Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi ezingalunganga ezichaphazela ama-Arabhu kunye namaSilamsi yinkolelo eqhelekileyo yokuba bayimbumba ebuthathaka, engabalulekanga, ephenjelelwa lula kwaye ilawulwa ngokungenamgudu. Le ngcinga iphosakeleyo igxininisa kwa kanye isigulo esiye sathwaxa inkqubo yezangaphandle yase-United States kuMbindi Mpuma kangangezizukulwana.
Njengoko iingcali zemithombo yeendaba kunye nabahlalutyi beqala ukuqengqeleka igubu belindele intetho kaMongameli waseMelika uBarack Obama e-Egypt ngoLwesine, bambalwa kakhulu abanike ingqwalasela kwinto yokuba ama-Arabhu namaSilamsi akakho budenge kangangokuba angakhohliswa ngamazwi nje, kodwa abadlali ababalulekileyo kwimicimbi yabo, abakwazi ukumelana nokutshintsha.
Ukuqala, kuphantsi kwaye kububudenge ukuthetha ngepolitiki enye yama-Arabhu kunye namaSilamsi, ngokungathi ijografi, udidi, ulwimi kunye nezopolitiko, phakathi kwezinye izinto ezininzi, zimpawu ezingabalulekanga ezijongelwa phantsi ngokulula. Kutheni kukho ukunyanzeliswa kokujongana nama-Arabhu namaSilamsi njengombutho omnye omanyeneyo - oko kukuthi, "ihlabathi lamaSilamsi" - eliziphatha ngokwengqiqo ethile; utyekele ekuphenduleni isivuseleli esifanayo? Kuyinyani, amaqela ahlukeneyo phakathi kweqela lama-Arabhu namaSilamsi abelana ngembali efanayo, ulwimi kunye nenkolo, kodwa kwanamaqela afanayo ayahluka ngokutolika kwembali, iziyelelane kunye namahlelo enkolo kunye nezakhelo zereferensi.
Kutheni kuncitshiswa? Ngaba kuyinyani ukuba umphambukeli waseMntla Afrika osokolayo kwindawo ehlala ematyotyombeni yaseFransi uphethe imilinganiselo efanayo, ukulindela kunye nombono wobomi njengesityebi, isiArabhu esiqhuba iiSUV kwiGulf? Ngaba umJiphutha ohlwempuzekileyo, ozama ukugqalwa kumbutho wezopolitiko onesithuba sabambalwa abakhethiweyo, unxulumana nehlabathi ngendlela efanayo nomSilamsi waseMalaysia onamathuba amaninzi, ezoqoqosho nezopolitiko?
Nangaphakathi kwelizwe elinye, phakathi kwabantu abafanayo, babambelele kwinkolo efanayo, ngaba ihlabathi lithetha into efanayo, kwaye ngaba amazwi ka-Obama eYiputa amele i-lexicon edibanisayo eya kudibana nayo yonke i-Arab okanye indoda yamaSilamsi okanye iminqweno yomfazi? Ngaba bangabambisana nabachasayo? abo babexhaphaza abanye kunye nabo babexhatshazwa; abo batyebileyo nabangenanto?
Njengoko ixesha lokubuyela umva kutyelelo luka-Obama lusondela kusuku olulindelweyo, iingcali kunye novoto ziyathontelana. Uphando lwakutsha nje olwenziwa nguShilbey Telhami kunye neZogby International lwenziwa kumazwe ama-Arabhu amathandathu, ngalinye limele amava adibeneyo angenakuthelekiswa. I-poll ibhengeze ukuba u-Obama uthandwa phakathi kwama-Arabhu, kodwa ama-Arabhu asayithandabuza i-US. Kwafunyaniswa ukuba i-Iraq yeyona nto ibalulekileyo, ilandelwa yimfazwe yama-Arab-Israel.
Akunakukhanyelwa ukuba ama-Arabhu kumazwe ahlukeneyo aneembono ezinkulu kunye nokulindela okufanayo. Kodwa ngubani onokuthi akukho nto ifanayo phakathi kwamahlwempu aseYiputa naseMexico, kunabaphezulu baseYiputa nasePakistan? Nangona kunjalo, inkcazo enjalo ayinamsebenzi ngenxa yesizathu esinye esiphambili: ama-Arabhu kunye namaSilamsi aphethwe ziidemon ngokudibeneyo, ajoliswe ngokudibeneyo kwaye ngamanye amaxesha, axhatshazwa ngokudibeneyo. Ngamanye amazwi, ngumgaqo-nkqubo welizwe langaphandle wase-US usiya kwiintlanganisela ezahlukeneyo zama-Arabhu namaSilamsi ezichaza ubukhulu becala ukudityaniswa rhoqo kwawo onke ama-Arabhu nawo onke amaSilamsi kudidi olunye.
Ama-Arabhu namaSilamsi abonakala efanelekile njengembumba nanini na i-US inomdla wokwenza utshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo, imfazwe, iphulo lokuzisebenzela "idemokhrasi", njalo njalo. Ziyafumaneka njengembumba ukuze zihlaselwe ziidemon ngokufanelekileyo "njengomnqolobi" okanye zithintelwe ngokulula ngenxa yokubhalisela inkolo "engalunganga".
UDavid Schenker, ubhalela iWashington Institute for Near East Policy website wayenyanisekile ngokwaneleyo ekuchazeni ukubaluleka kwentetho ka-Obama eCairo. Wabonisa ukuba i-Iran ngumba omkhulu u-Obama kunye nama-Arabhu amodareyitha afanayo. Inkcazo yakhe icacile: "Inkqubela phambili yeTehran malunga nesixhobo senyukliya kunye nokubonelela kwayo ngenkxaso yezinto eziphathekayo kunye neengcamango ze-moqawama, okanye ukuchasana, kuwo wonke ummandla uxhalabisa kakhulu iWashington kunye namahlakani ayo angama-Arabhu."
Ngokwe-poll ecatshulwe ngasentla, kuphela iqhezu lama-Arabhu enziwe uphando abonakala exhalabile yinkqubo yenyukliya yaseIran. Oku kushiya i-Iran ibeka "isisongelo" esinye esikhulu, inkxaso yayo yokuchasa.
Iyamangalisa into yokuba ukuxhathisa, okulilungelo lehlabathi lonke kuye nawuphi na umntu ocinezelekileyo okanye imbumba, kujongwana nayo โnjengenkxalabo enkuluโ. Oku kuchaza, ngokuyinxenye, inkohliso eqhubekayo eyonakalisa umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US, kwaye ikwaqaqambisa amandla afanayo abantu abangama-Arabhu namaSilamsi abaqhubeka besebenzisa, ukukwazi kwabo ukuxhathisa. Phakathi kweenkqubo zedemokhrasi eziye zavela zaza zanyamalala kwiminyaka yakutshanje - iprojekthi yedemokhrasi kaGeorge W Bush kuMbindi Mpuma ibenye - akukho nanye yaba sisiphumo seentshukumo zokwenyani nezidibeneyo kwiintlanga zama-Arabhu namaSilamsi. Iintshukumo zokwenyani ezinjalo, nangona zikhona, azithandwa eWashington, kuba zibonakala zingahambelani nezinto ezifunwa yi-US.
Oku kushiya inkalo yokugqibela yokuzibonakalisa ngokudibeneyo, kwakhona, ukuchasa, kuzo zonke izibonakaliso zayo. Zezona zizathu zokuchaswa kwama-Arabhu namaSilamsi afaneleke kakhulu ukuhlalutywa kunye nokuqonda, ngokuchasene nokugxothwa nje ngezizathu zokuba "yinkxalabo enkulu".
Ukuba u-Obama uyaqhubeka nokusondela kuma-Arabhu kunye namaSilamsi njengeqela elinye, elilungele ukusetyenziswa kunye nokukhohliswa ngezithembiso zomgunyathi, intetho emnandi kunye nolwimi lomzimba oluchukumisayo, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kudana. Amaqela aphezulu ezopolitiko, amathandabuzo kwaye, ngokungafihlisiyo, imibutho eyondlekileyo iyala ukuncitshiswa nje ngepesenti kolunye uvoto lwezimvo olunokuthi lujike ngale ndlela okanye leya, nanini na ulawulo lwase-US lumisela ixesha kunye nendawo.
Kukunqongophala okungapheliyo kobunzulu okubangele i-US intlungu enkulu kuMbindi Mpuma, kwaye iya kuyixabisa ngakumbi ukuba loo mpazamo iyaqhubeka.
URamzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ngumbhali kunye nomhleli wePalestineChronicle.com. Umsebenzi wakhe upapashwe kumaphephandaba amaninzi, iijenali kunye ne-anthologies emhlabeni jikelele. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje yi-Second Palestinian Intifada: Imbali yoMzabalazo waBantu (Pluto Press, London). Incwadi yakhe ezayo ethi My Father was a Freedom Fighter: Gazaโs Untold Story.
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