UTarso Genro, irhuluneli yaseRio Grande do Sol eBrazil, ugqibezele isivumelwano sokuphuhlisa iziko elikhulu letekhnoloji yomkhosi wase-Israel ePorto Alegre kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo. Ngenye imini ngaphambi kokutyikitya isivumelwano nenkampani yezixhobo Elbit, uGenro wayekwi-West Bank ehlala kuyo, apho wazibonela ngokwakhe ingcinezelo apho ishishini lezixhobo zakwaSirayeli liphumelela.
Mhlawumbi okubuhlungu ngakumbi kunokusayinwa kwesivumelwano ngokwaso ziingxoxo awathi kamva wazinika “ukukhusela” isenzo sakhe. Kwaba buhlungu kakhulu ukubona uGenro echaza-kudliwanondlebe kunye nempapasho yaseBrazil Opera Mundi — ukuba umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kunye namalungelo oluntu ayiyonto ifunekayo kubudlelwane borhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Ejongene nerekhodi lika-Elbit lokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, uGenro wathi "Akunakwenzeka ukwenza isigqibo malunga nokhetho lwezobuchwepheshe, kwinqanaba lesizwe okanye lengingqi, ngokusekelwe kule migaqo." Wongeze ukuba "Iinqobo zokuziphatha kubudlelwane borhwebo lwehlabathi zichazwa yiminqweno yelizwe" ("Ngaphandle kokugxekwa, uTarso Genro usayina isivumelwano nomkhosi wakwa-Israel,” 29 April 2013 [isiPhuthukezi]).
Le ngxoxo ibaleka ebusweni bomgaqo-siseko waseBrazil, ongqina ukuxhaphaka kwamalungelo oluntu kubudlelwane bamazwe ngamazwe. Kukwaphosakele ngokwasemthethweni. Uhlalutyo oluninzi lwezomthetho, izikhokelo ze-UN kunye nezisombululo zigxininisa ukuba amaziko karhulumente kunye nombuso banyanzelekile ukuba bahloniphe kwaye baqinisekise ukuhlonishwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
I-Elbit ifumana inzuzo kulwakhiwo lwakwaSirayeli zokuhlala kunye nayo udonga kwiWest Bank, omabini agqalwa njengolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe. Ngenxa yoku kubandakanyeka ekuphuleni umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, i-Elbit ixhomekeke kwiphulo lehlabathi lonke lokumisa izivumelwano kunye notyalo-mali kuyo.
Kudliwanondlebe lwakhe no Opera Mundi, uGenro wakhusela isivumelwano njengomba womdla wesizwe. Ingxabano efanayo yaziswa ngaphambili ngo-1970 kunye nasekuqaleni kwee-80s ubandlululo ulawulo kwi Mzantsi Afrika kunye namahlakani ayo e-UK nase-US. UMargaret Thatcher akazange afune ukunyanzela iinkampani zase-UK ukuba zincame iingeniso ezifunyenwe kucalucalulo. Kodwa, ngeminyaka yoo-1990, intshukumo yehlabathi yokukwaya ilahleko ezi nkampani ngexabiso eliphezulu lezoqoqosho kwaye iinkampani zase-US zisamangalelwa imbuyekezo kwiinkundla zaseMelika.
Ishishini elimdaka
Ukuphuma kwishishini elimdaka ngexesha libonakalise ukuba lolona khetho lungcono ngokwezoqoqosho. UmPalestine ukukwaywa, ukwahlukanisa kunye nentshukumo yezohlwayo (i-BDS) ineminyaka esixhenxe kuphela ubudala, kwaye namhlanje ikwinqanaba abathi amatshantliziyo aseMzantsi Afrika afikelela kulo kuphela emva kweminyaka engamashumi amabini.
I-Elbit ngokwayo ivumile ukuba i-BDS inefuthe. Eyokugqibela ingxelo yinyaka ithi: “Kwiminyaka eliqela edluleyo bekukho iminxeba eYurophu nakwezinye iindawo ukuba kuncitshiswe urhwebo noSirayeli ... Akunakubakho siqinisekiso sokuba imithetho ethintelayo, imigaqo-nkqubo okanye izenzo ezijoliswe kuSirayeli okanye kumashishini akwaSirayeli aziyi kuba nempembelelo embi kwishishini lethu. ”
Ishishini lehlabathi liya lilumka ngakumbi namhlanje ukwenza okanye ukumisela uhlalutyo lomngcipheko ngaphambi kokuba wenze izigqibo zotyalo-mali. Uninzi lwamaziko ohlalutyo lomngcipheko lubandakanya imigangatho yokuziphatha ekulinganisweni kwawo kwaye amaninzi akhethekileyo ekwenzeni oko kuphela. Amaziko anjalo atyelela iPalestine ngokuthe kratya ukuze axelele iireyithingi zawo, ezisekelwe kwimpembelelo yokusingqongileyo, amalungelo oluntu kunye nolawulo olululo.
Elbit amanqaku kakubi kuzo zontathu izibalo. Iiprojekthi zakwaSirayeli apho i-Elbit ibandakanyekayo zithetha ukuncothula amashumi amawaka emithi yomnquma. URichard Falk, Ummeli okhethekileyo we-UN wamalungelo oluntu kwi-West Bank kunye eGaza, icele ukuba kupheliswe ubudlelwane bezemali kunye ne-Elbit ngenxa yokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu (“Ingcaphephe ezimeleyo ye-UN icela ukwayiwa kwamashishini afumana inzuzo kwiindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israel,” iZiko leNdaba le-UN, ngowama-25 kweyeDwarha 2012).
I nkohlakalo
Ngapha koko, inqanaba eliphezulu lorhwaphilizo kulo lonke icandelo lomkhosi wase-Israel liye lagwetywa nguMbutho weNtsebenziswano yezoQoqosho noPhuhliso (“U-Israel kufuneka aqinisekise ukuba iinkxalabo ezishiyekileyo akufuneki zijongele phantsi inkqubela yakhe malunga nokunyotywa kwamanye amazwe, itsho i-OECD,” 16 Disemba 2009).
Ngeli xesha, zombini i-Indiya kunye neePhilippines ziye zavala ezinye iinkampani zakwa-Israel ekuthengisweni kweekontraka ngenxa yokunyotywa (“I-India ibhala phantsi i-India Military Industries iminyaka eyi-10, "U Haaretz, 7 Matshi 2012).
Kwaye ukuqala ngengxowa-mali yomhlalaphantsi karhulumente yaseNorway ngo-2009, amanye amaziko emali ali-13 ayikhuphele ngaphandle i-Elbit kwiipotfoliyo zawo (“Ingcebiso yokungabandakanywa kwenkampani i-Elbit Systems Ltd,” iSebe lezeMali laseNorway, ngomhla we-15 kuMeyi 2009).
Into ethengiswa yi-pro-Israel lobby e-Rio Grande do Sul njengenzuzo kuqoqosho ijika ibe yinto engcolileyo kuphela kodwa iyingozi. Kukudityaniswa neziphumo zezopolitiko ezinzulu kangangokuba umntu angathemba ukuba ivuselela ingxoxo enzulu kumanqanaba omanyano kunye nommandla kungekudala kunokuba kamva.
“Ukuthula kwabantu abalungileyo”
Ngethuba lotyelelo lwakhe kwi-West Bank, u-Genro weva izibheno ezininzi ezivela kuma-Palestine embongoza ukuba angaqhubeki nesi sivumelwano siyingozi. Kwitheko lolwamkelo eRamallah (apho lo mbhali wayekho), uMusa Hadid, usodolophu wesixeko, wenza esi sibongozo sicacileyo: “UMartin Luther King wakha wathi ‘Eyona ntlekele inkulu asiyonkohlakalo yabantu abangendawo, kodwa kunoko. ukuthi cwaka kwabantu abalungileyo.’ Ningabahlobo bethu, niyinxalenye yabantu abalungileyo, yaye sinethemba lokuba niya kumelana nokungekho sikweni.”
I-Rio del Grande do Sul ibonise inkxaso yayo kumaPalestina ngamaxesha amaninzi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, uPorto Alegre waze wamkela indibano IForam yezeNtlalo yeHlabathi igxile kwiPalestine.
Oku kuzibophelela kwinkululeko yasePalestine kwahluke kakhulu kuGenro asayine isivumelwano nenkampani enceda u-Israel ukuba asitshixe kwiighetto.
Inguqulelo yeli nqaku yapapashwa ngaphambili kwi Opera Mundi.
UJamal Juma’ ungumququzeleli wombutho wasePalestina Misa udonga.
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