The Imfazwe yomkhosi wase-Israel eGaza, ilandela uhlaselo lwe-7 ka-Okthobha ye-Hamas, yimfazwe yokuqala yase-Israel apho iWashington i-cobelligerent. I-US ixhasa ngokucacileyo injongo yemfazwe ebhengeziweyo kwaye ivala iifowuni zokuphelisa imfazwe kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo - lonke ixesha lokubonelela ngezixhobo kunye nezixhobo ku-Israyeli kunye nokwenza ukuthintela abanye abadlali bengingqi ukuba bangenelele kwingxabano ukuze bancede iHamas.
I-US ayizange imnike inkxaso yasemkhosini uSirayeli ekudalweni kwayo: yaziveza ekuqaleni njengomlamli ongakhethi cala phakathi kwe-Israel kunye nabamelwane bayo abangama-Arabhu, yayalela ukuba kuthintelwe iipakethe zezixhobo kuzo zombini eziye zahlala zisebenza de kwaba sekupheleni komongameli uDwight Eisenhower (1953โ 61). Kwiminyaka yokuqala, u-Israyeli kwafuneka athembele kwiNtshona Jamani kunye neFransi ngenkxaso-mali kunye nezixhobo. Imeko yatshintsha xa uJohn F Kennedy, ejongene ne-radicalized nationalism yama-Arabhu ekhokelwa yi-Nasser's Egypt kunye nokuphazamiseka kwimpembelelo yase-US kuMbindi Mpuma, wagqiba ekubeni athembele kuSirayeli waza waqala ukuthumela iingalo.
Esi yayisisiqalo 'sobudlelwane obukhethekileyo' obuya kubonakala bukhethekileyo ngokwenene: phakathi kokudalwa kwayo ngo-1948 kunye nokuqala kuka-2023, u-Israyeli wafumana ngaphezu kwe-158bn yoncedo lwase-US, kubandakanywa ngaphezu kwe-124 yebhiliyoni kuncedo lomkhosi, okwenza ukuba oyena mamkeli mkhulu oqokelelweyo wenkxaso-mali yase-US ukusukela ngemfazwe yehlabathi yesibini (1). Rhoqo ngonyaka i-US ibonelela nge-Israel ngoncedo lomkhosi ukuya kuthi ga kwi-4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi.
Nangona kunjalo iWashington ayizange ixhase ngokuphandle imfazwe yakwaSirayeli ngokuchasene nabamelwane bayo abangama-Arabhu ngo-1967 (ayikwazanga ukuvumela uhlaselo lweWest Bank ngeendleko zeJordani, elinye ihlakani). Ngexesha lemfazwe ka-Okthobha ka-1973, 'ubudlelwane obukhethekileyo' baguqulela ekuhanjisweni kwezixhobo ngenqwelomoya ukuya kwaSirayeli - injongo, nangona kunjalo, yayikukuyinceda ukuba iqulathe uhlaselo olwasungulwa yiYiphutha neSiriya. Nje ukuba i-Israel ikwazile ukuyilungisa le meko ibe yinzuzo yayo, iWashington yasebenzisa uxinzelelo olumandla kuyo yokuphelisa ubutshaba. I-US ayizange ixhase ngokuphandle ukuhlasela kwe-Israel eLebhanon ngo-1982 kwaye yangenelela njengomlamli wokukhutshwa kwamajoni asePalestina Liberation Organisation (PLO) eBeirut. Kwaye ayizange ixhase imfazwe eyasungulwa ngu-Israyeli ngokuchasene neLebhanon ngo-2006, okanye ukuhlaselwa kwayo ngokulandelelanayo ngokuchasene neGaza.
Ngeli xesha, nangona kunjalo, inkxaso yase-US ku-Israyeli iye yacaca kwaye inkulu. Emva kwe-7 ka-Okthobha, iWashington yagqiba ekubeni ithumele amaqela amabini e-US abathwali bemfazwe kwimpuma yeMeditera, ekhokelwa ngabathwali beenqwelomoya i-USS Eisenhower kunye ne-USS Ford, iyunithi yongenelelo lwaselwandle, kunye neqela lokuhlaselwa kwe-amphibian elikhokelwa yi-USS Bataan e. uLwandle oluMnyama kunye ne-USS Florida inkwili yenyukliya, ethwala imijukujelwa yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Kwangelo xesha, iWashington yazisa iziseko zayo zomoya kulo mmandla kwaye yazisa ngokukhawuleza izixhobo zomkhosi kwa-Israyeli, kuquka imijukujelwa yenkqubo yokhuselo ye-Iron Dome yasemoyeni.
IWashington ke ngoko ibonelele ngokhuselo lwengingqi kuSirayeli, ukuze ikwazi ukunikela ubuninzi bemikhosi yayo kumlo ochasene neGaza enjongo yayo ichaziweyo, kwasekuqaleni, ibe kukupheliswa kweHamas. I-US kunye namanye amazwe asentshona axhase ngokuvulekileyo le njongo. Inyani kukuba, nangona kunjalo, ukupheliswa kombutho omkhulu olawula indawo encinci, enabantu abaninzi ukusukela ngo-2007 ayinakuqhubekeka ngaphandle kwendyikityha yokubulawa kwabantu. Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi kuba umkhosi wamaSirayeli wawunenjongo ecacileyo yokunciphisa ilahleko kwimigangatho yawo ngexesha lohlaselo, nto leyo eyayifuna ukusetyenziswa ngamandla kogwayimbo olukude, ukuthotywa kweendawo zasezidolophini ukuze kuthintelwe imfazwe yabanqolobi basezidolophini kwaye, ngenxa yoko, ukwanda kokusweleka kwabantu.
Uxanduva lwe-US kule ndyikityha yokufa iquka ukunika uSirayeli inxalenye enkulu yeendlela zokuyenza. Ukusukela ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba, iWashington yayithumele ihlakani layo le-57,000 ye-artillery shells kunye neebhombu ze-15,000, kubandakanya ngaphezulu kwe-5,400 BLU-117s kunye ne-100 BLU-109 ('bunker buster') iibhombu, ezinobunzima be-2000 pounds (phantse itoni nganye) (2). The ENew York Times ingxelo ekhwankqisayo yeengcali zomkhosi kukusebenzisa kukaSirayeli โinkululekoโ yezi bhombu zeeponti ezingama-2,000, nganye kuzo inokuwenza athambe inqaba amabali aliqela ukuphakama, nto leyo enegalelo ekwenzeni imfazwe yakwaSirayeli nxamnye neGaza ibe yindyikitya yokufa yabemi โngesantya esiyimbaliโ. (3). Nge-25 kaDisemba, i-US yayibonelele u-Israyeli ngeengalo ezingama-244 ngenqwelomoya yempahla, kunye nokuthunyelwa kwe-20 ngesikhephe. (4). Ukongeza, i Guardian idize ukuba i-Israel ikwazile ukutsala kwinqwaba yezixhobo zase-US esele 'zibekwe ngaphambili' elizweni (5).
Ukuxhasa yonke le nto, nge-20 ka-Okthobha, ulawulo lweBiden lwenze isicelo esongezelelweyo sohlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwe-105bn kwiCongress, kubandakanywa ne-61.4bn ye-Ukraine (i-46.3bn yezigidigidi kuncedo lomkhosi), i-$ 14.1bn ye-Israel (i-$ 13.9bn kuncedo lomkhosi) kunye I-13.6 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zokulwa nokufuduka ngokungekho mthethweni emdeni. Umongameli wase-US wayekholelwa ukuba angajijisana nokukhanya okuluhlaza kwiRiphabhlikhi ye-Ukraine ngokubopha olo ncedo (ithambo lengxabano) nezizathu ezithandekayo kubo - kodwa ekupheleni kuka-2023, uBiden wayengekaphumeleli ukuba isicelo sakhe samkelwe. Ilungelo laseRiphabhlikhi lisebenzise iqhinga likaBiden ngokuchasene naye ngokufuna amanyathelo aqatha ngakumbi emdeni, embeka kwindawo engathandekiyo neqela lakhe.
Ukuze unikeze iitanki ze-Merkava zakwa-Israeli ngamaqokobhe angama-45,000 ee-artillery zeedola ezingama-500 ezigidi, ulawulo lwe-Biden luye lwayigqitha iCongress ngokudlula umlinganiselo ongxamisekileyo nge-9 kaDisemba, ipakethe yamaqokobhe angama-14,000 nge-106.5m yeedola. Iphinde yaphinda le ntshukumo nge-30 kaDisemba nge-147.50 yezigidi zeedola, ixhokonxa umsindo weDemokhrasi ifuna ulawulo olungakumbi kwiipakethe zezixhobo kwaSirayeli. Kuyo yonke le nto, uBiden unoxanduva oluthe ngqo kwindyikityha yokufa eyenziwa yimikhosi yakwa-Israyeli eGaza. Izibongozo zakhe kuSirayeli ukuba abe 'nobuntu' ngakumbi kwaye zigatywe ngokulula ngabagxeki njengohanahaniso. Ukungavumelani kwakhe nenkulumbuso yase-Israel u-Binyamin Netanyahu kwisicwangciso sosuku emva kwemfazwe alutshintshi uxanduva loorhulumente babini kwimfazwe ngokwayo. (6).
Ekugqibeleni, uBiden - owathi, ngexesha lephulo lakhe likamongameli lowama-2020, wathembisa ukubuyisela umva ikhosi kwipolitiki yangaphambili ye-pro-Israel, ngokukodwa ngokuvula i-consulate yase-US e-East Jerusalem kunye ne-ofisi ye-PLO eWashington - akenzanga nanye kwezi. Endaweni yoko, walandela emanyathelweni kaDonald Trump, okokuqala ngokugxila ekukhuthazeni iSaudi Arabia ukuba ijoyine amazwe angama-Arabhu athe aseka ubudlelwane bezozakuzo kunye noSirayeli phantsi kwe-aegis kaTrump, emva koko ngokunika inkxaso engenamiqathango kuSirayeli kuhlaselo lwakhe lwaseGaza. Ngokwenza njalo, uye wakwazi ukucaphukisa eyakhe iDemocratic Party - namhlanje enobubele ngakumbi kumaPalestina kunamaSirayeli (ngo-34% ukuya kwi-31%), ngokutsho kwe-poll epapashwe nge-19 kaDisemba - ngaphandle kokwanelisa amaRiphabhlikhi nokuba. Ekugqibeleni, iipesenti ezingama-57 zabantu baseMelika abakwamkeli ukuphatha kukaBiden ungquzulwano, ngokokuvota okufanayo. (7).
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