Uninzi lwabemi base-US, ukuba babuzwa, baya kumangaliswa kukwazi ukuba ilizwe labo lisemfazweni nelizwe lasePalestina. Bebengayi kwazi ukuba iPalestine lilizwe. Bavile ngeWest Bank kunye neGaza, kungekhona njengenxalenye yePalestina, kodwa njengemimandla apho amaPalestina ahlala khona, apho u-Israyeli ahlala khona. Bacinga ukuba imimandla ayizange ibe yinxalenye yalo naliphi na ilizwe kwaye kungokwemvelo ukuba uSirayeli ahlale kuyo.
Abemi base-US abakhange beve ngamajoni ase-US athunyelwa ePalestine. Inokubakho njani ke imfazwe? Abayazi ngenkxaso enkulu enikwa uSirayeli, ngeerhafu zabo. Abayazi ukuba i-US inamandla anjalo ukuba inokuhlasela elinye ilizwe ngokudala kunye nokuxhasa amandla athobelayo ngaphakathi kwelo lizwe, kwaye ivumele loo mandla ukuba enze ukuthanda kwayo.
Xa ilizwe licinywa kwimbali, izinto ezingeyonyani ziba ninzi. Imfazwe ayinakubhengezwa ngokuchasene nelizwe elingekhoyo. Xa abantu besaba kwilizwe elinjalo baze babe ziimbacu, ubani ubaphendula njani; umntu ubabiza njani? Wenza ntoni umntu ngemephu, amakhaya, inkcubeko yabantu ababehlala apho ngaphambili kwaye baqhubeke behlala apho? IPalestina lilizwe elinjalo.
Ukusukela oko iZionism yaqala inkqubo yayo ephambeneyo yokuphelisa abantu bomthonyama basePalestine-iqala ngokusesikweni ngokusekwa kuka-Israyeli ngo-1948 - malunga nezigidi ezi-5 zeembacu ziye zanyanzelwa ukusuka ePalestina ukuya kwihlabathi liphela. I-US ibandakanyeka kakhulu kwimiba yeembacu zasePalestina kuba inkxaso yayo yakwaSirayeli inxalenye enkulu yabadala.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuba imfazwe yase-US ngokumelene nePalestina ifihliwe, i-US kufuneka ize nezizathu zobuxoki zokutshutshisa ababaleki basePalestina abaye bazisa umzabalazo wokukhulula iPalestina kumthombo - i-United States ngokwayo. Ngokusebenzisa i-FBI kunye neNkonzo yokuFuduka kunye neNdalo, kwaye ngoku kunye neSebe loKhuseleko lweLizwe, i-US isebenzise ukuphulwa kwezityholo zemimiselo yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe njengesizathu sokuhlukumeza, ukuvalelwa, kunye nokugxotha abaninzi abaphembeleli basePalestina, ngakumbi ukususela kwiminyaka emibini yoLawulo lweBush- isibhengezo esidala sobuhlanga ngokuchasene nama-Arabhu, amaSilamsi, kunye nabantu baseMzantsi Asia.
Phakathi kwamatsha ntliziyo asePalestina akhethwe ngurhulumente wase-US oku kulandelayo kuyaphawuleka:
o UMichel Shehadeh kunye noKhader Hamide we-LA 8, ababebanjwe eCalifornia ngo-1987, ngoku bajongene nezisongelo ezihlaziyiweyo zokuxoshwa.
o Mazin Al-Najjar, wabanjwa eFlorida ngoMeyi 1997, kwakhona ngoSeptemba 2001. Waxoshwa kwi-2002.
o USami Al-Arian, phantsi kweliso ukususela ngo-1995, wabanjwa eFlorida ngoFebruwari 2003, ngoku usentolongweni elindele umhla wetyala ocwangciselwe uJulayi 2005.
o Farouk Abdel-Muhti, wabanjwa eNew York ngoAprili 2002.
o Ahmed Bensouda, wabanjwa e-Illinois ngoMeyi ka-2002.
o Jaoudat Abouazza, owabanjwa eMassachusetts ngoMeyi 2002.
o Amer Jubran, wabanjwa eMassachusetts ngoJuni 2001, naseRhode Island ngoNovemba ka-2002.
Ibali lezi zimbini zokugqibela alizange lixelwe ngokubanzi.
Impatho kaJaoudat Abouazza ezandleni zabasemagunyeni yayingaqhelekanga kwinkohlakalo yayo. Ngentwasahlobo ka-2002, imiyalelo evela kuLawulo lwaseBush yayiza kwehla ngamandla. Onke amatsha ntliziyo angasentla aye akuvalelwa entolongweni kwaye avalelwe yedwa emva kokubanjwa kwawo ngobuqhetseba. Ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oMgaqo-siseko kwakusemgangathweni. Kodwa uAbouazza, emva kokubanjwa kwakhe eCambridge, Massachusetts, ngokwenene wabotshelelwa kwisitulo sikagqirha wamazinyo kwintolongo yedolophu waza wangcungcuthekiswa ngokwasemzimbeni ngokukhutshwa ngenkani, ngaphandle kokuthomalalisa, amazinyo aliqela. Wabethwa, wahluthwa, wancinwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo, kwaye ekugqibeleni wavunyelwa ukuba abuyele eCanada apho i-FBI kunye ne-RCMP yaqhubeka imkhathaza. Ityala lakhe? Ukufumana amaphecana oqhanqalazo oluzayo ngokuchasene nombhiyozo โwoSuku lweNkululeko yakwaSirayeliโ eBoston.
Ityala lika-Amer Jubran laziwa ngcono. UJubran uxelele abaphulaphuli baseNew England abeze kumphulaphula ukuba abanalo nofifi lokuba kunjani ukungabi nalizwe. Ngomonde uye wafundisa amawakawaka ngobunyaniso bobusela basePalestina. Usondele kakhulu u-Israel ekusekweni kwe-US kangangokuba kwabaninzi le mfundo yinkqubo - ubuxoki emva kwenye kufuneka buxotyulwe kwaye buvezwe, njengamaleko etswele. UJubran uthathe uninzi ngenkqubo. Uliciko, uyathandeka, kwaye uphucukile kwezopolitiko. Ngenxa yezi zizathu, urhulumente wase-US uthathe inkathazo ekhethekileyo yokummangalela, nokuzama ukumgxotha. Ikwenza oko ngezityholo eziqhelekileyo zokwaphula imithetho yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe.
Usapho olusondeleyo luka-Amer Jubran luvela kwilali encinci kufutshane ne-Al-Khalil ePalestine. Ngoku bahlala elubhacweni eYordan. Ukuba uJubran wayenokugxothwa, kwakuya kuthetha kuphela ukumkhupha kwenye indawo elubhacweni ukuya kwenye. Ubungqina bokuba i-US ihlaselwe ngokupheleleyo yinto ekwenzileyo, ngo-Israyeli, ukuya ePalestina, kukuba ngamandla ayo onke kunye nemali kufuneka ihambe ngokungaqhelekanga ukutshutshisa abo basePalestina basebeza inyaniso kubantu base-US.
Kwezinye iimeko, ukusekwa kunelisekile ukuthembela kwimithombo yeendaba ethengiweyo ukugqithisa ukuchasana. Oko kukuthi, iya kuvumela ukuchasana, isazi ukuba ibonelele ngewaka leziphazamiso ezisebenzayo ukuyintywilisela. Kodwa kungekhona kwimeko yasePalestina, ngokukodwa ekubeni iMfazwe engapheliyo yeoli yabhengezwa ngoSeptemba 2001. IPalestina, nangona ingenayo ioli, ibeka umzekelo ombi emehlweni kaMalume Sam kwamanye amazwe akufuphi aneoli. Lo mzekelo kukuchasa ixesha elide kwi-fascism.
I-INS, i-FBI, kunye ne-Bureau entsha ye-Immigration kunye ne-Customs Enforcement-ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo ngokuthi "ICE" - basebenza ixesha elingaphezulu ukuze bathulise abantu basePalestine. Kwimeko ka-Abouazza, iindlela zabo ezisetyenziswayo zisikhumbuza amaNazi, awayengoovulindlela kwintuthumbo yezonyango. Kwimeko kaJubran, abasemagunyeni baye bajonga ngakumbi. Iqhinga labo ibikukumgcina ebambeke ngokuqhubekayo kwinkqubo yenkundla kwizityholo zobuxoki emva kwesinye. Isekisi eyaqala ngokubanjwa kukaJubran okwesibini kwezopolitiko ngoku iqhube unyaka.
NgoJulayi, 2003, ityala lakhe lalibaziseka ngabom ngumtshutshisi, uRichard Neville, owachitha imvakwemini yonke ebuza ingqina elingenamsebenzi, waza wathi kufuneka ahambe kwangoko kuba umfazi wakhe wayenomkhuhlane. Ijaji echopheleyo, oHloniphekileyo uLeonard Shapiro, ngokucacileyo wayengenalo ukhetho-ukuvumela ityala ukuba liqhubeke kuya kuthetha ukuba umfazi onomkhuhlane akanalungelo lokuba nomyeni wakhe ekhaya. NgoSeptemba, umtshutshisi walibazisa umhla omtsha wetyala ngokuthi unezicwangciso zokuhamba.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo yayikukuba "wayenamatikiti ahlawulelwe kwangaphambili" kwezi zicwangciso zokuhamba - into ebaluleke kakhulu kangangokuba umgwebi onobuqili wayengenandlela yokukhetha. Ngomhla wama-25 kuSeptemba, mhla wayebanga ukuba uza kuhamba, uNeville wayeseofisini yakhe. Umhla omtsha wecala likaJubran ngoku umiselwe ngoNovemba 6, 2003. NgoNovemba 6, uMtshutshisi uNeville kulindeleke ukuba avakalise, "inja idle umsebenzi wam wesikolo," kwaye ivuzwe ngokupheleleyo yijaji.
Nangona ifike ngeendleko ezithile kuJubran buqu, izizathu ezibini zamalungelo okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kunye nenkululeko yasePalestine ziqhutyelwe phambili ngolu hlaselo lweSebe lezoBulungisa ngokuchasene naye. Yena kunye nabanye abazinikele ekuthetheni inyani malunga nokubandakanyeka kwe-United States kwilizwe lakhe babengenakucela indawo engcono.
Akwaba besikwazile ukuva izithethi ezicikoza ngolo hlobo kubantu bomthonyama ngexesha leeMfazwe zaseIndiya, ama-Afrika ngexesha lobukhoboka, ama-impiriyali ngexesha le-WWI neye-II, amaKorea ngexesha leMfazwe yaseKorea, iVietnamese ngexesha leMfazwe yaseVietnam, evela eNicaragua kwaye I-El Salvador kunye neHonduras ngexesha leemfazwe ezifihlakeleyo kuMbindi Merika, ukusuka kumaPanamani ngexesha elithi "Operation Just Cause", ukusuka e-Iraqis ngexesha lokugqibela le-13 leminyaka yokubulawa kwabantu e-US apho, ukusuka e-Afghanis njengoko ilizwe labo laba yindawo yokulwa yase-US iminyaka engama-20, ukusuka eSomalia, ukusuka eSomalia. IYugoslavia, evela kwihlabathi liphela, njengoko ihlaselwe yi-US.
Ukuba nje iSebe lezoBulungisa beliyigeza ngokwaneleyo ngelo xesha, njengoko linjalo namhlanje, ukujolisa esidlangalaleni abo babenobuganga bokubalisa eli bali, ngekhe safunda kwangethuba kolu lwaphulo-mthetho lunobungakanani belizwekazi. Namhlanje iBush Administration yenze impazamo enkulu yokubonakala. Benze ukuba phantse kube nzima ukungabuboni ubukhulu be-impiriyalizim yase-US.
Umbuzo kubemi baseMelika ngoku ngowokuba, xa sele unikezelwe kukungazi kwakho, uya kwenza ntoni? Ngaba uza kubakhusela abo ilizwe lakho labonzakeleyo beze kukuxelela ibali?
(IKomiti yoKhuselo ye-Amer Jubran inokufikelelwa kwi-www.amerjubrandefense.org