Norman Solomon
Formula
kuAmerican media kuburitswa kwehondo yeIsrael-Palestine iri nyore:
Taura nezvezvichangobva kuitika mu“gadziriro yorugare” isina kusimba. Depic
Vakuru veUS sevakatendeseka broker munhaurirano. Simbisa kudiwa kwe
kuzvidzora uye kubvumirana pane kusagadzikana uye kudeura ropa.
Munyika
maererano nezvinobudisa nhau, hurumende yeUnited States iri pamusoro petsika dzakanaka
pasi—kusiyana nevamwe vadzivisi vasingakundiki. “Kukonana
iyo yakanga yakashongedzwa zvine mutsindo mujasi rebudiriro rerunyararo
Kuedza kwakabviswa kune hunhu hwayo hwakajeka: muJudha achirwisa maArab, maArabu
pamusoro pemuJudha,” a New York Times kutumwa kubva kuJerusarema kwakaziviswa se
kurwisana kunotyisa munharaunda yainge yakapambwa kwava kunopera kwevhiki yavo yechipiri.
Nokukurumidza
pashure pacho, Munyori weHurumende Madeleine Albright akazivisa, kuti: “Kutenderera kwacho
zvechisimba zvinofanira kumiswa.” Zvirevo zvakadaro kubva kuWashington zvinowana a
zvakawanda zvinoremekedzwa zvinotamba munyika yedu.
Kashoma kuita
Vatori venhau veAmerica vanoongorora zvikonzero zvakakwana zvekutenda kuti United
Nyika chikamu chemhirizhonga inogara ichishorwa. Kana, mune vakapfuura vaviri
kwemavhiki, pave neongororo yakawanda yenhau yekuti mhirizhonga iyi
yakaitirwa vanhu vePalestine zvakanyanya.
Mumazuva mashoma,
gumi nevaviri vePalestine vakaurayiwa nevarume vakapakatira zvombo mukati
yunifomu - inowanzotsanangurwa neCNN nedzimwe nhau se "Israel
mauto. Mumamiriro ezvinhu akadaro, zvakakosha
izwi risinganzwisisike kune uto rinopfura pasi varatidziri.
Kana
maPalestine anokanda matombo, handisati ndamboona kana kunzwa muAmerica mumwechete
Nhau dzenhau dzinovarondedzera se "varatidziri vedemocracy." Zvakadaro
ingava nzira yakakodzera yekunongedzera kuvanhu — mushure mevanopfuura vatatu
makumi emakore ekurarama pasi pebasa-ari mumigwagwa kudiwa
kuzvisarudzira.
Panguva yeIsrael
masoja nemapurisa, vane simba ravo guru remoto, vanoita zvizhinji zve
kuuraya, injini dzeIsrael dzehukama neveruzhinji dzinoramba dzichitenderera kunge dzakazorwa mafuta
pamusoro. Yakatenderedzwa neyakajairwa spin, nhau dzeAmerica dzakasimbisa iyo
Mafungiro akashata akapihwa neMutungamiriri Ehud Barak sezvaaida izvozvo
MaPalestine anopedza mhirizhonga — ukuwo maIsrael akapfeka yunifomu ari pasi pesimba rake
akaramba achivauraya.
Pasi pe
Israel "runyararo process" rhetoric yakatsinhirwa neAmerican media, isina kujeka
meseji haina kuoma kuona: Dai chete maPalestine airega kuramba
kutorwa kweIsrael kweWest Bank, kwaisazofanira
Mauto eIsrael kuti avapfure.
"Izirayeri
Inowedzera Nguva Yerugare, "wakadaro musoro wepamusoro paGumiguru 10 pamberi
peji ye USA Today. “Israel nhasi yakawedzera nguva yekupera
VaPalestine kuti vagumise mhirizhonga,” nyaya yacho yakatanga. Muchiitiko ichi, tinogona
rimwe zuva ona musoro wenyaya unoti: “Israel Inoda Kuti VaPalestine Vamire
Kurwisa Mabara Nemiviri Yawo.”
Ehe saizvozvo,
maitiro akanaka evanhu vane nyika yavo inoramba ichigarwa
hazvina kumbonyatsotsanangurwa. Asi kuburitswa kwenhau dzeUS kune reflexively
akatevedzera madingindira anobuda muWhite House neDhipatimendi reHurumende. It
zvose zvine musoro—chero bedzi tichiisa parutivi pfungwa dzinokosha dzevanhu
kodzero—chero bedzi tichiramba kubvuma kuti pasina kururamisira kunogona
shaya rugare chairwo.
KuAmerica
vatori venhau pamanera ebasa, zvine hungwaru kudzivirira kuita a
hombe pamusoro pekutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kweIsrael, kunoenderera pasina
kuregera kunoenderana nekutora nyika kweIsrael kwayakatora muna 1967
hondo. Mazhinji pundits anofarira kupfekedza vagari mumachira e
kururama. Tinonzwa mibvunzo mishoma yakamutswa pamusoro peidi rokuti
vagari vanonakidzwa nerutsigiro rune simba rweUnited States.
Kunyarara kwacho
inowanzoita matsi, kunyangwe pakati pevatapi venhau vanonyora pfungwa pane a
nguva dzose. Rubatsiro rwehurumende yeUS nezvehupfumi nemauto ku
Israel inowedzera kusvika mabhiriyoni mashoma emadhora pagore. Pakati pevashandi vezvenhau,
iyo rubatsiro inoonekwa zvakanyanya se "njanji yechitatu" isingabatike. Kudenha
Tsigiro yeUS kuIsrael ndeyekukoka rukova rwekutuka-kutanga uye
kunyanya, kupomerwa kwe "anti-Semitism."
Dzimwe nguva,
Ndakanyora makoramu achishoropodza midhiya yeUS nekuda kwakasimba pro-Israel kusarura mukati
kuburitswa kwenhau uye kuwanda kwetsananguro. Nguva dzose, ndinogona kuvimba ne
mabhii ehasha anondipomera kuva anopikisa Semitic. Zviri a
timeworn, knee-jerk tactic: Pose munhu paanoita tsinhiro inowirirana ye
Mitemo yeIsrael, pakarepo enda kunorwisa nemhosva dze
kuvenga vaJudha.
Zvakawanda
Vatsigiri veAmerica veIsrael vanoshandisa zano iri. Pamwe the
matambudziko ekudzivirira hugaro hweIsrael pazvakakodzera
yakakurudzira kutsiviwa kwe“anti-Semitic” epithet nokuda kwechikonzero
nharo.
Kufanana chaizvo a
vamwe vashoma vemaJuda ekuAmerica, ndinoshamiswa nezviri kuitwa neIsrael neUS
madhora emitero. Zvichakadaro, sezvo vatori venhau vanoenda kuti vawirirane, vanodzikira
hunhu hwedu tese. Z
Norman Solomon mutori wenhau akabatanidzwa. Bhuku rake razvino ndere The
Tsika dzeMedhia Inonyengera Yakanyanya.
