NGOJULAYI 28, 1989, ibutho lamajoni akwaSirayeli axhobe kakhulu awela kwilali esemazantsi eLebhanon eJibchit. Ixesha laliyi-2 a.m. Bagqogqa endlwini kaSheikh Abdul Karim Obeid, inkokeli yomkhosi we-Hizbollah, babetha umfazi wakhe, badubula babulala ummelwane ngaphambi kokubopha uSheikh kunye namanye amadoda amabini kwinqwelomoya. Omnye wabo babanjwe yayingumfana ogama linguHashem Fahaf owayengenalo unxibelelwano ne-Hizbollah, omnye wayengumlindi we-Sheikh.

Ngokutsho koMphathiswa weMicimbi yezaNgaphandle yakwaSirayeli, ophethe a luncedo ukuba ityala elibi lokuxhwilwa Kwiwebhusayithi yakhe, “u-Israyeli wayenethemba lokusebenzisa i-sheikh njengekhadi ukuchaphazela ukutshintshiselana ngamabanjwa kunye nabathinjwa [ababanjwe yi-Hizbollah] njengembuyekezo yawo onke amaShiites abanjwe yiyo.

Isenzo sikaSirayeli sasiqaqadekile kangangokuba iBhunga Lokhuseleko leZizwe Ezimanyeneyo lavumelana ngamxhelo mnye isigqibo (Nombolo 638) esithi “bakhululwe ngokukhawuleza ngokukhuselekileyo bonke abathinjwa nabo baqweqwedisiweyo, naphi na yaye nabani na ababanjiweyo.” Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, uTel Aviv wasihoya eso sigqibo. Ngapha koko, ukuqweqwedisa abantu abangengawo amajoni, kuquka nabantwana, nokubabamba, kwakuyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yeqhinga lomkhosi wakwaSirayeli. NgoMeyi ka-1994, amajoni akwa-Israel axhwila usomashishini odumileyo waseLebhanon nowayesakuba ngumphathi womkhosi wamaShia Amal, uMustafa al-Dirani, wamzisa kwaSirayeli. Injongo yolo kuqweqwediswa yayikukuzama ukufumana ulwazi malunga nendawo awayekuyo uRon Arad, umatiloshe womkhosi womoya owadutyulwa eSidon ngowe-1986 ngexesha lokuhlasela kukaSirayeli eLebhanon.

UMnu. Fahaf, owala ubukho bakhe uSirayeli kangangeminyaka, wachitha iminyaka eli-11 entolongweni ngaphambi kokuba iNkundla Ephakamileyo ikhuphe umyalelo wokuba akhululwe. Wavunyelwa ukuba abuyele ekhaya kunye nabanye abantu baseLebhanon abali-18 "iphephandaba lakwaSirayeli iHaaretz". ingxelo ngo-Agasti 2003 †—yayibanjwe "ngokwenguqulelo esemthethweni ... njenge `itshiphu zengxoxo' zikaRon Arad". Ababini kwabo bakhululwayo baye baqweqwediswa bengamakhwenkwe baza bakhulela ekuthinjweni.

USheikh Obeid kunye noMnu Dirani ekugqibeleni bakhululwa kwi-2004, emva kokubanjwa ngurhulumente wase-Israel iminyaka eyi-15 kunye ne-10 ngokulandelanayo. Omabini la madoda achitha ixesha elongeziweyo kwiCamp 1391, ebizwa ngokuba yiGuantanamo yakwaSirayeli, intolongo ubukho bayo abasemagunyeni bakwa-Israel ababuvumi ngokukhululekileyo kuyo. Wayelapho uMnumzana Dirani udlwengulwe, uxhatshazwe ngokwesondo, kwaye uthuthunjiswa ngamajoni akwaSirayeli. Isimangalo esifakwe nguye ngokuchasene neLizwe lakwaSirayeli si isalindile ngoku phambi kwejaji eTel Aviv. Ubanga i-NIS 6 yezigidi (i-1.5 yezigidi zeedola) ngomonakalo.

Ukukhululwa kuka-2004 kwakuyinxalenye yotshintshiselwano lwamabanjwa ngokubanzi oluqhutywa ngurhulumente waseJamani apho u-Hizbollah wakhulula usomashishini wase-Israel kunye ne-reserve colonel eyabanjwa ngo-2000 ukuze inyanzele iTel Aviv ukuba ikhulule uSheikh Obeid. I-Hizbollah iphinde yabuyisela imizimba yamajoni amathathu akwa-Israel abulawa esebenza. Ukutshintshana, u-Israyeli wakhulula i-Sheikh, uMnumzana Dirani, kunye nabanye abathunjwa baseLebhanon nama-Arabhu abangama-33, kunye namabanjwa angama-400 asePalestina. Ikwabuyise imizimba yabemi baseLebhanon abangama-59 ababulewe ngumkhosi wayo wokhuseleko kule minyaka idlulileyo.

Kuyafuneka ukuba ukhumbule esi siganeko sibi ukuze sibeke ngokwembono isenzo sobudenge sika-Hizbollah sokuhlutha amajoni amabini akwa-Israel kumgca oluhlaza owahlula iLebhanon kwaSirayeli. Enkosi kuSirayeli, ukuxhwila kunye nokuthatha abantu abathinjwa †—kunye nokujoliswa kwabangengabo amajoni kunye nabantwana - baye baba ngamaqhinga omkhosi "amkelekileyo" kulo mmandla nangona umntu uya kuba nzima ukufumana nayiphi na ireferensi kuSheikh. Obeid okanye uMnu. Dirani kwingxelo yeendaba zamazwe ngamazwe ezalandela isenzo sikaHizbollah. Umkhosi wamaShia ufuna iTel Aviv ikhulule iqaqobana lamabanjwa aseLebhanon asekwiintolongo zakwa-Israel awathenjiswa inkululeko ngo-2004 kodwa akazange akhululwe. Eyona ibalaseleyo phakathi kwazo Samir Kuntar, eyabanjwa ngowe-1978 ngexesha lokuhlasela kwamaSirayeli kwindawo yokuhlala kufuphi nomda waseLebhanon. UKuntar wafunyanwa enetyala lokubulala indoda engenanto yakwenza nentombi yakhe encinane waza wagwetywa iminyaka engaphezu kwama-500 entolongweni yinkundla yakwaSirayeli. Abasemagunyeni kwa-Israel banokuthi bayeke ukukhulula “umbulali womntwana ogwetyiweyo.” Kodwa ngokukhaba ithuba lokuxoxisana kunye nokubetha iLebhanon ngokungakhethiyo, iTel Aviv iye yajika amajoni ayo ukuba abe ngababulali babantwana. Xa isithuba seZizwe eziManyeneyo esimakwe kakuhle sithatha ukubetha ngokuthe ngqo kwaye ii-ambulensi zibethwa — ngokutsho ukuthunyelwa kwamva nje nguRobert Fisk — kunye nemijukujelwa egqobhoze i-Red Cross kunye nesimboli seCrescent kanye kwiziko, kunzima ukwamkela ibango lakwaSirayeli lokuba konke ukufa kwabantu bekungalindelekanga.

Iinjongo zemfazwe yokwenene

Ukukhumbula imbali yamva nje yokuxhwilwa kukwayimfuneko ngenxa yesinye isizathu: Ukugqobhoza intsomi yokuba impendulo yomkhosi wase-Israel engalinganiyo kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho olutyhutyha iLebhanon nabantu bayo namhlanje ngandlel' ithile iqhutywa kukufuna ukukhulula amajoni ayo amabini athinjiweyo.

Funda oko uZbigniew Brzezinski, owayesakuba nguMcebisi weSizwe kwezoKhuseleko waseU.S. uxelele indibano encinane eWashington kwiveki ephelileyo malunga noku. “Ndiyakucaphukela ukuyithetha le nto kodwa ndiza kuyithetha. Ndicinga ukuba into eyenziwa ngamaSirayeli namhlanje ngokomzekelo eLebhanon iyasebenza —mhlawumbi kungekhona ngenjongo - ukubulawa kwabathinjwa. Ukubulawa kwabathinjwa ... Kuba xa ubulala abantu abangama-300, abantu abangama-400, abangenanto yakwenza nezixhokoxholo ezenziwa nguHizbollah, kodwa uyenza ngabom ngokungakhathali kubungakanani bomonakalo owenzelwa isibambiso, ubulala abathinjwa ithemba lokugrogrisa abo ufuna ukuboyikisa. Kwaye kunokwenzeka ngakumbi ukuba awuyi kuboyikisa. Uya kubacaphukisa kwaye ubenze babe ziintshaba ezisisigxina kunye nenani lezo ntshaba zisanda."

Ngokuhambelana nentelekelelo yokuba uhlaselo lwamva nje lwase-Israel oluchasene neLebhanon lumalunga nokukhusela umdla osemthethweni wokhuseleko we-Israel yimfuno ephakanyiswa kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ukuze kubekwe umkhosi wokugcina uxolo we-NATO kwicala laseLebhanon kumda ukuze kuhlulwe izixhobo ze-Hizbollah. . Kwenziwa ireferensi rhoqo Isigqibo seBhunga lezoKhuseleko 1559 ka-2004, eyabiza urhulumente waseLebhanon ukuba abonise ulongamo lwakhe kuwo wonke ummandla wakhe kwaye ahluthe izixhobo zomkhosi wamaShiite. Xa ihambelana noSirayeli kunye ne-United States, izigqibo zeZizwe eziManyeneyo ezifana ne-242 kunye ne-338 ePalestina okanye i-638 ekukhululeni ama-hostages zinganakwa iminyaka ekupheleni. Kodwa ezinye izigqibo zifumana ipatina yeBhayibhile kwaye ukuthotyelwa kwangoko kuyafuneka kubo. Ngokungenelela ngokugqithisileyo kwimicimbi yangaphakathi yaseLebhanon, iSigqibo 1559 ngokucacileyo sasiyi-ultra vires ye-U.N. Charter. Yiyo loo nto ipasile ngesininzi esingenakuthelekiswa nanto. I-Russia kunye ne-China zikhethe ukuzikhwebula kunokuba zisebenzise i-veto yazo kuba isisombululo sasicinga ukuba akukho ndlela yonyanzeliso. Kukho nawuphi na, akukho ngqiqweni ku-Israel - oqhubhisa iLebhanon ngokuthanda kwaye athumele imikhosi yayo - ukuba athethe ngokuvumelana nesigqibo esibiza urhulumente waseLebhanon ukuba aqinisekise ulongamo lwakhe.

Njengeqela loxolo lakwaSirayeli, uGush Shalom, uthethe, uhlaselo lwangoku olunxamnye neLebhanon —njengohlaselo luka-1982 olwakhokelela ekubeni kuhlaselwe amashumi amabini eminyaka — kwalungiselelwa kwangaphambili kulindelwe ukuxhokonxa okufanelekileyo. Ugqogqo luka-Hizbollah lokuqweqwedisa lunike urhulumente wase-Olmert isizathu ebesifuna ukusungula imfazwe yokuphelisa umkhosi kwaye ekugqibeleni kumiselwe ulawulo oluthambileyo eLebhanon oluza kwenza i-Israel – kunye ne-US’ —. Ngeendlela ezininzi, iskripthi asahlukanga kangako kwindlela abathinjwa ngayo ijoni lakwaSirayeli ngabavukeli basePalestina kwanika iTel Aviv isizathu sokwenza into eyayirhawuzelela ukuyenza ukusukela oko iHamas yaphumelela unyulo.

Kuzo zombini ezi meko, u-Israyeli kunye nomxhasi wakhe ophambili wamazwe ngamazwe, i-US, babonakalise ukuba bubunyani umbono wabo “woMbindi Mpuma omtsha” ogxile kwintlonipho yedemokhrasi namalungelo oluntu. Ngokuhlasela iGaza kunye neLebhanon, nayo leyo ngomkhosi womkhosi owoyikekayo nongalinganiyo, u-Israel uye walunikela umva umva wokuba nokwenzeka kothethathethwano loxolo kunye namaPalestine namaSyria. Ulawulo lwase-Olmert alunanjongo yakuluyeka ulawulo lwalo olungekho mthethweni emhlabeni kunye neendawo ezimanzi ezimanzi ezabanye. I-US ayifuni ukuba idemokhrasi ichume kulo mmandla. NoSirayeli akanguye. Into eliyifunayo ngamaqabane abuthathaka kakhulu, azimele okanye athobelayo ukuba anyanzelise amalungelo awo. Into ecinga ngayo ziziphumo ezihlangeneyo, ezibekwe ngeengxoxo zemipu ukuba kunokwenzeka okanye ngemfazwe ukuba kuyimfuneko. Kuzo zombini ezi meko, inkxaso esebenzayo yolawulo lukaBush kunye noxolo lwehlabathi liphela zibalulekile.

Ukwala kweZizwe eziManyeneyo ukugxeka ubundlongondlongo base-Israel ngokuchasene neLebhanon kunye neGunya lasePalestina, ukusilela kwayo ukuzisa ukupheliswa komlilo kwangoko ngaphandle kokunyuka kwamanani abahlali, kunye nokungakwazi kwawo ukwenza u-Israyeli ukuba aphakamise ukuvalwa kwawo ngobubi eGaza kwaye akhulule abaPhathiswa beHamas. AmaLungu ePalamente awathinjwa kule nyanga iphelileyo avula indlela yentlekele yoluntu ngendlela engathethekiyo. Logama nje ihlabathi liqhubeka nokukholisa uSirayeli ngolu hlobo, abantu balo mmandla — kwaye ingakumbi amaSirayeliâ€â†soze balwazi uxolo.

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