Xa abaphembeleli bafika kwiziko leBarclays eBrooklyn ukuza kuqhankqalaza i-Friends of the Israel Defence Forces fundraiser eyayidityaniswa nomdlalo womboniso phakathi kweNets kunye ne-Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv, amapolisa ayelinde nomyalezo wawo. Njengoko ubusuku buqhubeka, lo myalezo wawuthetha kakhulu. Abaqhankqalazi bebengayi kuvunyelwa kwi-plaza ebanzi evela phambi kwe-Barclays Centre yonke indlela yokungena kwi-subway ye-Atlantic Yards. Kunoko, kwakuza kufuneka babe kusiba olubiyelweyo kwindlela emxinwa esecaleni kwebala lemidlalo. Ewe, indawo yangaphandle eyakhiwe ngeemali zoluntu yayithathwa njengendawo yabucala, engenankululeko yokuthetha, enyanzeliswa ngabasebenzi bakarhulumente abaxhobileyo, abaziwa ngokuba ngamapolisa.
Intatheli yaseBrooklyn uNorman Oder, obhaliweyo-kunye uyaqhubeka ebhala-ibhlog malunga neprojekthi yeAtlantiki Yards malunga neshumi leminyaka, yandicacisela indlela esebenza ngayo: โNgokomlinganiselo kukho imiqathango kwimisebenzi yeplazaโiDaily News Plaza, ukuchaneka, xa siqwalasela inkxaso yephephandabaโsimele sikhumbule ukuba akunjalo. indawo kawonke-wonke, phezu kwayo nje inkxaso ebalulekileyo yoluntuโinkxaso-mali ethe ngqo, isaphulelo serhafu, ummandla obalaseleyo, ukoyiswa kocando, nokunikezelwa kwamalungelo okuthiyaโkwiZiko leBarclays.โ
(Ngokwempoxo yomlindi, ngaxesha lithile ndaxelelwa ngoonogada bebala ukuba iintatheli azikwazi ukuthetha nabantu โkwiDaily News Plazaโ.)
Ndacela elinye ipolisa ukuba lahlule phakathi โkwendawo evulekileyoโ โnendawo yangaseseโ yenkululeko yokuhlanganisana. Uthe, โEli plaza ngumhlaba wabucala ophethwe yiBarclays. Ukuba uqhanqalazo lwenzeka apha, kungenxa yokuba uBarclays uthi uqhanqalazo lungenzeka apha. โ
Yiloo nto eyabangela ukuba oko kutyhileke kube kungaqhelekanga ngakumbi. Ngelixa abantu abangama-200 bamatsha bejikeleza ipeni ecutheneyo benemibhalo efundeka ngolu hlobo, โMusani ukudlala ngocalucaluloโ kwaye โLo mYuda uthi hayi ekuxhelweni eGaza,โ abaqhankqalazi babehlanganisene kwindawo yabucala, evulekileyo. Bonke abantu abangamadoda, uninzi lwabancinci kwaye bephethe iiflegi zakwa-Israel, bahlambalaza abaqhankqalazi ngendelelo. Uninzi olungabambanga iflegi luphakamise iifowuni ngesandla esinye, becofa abaqhankqalazi ngevidiyo, kwaye baphakamise umnwe ophakathi kwesinye. Xa ndandizama ukwenza udliwano-ndlebe nomnye umfana, wathi, โBafowunele, baphoxe kwimibuzo yakho kwaye bakuphose. Suke uhlukane nam phambi kokuba ndikungcwabe.โ Ndabuza ukuba ufuna ukuchazwa njani. Wathi, โIgama lam ndingu-'fuck you."
Ndingaliboni ithuba elininzi lokuxoxa kweli cala lemivalo, ndabuza amapolisa amaninzi ukuba kutheni le nto yokuqhankqalaza ivunyelwe kwinto endicinga ukuba ngumhlaba wabucala. Ngaba uBarclays wayicacisa le nto? Uninzi lwabo aluzange luphendule, nangona elinye igosa elikhohlakeleyo lathi kum. โOko kungaphezulu kwenqanaba lam lomvuzo. Mhlawumbi ukuba unyusa irhafu apha kwaye unyuse umvuzo wam, ndiza kuba nempendulo.โ (Ndilindele uluvo oluvela kwiZiko leBarclays malunga nokuba lo mboniso uchaseneyo ufumene naluphi na uhlobo lwemvume esemthethweni.)
Ngokuphathelele abaqhankqalazi, ubukho babo babonakaliswa yimfazwe eqhubekayo yasehlotyeni eGaza. Ndibuze uPam Sporn ku Izwi lamaYuda loxolo angathini kwabo bacinga ukuba umsitho wezemidlalo uyindawo engafanelekanga yoqhankqalazo. Wathi, โOwona mfanekiso woyikekayo wohlaselo lwaseGaza kwaSirayeli yayikukufa kwamakhwenkwe amane awayedlala ibhola ekhatywayo elunxwemeni. Amagama abo ngu-Mohamed Ramez Bakr, oneminyaka eyi-11 ubudala, u-Ahed Atef Bakr kunye noZakaria Ahed Bakr, bobabini abaneminyaka eyi-10, kunye no-Ismael Mohamed Bakr, 9. Ndithi amagama abo ngenxa yokuba amaPalestina anyanzelwanga ukuba ukufa kwabo akubhalisi kuninzi koku. ilizwe. Ndilapha ngobu busuku kuba awunakusebenzisa umdlalo webhola yomnyazi ukuhlonipha umkhosi obulele loo makhwenkwe. Ayinasimilo. AmaYuda nabangengomaYuda banembopheleleko yokuthetha ngokuphandle.โ
UMindy Gershon wombutho i-Adalah-NY emva koko wathi, "Ukuba uyakholelwa ukuba sifuna intshukumo ye-Boycott, Divestment kunye neSanctions ukuze sibambe uSirayeli uxanduva, kufuneka sibe lapha xa amaqela e-basketball esiza kudlala." UGershon emva koko wajonga abaqhankqalazi wathi, "Kufuneka sibambe isipili ebusweni babantu abangakholelwayo ukuba amaPalestine angabantu."
Ndiphinde ndathetha nomnini wetikiti le-Nets u-Ahmed Eltouny, othe wafika enxibe ijezi yaseBrooklyn Nets eyenziwe ngokwesiko ngenani lama-48, unyaka wokudalwa kwelizwe lakwaSirayeli, kunye negama elithi Palestine ngasemva. U-Eltouny uthe, โUkuqala kwam ukufumanisa ukuba lo mdlalo usenzeka kwiiveki ezidlulileyo, ushiye incasa embi emlonyeni wam kwaye bendicwangcise ukuba lapha ngaphandle. Xa udlala umdlalo onje, ulungelelanisa ubudlelwane kunye nelizwe elihlala lingayihoyi iZizwe eziManyeneyo kunye naliphi na igunya langaphandle kwizenzo zabo. Kukho ingxowa-mali eqhubekayo ngoku kwibala le-NBA lomkhosi ophandwayo ngolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe. Ingalunga njani i-NBA ngale nto?โ
Ayilulo lonke uqhanqalazo olwenzeka ngaphandle kwebala. Abantu abasuka kwimibutho iNYC Solidarity with Palestine kunye neDirect Action Front yasePalestine baye batyhila ibhanile kwizitendi kwikota yesibini eyayifundeka ngolu hlobo, โSiseBrooklyn. Sukudlala ngocalucalulo #BDS.โ Omnye wabathathi-nxaxheba uAmin Husain, wathi kum emva koko, โAbalandeli bebendlongondlongo. Baxhwila ibhanile. Abokhuseleko bazama ukusikhupha, kodwa sabaphepha. Abanye kwiqela lethu emva koko bakhupha iflegi yasePalestina baza babethwa ngabalandeli. Sasinda kuhlaselo kodwa saphumela ngaphandle. Siwaxelele amapolisa okwenzekileyo kodwa akenzanga nto.โ (Iifoto zoqhanqalazo lwangaphakathi inokubonwa apha.)
Ngelixa oku kwakusenzeka ngaphakathi, ndakwazi kwakhona ukuthetha nomhlali wasekuhlaleni kunye nomlandeli weNets u-Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, owadlula kunye nabantwana bakhe ababini abancinci waza wahlola indawo. โLe kumele ibe yindawo yoluntu,โ watsho kum. โIBrooklyn yindawo emanyeneyo. Iyandicaphukisa into yokuba ulwahlulo oluqhutywa yiFIDF luziswe kwindawo esiyibiza ngokuba likhaya.โ
Omnye umbonisi wase-Israel ogama lingu-Eli, owayengasebenzisi manyala okanye izithuko, wagxeka abaqhankqalazi basePalestina wathi kum, โKutheni bengaqhankqalazi ngokufa eSyria okanye ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo abantu eSaudi Arabia okanye kwi-ISIS? Kodwa banalo lonke ilungelo lokuba lapha. E-US kunye nakwa-Israel ungaqhankqalaza kwaye uviwe, hayi kakhulu kwezinye iindawo. " Emva koko wajonga ngaphaya kwaba bafana batshabhisayo kwicala lakhe lemivalo waza wathi, โLoo mbono ayihambi kakuhle ngomyalezo wam kuni.
Kwakhona uphononongo lwababonisi abachaseneyo ngaphakathi kwimivalo yayinguArya Shirazi waseQueens. UShirazi wathi kum, โXa ndibona wonke loo msindo nolo hlobo lokuziphatha kwabo baxhasa iFIDF, Maccabi Tel Aviv kunye nezenzo zika-Israel, ndize ndisijonge, kuyakhuthaza. Sijonge. Singabantu ngokobuhlanga nangokobuhlanga. Sibancinci nabadala. Singabantu, yiyo loo nto siza kubona iPalestine ekhululekileyo.โ
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