsigira Israel." Nyaya yacho yakaramba ichingotaura mashoko ari pasi pe800 chete, ichinyatsotaura kuti kuungana kwacho โkwakabvisa misiyano yenzanga neyechitendero.โ Kusiyana neizvi, Times yakanyora kuti kuratidzira kwevatsigiri vePalestine โkwakanga kusina mutsauko uye kusina kubatana,โ kunyange zvazvo hwaro hwebepa remhedziso iyi hwakasiyirwa kufungidziro yomuverengi. Ongororo yetsanangudzo ingangove yakawandisa tichifunga kuti Times yakataura zvisizvo ukuru hwekuratidzira kwacho. Maererano neWashington Times, varongi vemusangano wevatsigiri veIsrael vamene โvakafungidzira kuti boka racho rakanga riri pakati pe20,000 40,000 ne100,000 XNUMX.โ Nhamba yeXNUMX XNUMX yeNew York Times inoshumwa zvikuru yaibva kupi?
Hapana ane chokwadi chaicho. Muchokwadi, chinyorwa pachacho chinongotaura nezve "makumi ezviuru," uye nhamba ye100,000 inongoonekwa mumusoro wenyaya - The Times haimbotsananguri kuti yakasvika sei panhamba iyoyo, kana kuti nei paine mutsauko pakati pemusoro wenyaya uye chinyorwa pachayo. Tinogona kuva nechokwadi nezvechinhu chimwe chete: Mapurisa eDC akati aifanira kuchengetedza mapurisa akawanda pabasa rekuratidzira kwePalestine kupfuura zvavakaita kumusangano wepro-Israel nekuti kwaingove nevaratidziri vakawanda panguva yekutanga.
The Times haina kusarudzika mukusataura kwayo. Nzira iyo vezvenhau vakatsveyamisa nayo chokwadi apo kuratidzira kwakambotaurwa zvakaenzanisirwa nepepanhau reWashington Times, iro rakatsanangura uwandu hwevanhu vavhota richiti, โVaratidziri vanopfuura zviuru makumi matatu vakaunza zvichemo zvakasiyana-siyana mudunhu nezuro vakangoremekedza kwenguva pfupi. zvavanoda vasati vabatana neboka guru revaratidziri vane runyararo vePalestine.โ
Vaverengi vakasiiwa vaine fungidziro yekuti nhamba yevaratidziri yaive pedyo ne30,000 pane 75,000 kana 100,000. Kuwedzera zvinhu, kuratidzira kwetsitsi zviuru makumi maviri muSan Francisco kwakafuratirwa nevepanhau remahombekombe ekumabvazuva. Hapana zvikanganiso zvakadaro zvakaitwa nekufukidza kwemusangano wepro-Israel musi waKubvumbi 20,000, vane nhamba dzakakwidziridzwa zvakanyanya neTimes ndokuzodzokororwa kumwewo.
Kufukidzwa kuri kuramba kuchikwira hakusi chidimbu mhedzisiro yebudiriro muMiddle East. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, rufu uye kuparadzwa zvakaiswa kune maPalestine chete. Parizvino pane ongororo yeUN pamusoro pehutsinye hunoshumwa muJenin. Zvakawanikwa neAmnesty International pakushanya kwavo kuJenin zvinoshuma kuti,
โChaishamisa ndicho chainge chisipo. Muchipatara maive nemitumbi mishoma. Pakanga pasina zvakare vakakuvara zvakaipisisa, asi chete 'vakakuvara vachifamba'. Saka tinofanira kubvunza: mitumbi iripi uye vakakuvara zvakaipisisa varipi?
Mhosva dzehondo dzeIDF, dzakasanganiswa nekuzorora nguva pfupi yadarika mukubhomba kwevanhu vakazviuraya, vanga vachitarisa zvakanyanya nezvehutsinye hwekuita kweIsrael.
Mhedzisiro yave yekuti vezvenhau vemazuva ese vaita mushandirapamwe mukuru wePR kuitira kusimudza chimiro cheIsrael muAmerica. Zviri muchirevo chekuurayiwa kwedivi rimwe chete kwevaPalestine uko Thomas Friedman anoreurura mukoramu yake yeSvondo kuti,
"Nguva pfupi yapfuura, pese panouya nyaya dzeMiddle East paCNN kana MSNBC, ndinosvika kure ndochinja kuGolf Channel. Wese munhu anoda kuzorora kubva mukutambura chaiko kwakatenderedza nyaya iyi. "
Friedman akange asina kushomeka kwezvinhu zvekutaura masvondo matatu apfuura mushure mekubhomba kwevanhu vakazviuraya, paakatiudza kuti Israeri yaifanira "kurova mauto anoratidza pachena kuti kutya hakuzobhadhara." Sezvingabvira, anofara nezvemishumo inobva kuna Jenin. Uye zvino kuti ivo chete vakawirwa nePalestine, Friedman anotiudza kuti titore "kuzorora" kubva mukutambura; sezviri pachena tinoda kuterera chete kana maIsrael ave kufa.
Mumwe anogona kungoshuvira kuti avo vekuPalestine vakabatwa nehutsinye hweIDF vaive neumbozha hwekutora "kuzorora" kubva "kutambura kwavo chaiko" ne "kuchinja chiteshi," sezvinoita Friedman.
Nehurombo, Friedman ari kukiyi nhanho nemushandirwi wake uye vezvenhau kazhinji. Iyo propagandist ine mukurumbira wenhau muUS kutyisidzira kukuru, kune yedu demokrasi, hupenyu hwevaPalestine vasina mhosva uye kunyangwe huwandu hwemaJuda pasi rose. Sarudzo dzeveruzhinji dzinogara dzichiratidza kuti vanhu vazhinji vekuAmerica vanotsigira kugadzwa kwenyika yePalestine - asi vezvenhau havambozivise vanhu vekuAmerica kuti mitemo yeUS yakagadzirirwa kuvhiringa kusikwa kwenyika yakadai.
Pane kudaro, tinonzwa nezve basa rakanaka reUS semurevereri - apo chokwadi chibvumirano cheOslo chakatsigirwa neUS chakakonzera kuwanda kwe200,000 vagari veIsrael muWest Bank neGaza mukati me1990's. Hasha dzepasirese nematongerwo eIsrael - dzakaitwa nerutsigiro rweUS - dzakaguma nekurwiswa kwemasinagogi kuFrance, uye fungidziro yefungu idzva rekupokana neSemitism rakakura mupfungwa dzemaJuda pasi rese.
Pane chinhu chimwe chete chakaitwa nekutaura kwakarerekera kwevezvenhau veUS, uye kukanganisa demokrasi. Pasi pehurongwa hwakadai, VaBush nehurumende yeUS havafanire kuongorora mapepanhau kuitira kuti vatevedze mutemo wavo wekunze unofambiswa nemafuta uye wakashaya hunhu. Kuzviongorora kwakakwana.