Ngokuqinisekileyo, ikho idemokhrasi kwaSirayeli—kodwa ifana ngakumbi naleyo yayikho phakathi kwabamhlophe ngexesha localucalulo eMzantsi Afrika kunokuba kunjalo kwidemokhrasi ekhoyo ngoku eUnited Kingdom okanye eFransi.
Ukususela ekuqaleni konyaka omtsha, ukufunda ngoSirayeli kumatshini wokushicilela wesiHebhere kuye kwaba ngamava awothusayo.
Elinye inqaku lachaza igumbi lokubelekisa apho ibhinqa lasePalestina laseNazarete laphenjelelwa ukuba lifudukele amagumbi emva kokuba ibhinqa elingumYuda lakhalazela ukuhlala kwindawo enye nomntu ongengomYuda.
Elinye inqaku libonise ukuba umlawuli wezempi wase-Israel ojongene ne-West Bank usandul 'ukusasaza kumagosa akhe incwadana kaMesiya - "Iimfihlo zabaHlengi bomhlaba, ukusuka ku-Abraham uBawo wethu ukuya kubaHlazi abancinci" - malunga nendlela yokuthatha umhlaba wasePalestina.
Owesithathu wabika ukuba inani labantu basePalestina ababulawa ngumlilo wase-Israel kwi-West Bank ngo-2022 lelona liphezulu kwiminyaka eyi-18.
Owesine wachaza indlela iNkundla ePhakamileyo yakwaSirayeli eyakuvuma ukugxothwa kwabantu basePalestine kumakhaya abo kwiilali ezisibhozo kunye nesinyanzelo somkhosi wase-Israel sokubamba uqheliselo loqeqesho rhoqo kwakuloo ndawo inye.
Amabali eendaba asekhaya afana nala, athi engaqondanga abhence izinto ezibuhlungu zemihla ngemihla zakwaSirayeli, akafane abe ziindaba zamazwe ngamazwe. Esona sizathu sinokuba kutheni amajelo eendaba ezizwe ngezizwe angawaquki la mabali kukuba, ukuba aye akwenza njalo, ezo ngxelo zinokucela umngeni kakhulu kwibali langoku kwaloo nto kudala irhweba ngoSirayeli: ukuba idemokhrasi yakwaSirayeli esebenza kakuhle neyomeleleyo isoyikiswa. Urhulumente omtsha weNkulumbuso uBenjamin Netanyahu.
Ewe, ukugqunywa kwelizwe lakwa-Israyeli ukusukela kunyulo lukaNovemba ka-2022 kuye kwafana. Inqaku emva kwenqaku lisilumkisile ukuba utshintsho lomthetho olucetywayo ngurhulumente luyakwenza ukuba lubhangise izigwebo zeNkundla ePhakamileyo kunye nomthetho ochasayo owanika uMphathiswa wezoKhuseleko lweSizwe u-Itamar Ben-Gvir ulawulo olubanzi lwezopolitiko phezu kwamapolisa, kuquka nalawo athunyelwe kwi-West Bank, njengesoyikiso kulawulo lomthetho elizweni.
Le, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, yimiba ebalulekileyo efuna ingqalelo ebanzi yeendaba. Imithetho nemigaqo-nkqubo eyaziswayo okanye ecetywayo ngurhulumente omtsha ngokucacileyo ijolise ekujongeleni phantsi ukwahlulwa kwamagunya phakathi kwamasebe owiso-mthetho, olawulo, nawomthetho – ulwahlulo olusebenza ukukhusela iidemokhrasi kwingcinezelo yesininzi.
Ukusukela ekusekweni komanyano lukaNetanyahu, ukusasazwa kweendaba zamazwe ngamazwe kwaSirayeli bekugxile kakhulu kule miba. Amajelo eendaba anika ingxelo ngokubanzi ngoqhanqalazo lwabemi bakwa-Israel ababona imigaqo-nkqubo karhulumente omtsha “njengohlaselo lwedemokhrasi”. Bapapashe inkitha yeengcinga ezigxeka urhulumente ocetywayo wohlengahlengiso lwenkqubo yenkundla njengenzame “zokujongela phantsi iitshekhi kunye nolungelelwaniso lwedemokhrasi” kwaye baqukumbela ngokubanzi nakuphi na ukugxekwa kotshintsho lowiso-mthetho olucetywayo oluvela kwiinkokeli zaseNtshona. U-Israyeli, bachaza ngokuphindaphindiweyo, bafumana "ingxaki yedemokhrasi" engazange ibonwe ngaphambili.
Oku kuthabatha akukho nto iphosakeleyo - emva kokuba zonke izindululo zixoxwa ziyinyani kwaye ngokwenene zixhalabisa kakhulu. Kodwa iingxelo zeendaba kushicilelo lweelwimi zesiHebhere ezifana nezi zikhankanywe ngasentla, kunye namava ezigidi zabantu basePalestina abahlala phantsi "kwedemokhrasi yakwaSirayeli", babonisa ukuba iyalahlekisa kakhulu.
Ingxelo ebalaseleyo malunga ne-Israel ejikelezayo ngoku kwiGlobal North yaziswa yi-trope eqhelekileyo yokuba uSirayeli "kuphela kwedemokhrasi kuMbindi Mpuma". Ke ngoko, iingxelo ezibonakala zigxeka urhulumente omtsha weNetanyahu "njengengenademokhrasi" eneneni zisebenzela ukufihla ubume bendalo obungenademokhrasi bakwa-Israyeli kunye namaziko akhe aphambili, kubandakanya neNkundla ePhakamileyo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ikho idemokhrasi kwaSirayeli – kodwa ifana ngakumbi naleyo yayikho phakathi kwabamhlophe ngexesha localucalulo eMzantsi Afrika kunokuba kunjalo kwidemokhrasi ekhoyo ngoku eUnited Kingdom okanye eFransi.
Izigidi zabantu basePalestine kwi-West Bank bahlala phantsi kolawulo olusebenzayo luka-Israel kodwa abanako ukuthatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yezopolitiko, ngelixa amakhulu amawaka abantu basePalestina abahlala kwi-East Jerusalem "ngabahlali" kunokuba ngabemi kwaye ngenxa yoko abanakuvota kunyulo lukazwelonke. Kwaye nangona abemi basePalestina bakwaSirayeli benokuthatha inxaxheba kunyulo, nabo baphantsi koluhlu lwemithetho ecalulayo. Konke oku, ngokutsho kwabaphandi abaninzi, izifundiswa zezomthetho, amatshantliziyo, kunye nemibutho yamazwe ngamazwe ehlonitshwayo efana ne-Amnesty International kunye neHuman Rights Watch, kuthetha ukuba uSirayeli akayodemokhrasi ekhululekileyo esebenza ngokupheleleyo kodwa "ucalucalulo." Ngokwahlukileyo, idemokhrasi ngoku “ephantsi kohlaselo” kurhulumente wakwa-Israyeli yidemokhrasi kuphela yamaYuda.
Ngokufanayo, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yakwaSirayeli, eboniswe kumajelo eendaba ngamazwe njengomzekelo wokulunga kokuziphatha, ngokwenene ngumkhuseli omiselweyo wamalungelo edemokhrasi - kodwa kumaYuda kuphela. Njengoko izifundo ezininzi zibonisile, inkundla idlale indima ebalulekileyo ekwenzeni iprojekthi yobukoloniyali bakwaSirayeli kwaye ivumele ukuxhatshazwa kwelizwe ngokuchasene namaPalestina. Izigwebo zayo zibonelele ngokusemthethweni ekuthinjweni komhlaba wasePalestina, kunye nokhuseleko olusemthethweni lokubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle kwenkundla, ukudilizwa kwezindlu, ukugxothwa, kunye nokuvalwa kolawulo olujolise kubantu basePalestine. Iqaqobana labagwebi bayo lingabaphambukeli kwaye, ngenxa yoko, "zaphuli-mthetho" ngokutsho komthetho wezizwe ngezizwe.
Utshintsho lomthetho olucetywayo lukaNetanyahu lulutsha njengoko luza kuvumela urhulumente wakhe ukuba ajolise kumaYuda angavumelaniyo neengcinga zezopolitiko kunye nokujongela phantsi amandla esebe lezomthetho ukulwa urhwaphilizo (esinye isizathu sokuba uNetanyahu, okwangoku ejongene namatyala urhwaphilizo amathathu, ufuna ukubazisa). Kodwa ibango lokuba urhulumente omtsha useza kutshabalalisa idemokhrasi yakwaSirayeli liya kuba yinyaniso kuphela kwihlabathi apho abantu basePalestina bangekhoyo.
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