9 January 2005
Iimoto zamapolisa ase-Israel kunye neejeep zomkhosi zipakwe kwiindlela ezinqamlezileyo kufutshane ne-ofisi yeposi yaseSalah Adiin Street eMpuma yeYerusalem kusasa ngeCawa. Amajoni akwa-Israel ephethe imipu emagxeni awo eme ecaleni kwamapolisa akwaSirayeli abukele uninzi lweentatheli zixubana nabavoti befika kanye emva kokuvulwa kovoto ngo-7. Kakade urhulumente wase-Israel akazukuvumela i-96,000 ye-100,000 yabavoti basePalestina ababhalisiweyo ukuba bavote ngaphakathi. Isixeko saseMpuma yeJerusalem, endaweni yoko babanyanzele ukuba banqumle iindawo zokuhlola okanye bajikeleze uDonga lwe-Apartheid ukuya kwiindawo ezihlala eJerusalem ngoku zixingelele kwelinye icala. Kodwa njengoko imini yayihamba, abemi baseMpuma Yerusalem baqonda ukuba phantse akukho namnye kubo owayeza kuvunyelwa ukuba avote kwisixeko sabo.
Abavoti ababhalise kwangethuba baxelelwa ukuba baye kuyo nayiphi na indawo yokuvota ekufutshane namakhaya okanye emsebenzini wabo, kodwa xa omnye weentloko zombutho we-PASSIA efika eposini yaseJaffa Gate eze kuvota wajikiswa. โNdaxelelwa xa ndibhalisa ukuba ndingavota naphi na kufutshane nendlu yam okanye emsebenzini. Kodwa bathi igama lam alikho kuluhlu.โ Oku kwakumalunga nentsimbi yesi-9 kusasa eJaffa Gate apho abantu abangama-501 basePalestina babebhaliselwe ukuvota.
Ngentsimbi ye-10:30, wonke umntu owayefika kwiSango likaJaffa ezokuvota waye wajikiswa. โNdihlala ngaphaya kwesitrato. Nali ikhadi lam lokubhalisa. Ndibhalisele ukuvota kule posi, kodwa ngoku bathi igama lam alikho kuluhlu,โ ukhalaze umhlali waseMpuma Jerusalem ngaphandle kwendawo yokuvota. Ikhulu leepesenti labaza kuba ngabavoti ababhalisele ukuvota kwiposi yaseJaffa Gate eyathi yasiwa kwisikhululo esihambayo esiziimitha ezimbalwa ukusuka kwesona sakhiwo sonyulo, abazange bavunyelwe ukuba bavote.
Ngenjikalanga, iGunyabantu lasePalestine laqala ukuzisa iiveni ukuba zise abavoti kwiindawo ezingaphandle kwesiXeko esiDala ukuze bakwazi ukuvota. Akucaci ukuba urhulumente wase-Israel uququzelele le fiasco ngenjongo yokuthintela abemi basePalestina baseYerusalem ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kunyulo lwasePalestina njengoko amaSirayeli aqhubeka nokuzama ukuthatha iYerusalem njengeyabo. Babesele bebathintele bonke kodwa abamalunga nama-6,000 amaPalestine aseMpuma aseYerusalem ukuba abhalise esixekweni. Kwindawo yokuvota yaseSalah Addin, amakhulu-khulu eentatheli agqobhoze ngeesuti zaza zabopha oonogada ukuba bathethe nowayesakuba ngumongameli wase-US kunye nomkhi-mkhanyo wonyulo uJimmy Carter. Xa ebuzwa ukuba uyayoliswa na yinkqubo yonyulo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uphendule ngelitshoyo, โHayi.โ UCarter uchithe inxalenye enkulu yentsasa ezama ukuthethathethana namaSirayeli ukuba avumele amaPalestina ukuba avote eMpuma yeYerusalem nokuba amagama abo ngandlela-thile ayengekho kuluhlu. Abanye bathi uluhlu lwamagama abavoti ababhalisiweyo kwiSango likaJaffa lwaphelela kwiNtaba yemiNquma. Kodwa phantsi komthetho wonyulo lwasePalestine, abahlali kufuneka bavunyelwe ukuba bavote naphi na. Elinye ixhegokazi lathi, โUyabona ngoku. Unyulo olukhululekileyo nolunobulungisa alunakwenzeka eYerusalem. AmaSirayeli alawula yonke into. โ
Emva kwemini uCarter waqhubeka ezama ukuthethathethana norhulumente wase-Israel ukuba "ayeke ukudlala imidlalo" ngoluhlu lwabavoti.
Kwisikhululo saseSalah Addin kuphela, abantu abangama-30 kwabangama-3,000 basePalestine bavunyelwe ukuba bavote kwangemva kwemini. Amashumi alithoba eepesenti ekhulwini abavoti basePalestine bajikiswa kuba bexelelwe ukuba amagama abo akakho.
Ngale ntsasa kwiposi yaseShafat, omnye kwabathandathu ukuba abahlali baseJerusalem bafanele ukuba bavunyelwe ukuba bavote, i-jeep yakwa-Israel ivale isitalato.
Njengoko abantu basePalestine bethintelwe ukuvota esixekweni besiya kwiiveni kunye neebhasi eziphumela ngaphandle kwemimandla efana ne-Al Ram, Abu Dis, kunye ne-Azariya, imikhosi yase-Israeli ibeka "indawo zokuhlola," okuthetha ukuthi ijee yase-Israel ivale indlela kwaye iimoto zasePalestine kufuneka zilinde. de uvunyelwe ukuba udlule. Endleleni eya e-Azariya, ukusukela ngentsimbi yokuqala emva kwemini ubuncinci iiveni ezili-1 zibambekile kubakhweli bezibuza ukuba baya kuze bakwazi na ukuvota.
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