Bahlobo abathandekayo,
Ndichulumancile kakhulu ukunixelela ukuba iKholeji yaseHampshire ibe yikholeji yokuqala yase-US… ukushiya umsebenzi wamaSirayeli, kanye njengokuba yayingabantu bokuqala ukuhlukana nocalucalulo lwaseMzantsi Afrika ngo-1977! Unokufunda konke malunga nayo kumxholo wentliziyo yakho kwi-Hampshire Student for Justice ePalestine (SJP) iwebhusayithi: http://www.hsjp.org/.
Kodwa iHampshire SJP…idinga[s] uncedo lwakho! Ulawulo lweHampshire luzikhwebule kwisigqibo, lubanga ukuba isigqibo sebhodi sokuntywila sasibanzi, esingabotshwanga nakwesiphi na isizathu sezopolitiko. Uluntu lwaseHampshire lwazi ngcono. U-Alan Dershowitz naye wazi ngcono, kwaye woyikise i-Hampshire ngephulo lakhe lokuphambana nekholeji. Kubonakala ngathi abaphathi bayazama, njengoko watshoyo uAlan Dershowitz, ukudlala macala omabini. Masibancede bacace, ngokubabhalela, sivuyisana nabo, kwaye sibakhuthaze ukuba bazingce ngesigqibo sabo esisisiseko!
- UHannah Mermelstein, i-imeyile ngeCawa, ngoFebruwari 15, 2009.
Emva kweentsuku ezine zokulandelela ingxabano eyalandela ukukhululwa kweendaba zabafundi ngoFebruwari 11 Hampshire ("IKholeji yaseHampshire iba yikholeji yokuqala e-US ukuphuma kwi-Occupation yase-Israel!") Ndifumene ileta kaMermelstein kwibhokisi yam yeposi. Kwakubonakala kufanelekile. Ngo-2005 uMermelstein wasekwa, kunye no-1987 Hampshire ophumelele uDunya Alwan, umbutho "Birthright Unplugged" (bona www.birthrightunplugged.org). (Indawo echaseneyo nokhenketho lwakwaSirayeli olunezithende olunezithende kulutsha lwamaYuda, i-"Birthright Unplugged" ibonelela ngokhenketho lweWest Bank olukhokelwayo - ngakumbi kodwa hayi kuphela - kumaYuda aselula.)
Imbali eninzi yemfundo kule campus incinci, ikhululekile kakhulu yaseNew England (ubuncinci beminyaka elishumi), yandulela iinzame zaBafundi bezoBulungisa ePalestine (SJP), eyasekwa ngo-2006, ukufumana iHampshire ukuba ihlukane kwiinkampani ezintandathu ezinceda kunye nenzuzo. ukusuka ekuhlaleni kukaSirayeli kwiWest Bank kunye neGaza - Caterpillar, ITT Corporation, Terex, United Technologies, kunye neGeneral Electric. (Ukufumana ulwazi malunga nendlela la maqumrhu anyhasha ngayo amalungelo oluntu asePalestine bona http://www.hsjp.org/divestment/. Ukufumana iinkcukacha malunga nephulo elide lemfundo le-SJP bona "Coda" ekupheleni kweli nqaku.)
Owona mzekelo uphambili yayikukuhlukana kwekholeji ngo-1976 kuCalucalulo lwaseMzantsi Afrika (yayiyikholeji/iyunivesithi yokuqala yase-US ukwenza oko). Ngomnyaka wezifundo ze-2006-07, umlawuli wezonxibelelwano waseHamphire u-Elaine Thomas ubhengeze, "NgoMgaqo-nkqubo wethu woTyalo-mali olujongene noLuntu, asinalo utyalo-mali kunye neenkampani ezenza ishishini kunye nolawulo lwaseSudan." Omnye ugqiba kwelokuba iHampshire ayifuni ukubiza amagama elizwe - ngaphandle, ngokucacileyo, xa isiza kwaSirayeli. (Jonga uRobert Fisk "Intetho Ekhululekile? Hayi xa ifika kwiLizwe lakwaSirayeli," Ezizimeleyo, Matshi 12, 2006.)
Ngentsasa kanye abafundi bathumela ingxelo yabo yeendaba, u-Alan Dershowitz waseHarvard watsalela umnxeba umfundi ngamnye ogama lakhe livele kwisiteyitimenti, esoyikisa iphulo lakhe lokuqhawula umtshato eHampshire.
Ngaloo mvakwemini abalawuli abathathu, kuquka intloko yeBhodi yeTrasti kunye nomongameli wekholeji, bathumela abafundi angaphambili kunye noluntu ngokubanzi "Inkcazo yeNkcazo malunga nezenzo zeTrasti kuTyalo-mali lweKholeji." Ngokwe "ngcaciso," ibhodi yetrasti iye yahlola ingxowa-mali ethile kwaye yafumanisa iinkampani ezingaphezu kwama-200 ezonileyo. Ukwahluka kubo, yabhengeza ingxelo, "ayizange ibhekisele kwintshukumo yezopolitiko okanye ikhuphe amashishini asebenzayo kwindawo ethile okanye ilizwe."
Emva kokuba "ingcaciso" ifike kwi-Intanethi, kwehla - ubuncinci kwezinye iindawo zokushicilela - ukuthula okukhulu. (eLondon Guardian, ngokomzekelo, akazange akhuphe ibali ebelilindeleke kwiveki ephelileyo.) Kwanalo mbhali waphoxa, ezama ukuqonda ukuba ngubani owenze ntoni nini yaye kutheni, leliphi “icala lebali” “lalilungile,” yaye kutheni libalulekile. Hampshire ayenayo Uhluthwe kwiinkampani ezintandathu ezonakalise imimandla yasePalestine. Ke kuthekani ukuba bekuyinyani ukuba iHampshire khange iphume kwezi nkampani kuphela, kodwa isuka ngaphezulu kwama-200 ambi?
Kodwa ibalulekile, kwaye nazi izibakala: isigqibo sebhodi sokuhlukana kwezi nkampani silandele iminyaka emibini ye-SJP enononophelo kwikhampasi ekhankaselayo, yafikelela incopho yesikhalazo esikhankanywe "yingcaciso" - "iNkcazo yeZiko" esayinwe ngabantu abangama-800 kuquka. ifakhalthi kunye nesiqingatha somzimba wabafundi - sikhuthaza ukugxothwa kwiinkampani ezintandathu.
Ukuba i-SJP ishukumise i-Hampshire ukuba ihlukane kwisithandathu yinto ebangayo kungekuphela ngabafundi, kodwa ikhankanywe "kwingcaciso" yabalawuli. Kwimihlathi yesine kwemihlanu kuza intlebendwane: "Uphononongo lwe…ingxowa-mali [equlethe iinkampani ezingaphezu kwama-200 ezinezenzo ezikhubekisayo] yenziwe…ukujongana nesikhalazo esivela kwiqela labafundi, i-Student for Justice in Palestine."
Kabini ngoMeyi wokugqibela, ngokwe-rebuttal ye-SJP ye-disclaimer yolawulo, i-SJP yachazela ibhodi ye-trasti iinkcukacha zokuphulwa kwenkampani nganye yomgaqo-nkqubo wotyalo-mali wekholeji. Kweyesibini yezi ntlanganiso, ngoMeyi 16, i-SJP yazisa "iNgxelo yeZiko" kwibhodi. Ngo-Agasti i-subcommittee yebhodi ivotele "ukucebisa ikomiti yotyalo-mali ukuba i-Hampshire College idivest kwezi nkampani zintandathu zilandelayo: Caterpillar, Terex, Motorola, ITT, General Electric, United Technologies esekelwe kuqwalaselo olupheleleyo lwentetho ye-SJP." (Isicatshulwa sokugqibela sisuka ngqo kwimizuzu yekomitana.) I-SJP igxininisa ukuba kwiinyanga ezisibhozo ezinesiqingatha kuphela iinkampani ekuthethwa ngazo zezi: i-194-plus yayiyingcamango engxamisekileyo.
I-SJP ithi: "Ngokomlinganiselo, kwiveki edlulileyo i-Hampshire College yatyalwa kwi-Israel ehlala ePalestine. Namhlanje, ikholeji ayisabandakanyekanga kwinkxaso-mali yale ntswela-bulungisa. Le yinyaniso engenakuphikiswa kunye noloyiso lwembali oluthi lubekho. ifuna ukubhiyozelwa kunye nenkxaso."
Ukwahluka okukhethiweyo
Iphulo le-SJP yaba lelinye ukhetha ukwahlukana. Oku akukwazi ukuphinda ngokwaneleyo. (Ngokuqinisekileyo upapasho lukaB'nai Brith, "JTA," lusabhengeza kwisihloko kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba isikolo siphumile “kwaSirayeli.” Ngokufanayo, umbuzo kaDershowitz kubafundi awayebatsalele umnxeba yayikukuba ingaba iHampshire… kwaSirayeli.”)
Ngokutsho kukaBrian Van Slyke oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, omncinci waseHampshire kunye nomfundi weBhodi yeTrasti yaseHampshire, i-SJP yayisoloko isentlungwini yokufumana umbutho wabafundi ukuba uqonde umahluko phakathi. ukhetha Ukuhluthwa kwezinye iinkampani ezishishina ngokuhlala kwaSirayeli, kunye nokuhluthwa ngengubo kwilizwe lakwaSirayeli. "Abantu abaninzi ekhampasini baye bawuqonda [umahluko] kwaye ngoko basixhasa. Abo babecinga ukuba sifuna ukuhlukana nalo lonke ilizwe lakwaSirayeli beza kusixhasa xa sicacisa ukuba oku kwakungeyona injongo yethu."
Umncinane oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala, uJay Cassano, uthi, "Kwakukho ingxoxo eninzi yangaphakathi malunga nendlela yokuyila, kwaye yintoni emayijolise kuyo ekuqhawuleni imali. Akukho mntu wakha wacela ukuba kuhlulwe ngokupheleleyo e-United States kwiimfazwe zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan.
UMatan Cohen, omnye wamaSirayeli amabini kwi-SJP (uCohen waseka i-Anarchists yakwaSirayeli engenabundlobongela ngokuchasene noDonga), uyongezelela: "Sasicinga ukuba kuya kuba bubulumko ukubonisa ukuba ezi nkampani zime [ngokuchasene] nemigaqo-nkqubo yekholeji kwirekhodi. kuya kucaca ngakumbi kuluntu lwethu ukuba luhlukane nezi nkampani. Kungqinwa ngokulula kwaye kunzima ukuphikisa. Ababaninzi abantu abanokuthi kuwe, 'Andinangxaki ngemali yam ukuya kwiibhombu ezidibeneyo.'
Kulungile ukuba iKholeji yaseHamphire inomgaqo-nkqubo wotyalo-mali ojongene nentlalontle (ambalwa amaziko emfundo ephakamileyo ase-US enzayo). Ikwayinto entle ukuba ibhodi yetrasti, iphumile kumaqumrhu amathandathu, yabona kufanelekile ukuba ihlukane nabanye abayi-194 abakhubekisayo. Kodwa kulihlazo ukuba ikholeji ayizukuma emva kwesigqibo sayo esibalulekileyo. Ayiphelelanga nje ekubeni umsebenzi wabafundi bayo abakhaliphileyo, abakrelekrele bayincede izalisekise isigunyaziso sayo sotyalo-mali. Abafundi - kunye nekholeji abayimeleyo - bathathe inyathelo elimangalisayo ngokuchasene nokungabikho kokusesikweni okumasikizi ebusweni besoyikiso esikhulu kunye nokuhlolwa. Eli xesha lelinye le-neo-McCarthyism, kunye noDaniel Pipes, iProjekthi kaDavid, iSima noSirayeli, u-Alan Dershowitz kunye nabanye abadlala indima yeeKomiti zesizwe ze-Un-Israeli Activities.
I-SJP kunye neHampshire nazo zithathe inyathelo kulawulo lomthetho. Ngowama-2004 iNkundla Yezizwe Ngezizwe yawisa isigwebo sokuba udonga olongezelelekileyo, olwakhiwa yiCaterpillar Corporation, lwalungekho mthethweni. Umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe (kuquka iNgqungquthela yesine yaseGeneva) ufuna ukuba abahlali bakhusele abemi abahlala kuwo, kwaye ubathintele ukuba bahlale kumhlaba othinjiweyo. UMthetho wokuThunyela ngaphandle noLawulo lwezixhobo zase-US kufuna ukuba oorhulumente bafumane izixhobo zase-US kuthie bona kuphela ukuzikhusela. Amaqumrhu amathandathu alahlwa yiHamphire abandakanyeka kwaye afumana inzuzo emsebenzini ngokunikezela ngezixhobo zokutshatyalaliswa okukhulu ezisetyenziswa nguSirayeli ngokuchasene nabantu abathinjiweyo. Ezi ziquka iibulldozer zeCaterpillar kunye noluhlu olubanzi lwezixhobo kunye nee-elektroniki eziphucukileyo ezibonelelwa zezinye iinkampani ezintlanu.
Kuba i-Israel kunye ne-US zingathobelanga umthetho womthetho, ekuphela kwendlela yoqhanqalazo olungenabundlobongela, kubandakanya nokukwaywa, ukuntywila kunye nezohlwayo. I-SJP kunye neHampshire bathathe inyathelo lokuqala elinesibindi kumzabalazo oqhubekayo kwiikhampasi ezingama-22 kulo lonke elase-US (bona dwelisa apha) nangaphakathi e-UK, eMzantsi Afrika, nase-Australia.
(Abafundi banokulandela iziganeko zeHampshire ngo www.hsjp.org. Abafundi bacela iileta zenkxaso: zithumele ku [imeyile ikhuselwe]. Ikholeji iphantsi koxinzelelo olukhulu kwaye abafundi bacela iminikelo yokunceda iHampshire isinde ekuhlaselweni kwayo. Nge https://alumni.hampshire.edu/giving/waysToGive/giveOnline.aspx, bona "Khetha indawo yesipho," khetha "Isipho ngokubanzi." Kwi "Amanqaku," bhala: "Ngenxa yemizamo ye-SJP.")
I-CODA: AMANQAKU NGEPHULO
SJP'Iphulo leminyaka emibini libandakanya imisebenzi yokufundisa engaphezu kwama-27. Oku kuquka ukuboniswa kweefilimu qho ngeveki; iintetho ezenziwa ngamaPalestina namaSirayeli; umlindo wokhanyo lwekhandlela olungxamisekileyo kunye nokufundwa kwemibongo kwabangaphezulu kwe-120 ababhubhe eGaza kunye nabafundi abasibhozo bakwa-Israeli abafela eYerusalem; udonga olufakelweyo lwefaksi olwakhiwe kwingca yethala leencwadi; iingxoxo phakathi kwamalungu oluntu lwamaYuda eHampshire, iManyano yaBafundi bamaJuda, kunye neManyano yeZioni eziQhubelekayo; uqhanqalazo lweekholeji ezintlanu eNtshona Massachusetts ngokuchasene nohlaselo lukaSirayeli eGaza. (Ukwenzela "umgca wexesha" wazo zonke ezi bona "Imbali ye-SJP" apha https://hampedia.org/wiki/SJP.)
Incinci le nto ekuqaleni yayilula. UKanya D'Almeida oneminyaka engama-22 ubudala uthi: “Sasichaswa kakhulu ngabafundi abangamaYuda ababecinga ukuba siwuvakalisa ngamandla umyalezo wethu. "Sasineeforamu ezivulekileyo, iziganeko ezikhethekileyo zabafundi abangamaYuda ababecinga ukuba inkcaso yamaYuda yayibandakanyekile. Senze indawo yokuba abantu basondele kuthi, sasisoloko sinoncwadi. Sasineetafile ngaphandle kweholo yokutyela nezinye izakhiwo. esoloko ezama ukufikeleleka."
Iintetho ze-SJP kwibhodi yabaphathiswa zibandakanya indawo ye-45 yemizuzu yamandla ebonisa, uthi uMatan Cohen, "indlela zonke iinkampani eziphula ngayo zombini umgaqo-nkqubo wethu wotyalo-mali, kwaye ngokubanzi [amaPalestina] amalungelo oluntu kunye [nokwenza] ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe ePalestine. Sisebenzise iingxelo ezivela kwiUN, Amnesty International kunye neHuman Rights Watch malunga nokudilizwa kwezindlu.Umzekelo, iCaterpillar izuza inzuzo ngokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu, kwaye iyaqonda ukuba ukuthengisa iibulldozer zeD9 kwaSirayeli kubaluleke kakhulu ekuququzeleleni ukwaphulwa kwemithetho yamazwe ngamazwe. Iinkampani azibandakanyeki ngokuthe cwaka; zingabaxhamli ngokuthe ngqo kulo msebenzi. Ngoko ke kufuneka zijongwe njengabo bavumela umsebenzi ukuba uqhubeke."
Mhlawumbi ayizange ibuhlungu into yokuba amaYuda amabini akwaSirayeli ayephambili kwimisebenzi yawo. I-sophomore eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, uMatan Cohen, umseki we-Anarchists ongenabundlobongela bakwaSirayeli ngokumelene noDonga, ozama ukukhusela amaPalestina aseWest Bank, ubanjwe "amaxesha amaninzi" ngokuthatha inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo olungenabugorha. Uphandwe yinkonzo yasemfihlekweni yakwaSirayeli. Ngamazwi akhe, "ungumntu wokuqala ukuvinjwa inkonzo emkhosini." Elinye ilungu le-SJP, uNoam Bahat, wachitha iminyaka emihlanu kwintolongo yakwaSirayeli ngenxa yokungavumi ukuya emkhosini ngenxa yesazela sakhe. Kodwa eli qela linezizwe ezininzi kwaye libandakanya amaYuda nabangengawo amaYuda, amaPalestina namaSirayeli. Kulo mbhali eli phulo libonisa umzamo wendibaniselwano ongumzekelo. (Ukufumana iingxelo ezishukumayo malunga nayo yonke into, yiva "Iizwi lokuDivestment" apha www.hsjp.)
Ellen Cantarow uye wabhala ngoSirayeli nePalestina ukususela ngowe-1979 at [imeyile ikhuselwe].
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