Ukuqala kwam ukuva malunga neFreedom Rides ecwangciselwe uLwesibini, umhla we-15 kuNovembath ukuba yenzeke kwiMimandla yasePalestine eMiselweyo ndaqonda ukuba eli yayiliqhinga elikrelekrele. Ngokufana neFreedom Rides eyayisetyenziswa e-USA ukwenza umdlalo wobundlobongela bokucalulwa kukaJim Crow eMzantsi, kwaye kamva i-Immigrant Freedom Rides ukuze ibonise intlungu yabaphambukeli, iPalestinian Freedom Rides imalunga nobundlobongela obumangalisayo-ubundlobongela obo Abantu basePalestine bajongana yonke imihla ngenxa ye-Israel Occupation.
Kutyelelo lwam lwasePalestine kulo Juni udlulileyo, ingxaki yezothutho yaxoxwa phantse kuyo yonke incoko. Imida yezothutho yabantu basePalestine ikuxelela phantse yonke into ekufuneka uyazi malunga noMsebenzi wocalucalulo. Omnye umzekelo ocacileyo ngowokuba kukho iipleyiti zelayisensi ezahlukeneyo zabemi bakwaSirayeli ukusuka kwabo basePalestina. Imoto eneepleyiti zasePalestine ayinakungena kwaSirayeli. Kwaye, eneneni, kukho iindlela ngaphakathi kwe-Occupied Palestine, apho izithuthi zasePalestine zingavumelekanga. Omnye umzekelo ocacileyo, onxulumene ngqo nomba weFreedom Rides, ndachazelwa kumda wokunqumla umda apho abasebenzi basePalestina babesiya kwaSirayeli ngenxa yemisebenzi yabo. Ndaxelelwa ukuba xa sele bekwaSirayeli KUFUNEKA KULUNGILE kulungiselelwa uthutho lwabo. Naively ndacinga ukuba bangakhwela ibhasi baye emsebenzini. Hayi ngokukhawuleza, kuvela. Iibhasi zakwaSirayeli aziyi kumisa ukuba zithathe abasebenzi basePalestine.
I-Palestinian Freedom Rides ijolise ekuboniseni ukuba akukho nkululeko yokuhamba yamaPalestina. Ngabantu abathwaxwa ngumsebenzi oqhubekayo oye waba, njengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, isihlomelo esihamba kancinci. Imigaqo-nkqubo yocalucalulo yezothutho enelungelo lenkululeko yokuhamba kwamaSirayeli, kunye nabemi bakwa-Israeli ngakumbi, bayinxalenye yobundlobongela obuphantsi obufunyanwa ngabantu basePalestine mihla le ejolise ekubajongeleni phantsi de bazive benyanzelekile ukuba bawushiye umhlaba wabo. .
IFreedom Rides eyayiqhutywa ngabantu base-Afrika baseMelika e-USA, ngakumbi emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, yazisa ingqwalasela yehlabathi kulwahlulo lukaJim Crow. Le yayingeyomiboniso yamalungelo kuphela, kodwa yayiyimiboniso yokubonisa ukuba ukungabikho kwamalungelo kwakubotshelelwe kulawulo lobundlobongela nengcinezelo. Ukuyibeka ngenye indlela, ulwahlulo lukaJim Crow lwalungelulo kuphela okanye ubukhulu becala ukwahlulwa kwabantu base-Afrika baseMelika nabamhlophe, kodwa endaweni yoko yayikukuba. nyamelo Ukwahlulwa kunye nokuthotywa kwama-Afrika aseMelika yinkqubo ye-white supremacist. Lo ayingomcimbi wesemantics. Abathetheleli beJim Crow South bazama ukuyichaza njengomcimbi nje wokwahlukana kwezentlalo kunenkqubo ejonge ukuhlutha umntu wase-Afrika waseMelika, ngaloo ndlela ebhukuqa nayiphi na into enokwenzeka kwidemokhrasi. Into yokuba oku kwaba yingenelo kubalawuli abamhlophe abalawulayo eMzantsi kubalulekile ukuyiqonda, kodwa ayinakubethwa ngoyaba into yokuba inkitha yabamhlophe, nokuba ichasene neminqweno yabo, yazimanya nale nkqubo yokuthotyelwa kobuhlanga.
Abakhweli beNkululeko basePalestine bakwabonisa ukuba ukuhambahamba kwezothutho kwiiNdawo eziThileyo ayingombandela nje wokunqongophala kwamalungelo. Endaweni yoko ubonisa indlela inkqubo enkulu ye-Occupation esebenza ngayo ngenjongo yokucinezela abemi basePalestina ngonaphakade. Ukuze oku kusebenze, kungekuphela nje abahlali bakwaSirayeli kwiiNdawo eziHlaselweyo, kodwa abemi bakwa-Israeli ngokufanelekileyo kufuneka bathathe isigqibo sokuba inkqubo yobundlobongela ngokobuhlanga kufuneka ixhaswe, ukuba ayiqiniswanga. Lo ngumceli mngeni ophoswa phantsi ngabakhweli beNkululeko basePalestine kwaye ngokwenza njalo badinga umanyano kwabo bethu bazibophelele kubulungisa behlabathi.
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