Kangangeminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe emva kokusekwa kwayo, u-Israyeli waya kubude obungaqhelekanga ukwenza umfanekiso wakhe “njengokukhanya ezintlangeni”.
Yazibanga ngelithi “yenze intlango yaqhakaza” ngokutyala amahlathi phezu kwezindlu ezidiliziweyo zabemi basePalestina abangama-750,000 1948 eyayibathinjelwe ngowe-XNUMX. Amajoni “owona mkhosi unemilinganiselo yokuziphatha ehlabathini lonke” kuthiwa wakhala njengoko ayenyanzelwa ukuba adubule “abangeneleli” basePalestina bezama ukudubula. buyela ekhaya. Kwaye konke oku kwenzeka kwinto ababebanga ngayo amaSirayeli “yidemokhrasi kuphela” yaseMbindi Mpuma.
Ishishini elaziwa ngokuba yi-hasbara – isimboli sepropaganda – laqesha amaYuda kwaSirayeli nakwamanye amazwe ukuba abe liphulo lokuphembelela ihlabathi ukuba ukuhluthwa kwabantu basePalestine kwenzelwa ukunceda uluntu. Impumelelo yakwaSirayeli kwezenzululwazi, kwezolimo nakwezamayeza yanconywa.
Kodwa kwihlabathi elinxibelelene ngakumbi, elo phulo losasazo likhawuleza liqhawuke. Iikhamera zemfonomfono ngoku zirekhoda amajoni “aziphethe kakuhle” abulala abantu basePalestina abangaxhobanga eGaza okanye ebetha abantwana baseHebron.
Ukunganeliseki, kubandakanywa nombutho okhulayo wamazwe ngamazwe wokukwaya, uye waqhubela iphiko lasekunene likaSirayeli ekubeni lidelele ngakumbi kwaye lizenze amalungisa. Ayisayifihli injongo yayo yokuqonda ngokungqongqo “uSirayeli oMkhulu” ekudala ulindelwe.
Inkqubo enxuseneyo igqitha ngasekhohlo kwaSirayeli kodwa ayizange iqatshelwe kangako. Nalo lizibophelele ngenkani kwilifa lembono yalo - ukudalwa kwelizwe ekucingelwa ukuba "lamaYuda kunye nedemokhrasi" emva ko-1948.
Yaye kanye njengokuba ukuziphatha okubi kolawulo olunogonyamelo lukaSirayeli kwimimandla ethathiweyo kujongwa ngakumbi, kukwanjalo nebango labo lokuba yidemokhrasi enika amalungelo alinganayo kubo bonke abemi.
I-Israel ibandakanya igcuntswana elikhulu labemi basePalestine abazizigidi ezisisi-1.8, iintsalela zalabo basinde ekugxothweni okufunekayo ekudalweni kwayo. Nangona abemi basePalestine benevoti, yayisisisa esilula emva kokuba u-Israel ebambe unyulo ngo-1948 ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu basePalestine bahlala beligcuntswana elisisigxina nelithatha isigqibo.
Kwinkqubo yokuhlala yocalucalulo, abemi basePalestine bavalelwe kwi-ghettos kwiqhezu elincinci lomhlaba ngelixa u-Israel "enze ilizwe" ngeepesenti ezingama-93 zommandla wakhe kumaYuda kwihlabathi liphela.
Kodwa emva kwamashumi eminyaka yengcinezelo, kuquka neminyaka engama-20 yokuqala ephila phantsi kolawulo lomkhosi, iqaqobana lasePalestina liye lakhula ngokuthe ngcembe lizithemba ngakumbi ekuqaqambiseni iintsilelo zezopolitiko zikaSirayeli.
Kwiintsuku zamva nje, abezomthetho basePalestine bangenise amanyathelo amathathu owiso-mthetho phambi kwepalamente ukuze baqhume inkohliso yokuba uSirayeli yidemokhrasi yenkululeko yendlela yasentshona.
Akukho namnye owame elona thuba lincinane lokupasiswa kwinkqubo eyenzelwe ukugcina abenzi bomthetho basePalestine baphume kuyo nayiphi na into entsonkothileyo yakwaSirayeli kodwa iphelele koorhulumente bomdibaniselwano beZionist.
Umlinganiselo wokuqala wafuna ukurhoxisa i-quasi-governmental status yemibutho emikhulu yeZionist yamazwe ngamazwe njenge-Jewish National Fund (JNF) kunye ne-Arhente yamaJuda.
Nangona iphathwa njengamaqumrhu karhulumente, le mibutho ibophelelekile ngeetshatha zayo ukuba icalucalule ekwabeleni izibonelelo zelizwe kunye namalungelo kumaYuda ehlabathini lonke kunokuba iwabele amaSirayeli. Injongo kukukhuphela ngaphandle abemi basePalestine kwiinzuzo ezinkulu zelizwe.
I-JNF ivala ukufikelela kwabangengawo amaYuda kumhlaba omninzi kwaSirayeli kwaye iphuhlisa uluntu olutsha ngokukhethekileyo kumaYuda, ngelixa i-Arhente yamaYuda ithintela ukufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kunye nezinto ezinxulumene noko kumaYuda kuphela.
Umthetho oyilwayo – owawulungiselelwe ukuphelisa amashumi eminyaka ocalucalulo olucacileyo ngakummi omnye kwabahlanu wabemi bakwaSirayeli – woyiswa xa onke amaqela angamaYuda avotele ngokuchasene nawo. UZuheir Bahloul, okuphela kowiso-mthetho wasePalestine kwiZionist Union, iqela elisekhohlo elakhe labizwa ngokuba yiLabour, wagwetywa ngomsindo ngoogxa bamaJuda ngokwaphula amanqanaba kunye nokuvotela umthetho oyilwayo.
Ayizange yothuse loo nto. Inkokeli yangaphambili yeqela, u-Isaac Herzog, uphambili ukuba abe ngusihlalo olandelayo we-Arhente yamaJuda. Iqela lasekhohlo lakwaSirayeli lisayihlonela le mibutho iphakamisa amalungelo obuhlanga - kumaYuda - uhlobo olwaluqhelekile kuMzantsi Afrika wocalucalulo.
Umnumzana Bahloul naye wazifumana sele ekwicala lokudutyulwa emva kokuba engenise umthetho oyilwayo owahlukileyo ofuna ukuba okokuqala ngqa umthetho-siseko wolingano ufakwe kuyo yonke iMithetho eyi-11 yeSiseko, elingana nomgaqo-siseko wakwaSirayeli. Isindululo soyiswa ngokupheleleyo, kubandakanywa neqela lakhe.
Inyathelo lesithathu yayilibhilikhwe efuna ukuba uSirayeli ahlaziywe ukusuka kwilizwe lamaYuda abe kwimo yabo bonke abemi, emele bonke ngokulinganayo. Kwintshukumo enxaxhile kakhulu, ikomiti eyonganyelwe ngabawisi-mthetho bamaJuda ivotele ukurhoxisa umthetho oyilwayo kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba ungade uthiwe thaca, iwuvimba naliphi na ithuba lokuxoxwa kwetyala kwipalamente.
Umcebisi wepalamente wezomthetho, u-Eyal Yinon, ulumkise ukuba lo mgaqo uza kuguqula isimilo sakwa-Israyeli ngokunika abemi bamaJuda nabasePalestine "inqanaba elilinganayo". USomlomo weKnesset uYuli Edelstein uwubize lo mthetho uyilwayo ngokuba “yimpoxo”. “Nawuphi na umntu okrelekrele unokuyibona kufuneka ivalwe ngoko nangoko,” utshilo.
Unjingalwazi wezomthetho uMordechai Kremnitzer, okwangoku, uvumile ukuba lo mthetho uyilwayo ubhentsise idemokhrasi yakwaSirayeli “njengeneziphene”.
Le mithetho emithathu evela kubameli bezomthetho basePalestina inokuthi ilungise ukungalingani okuqulethwe phantse kwimithetho ye-70 yase-Israel ethi, ngokutsho kwe-Adalah, iqela lamalungelo omthetho, licalucalula ngokucacileyo ngokusekelwe kubuhlanga.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, inani lemithetho enjalo liye lakhula ngokuphawulekayo kwiminyaka yakutshanje njengoko uAdalah nabanye baye bacel’ umngeni amalungelo amaYuda ezinkundleni.
Ama-Israel asekhohlo nasekunene adityaniswe nemikhosi ukuphelisa ezi zenzo zocalucalulo zigrogriswayo ngomthetho omtsha - ekhuselekile ukuba inkundla ephakamileyo eyoyikisayo ayinakuzama ukurhoxisa intando yepalamente.
Inyani yeyokuba amaSirayeli asekhohlo - aboniswe ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ukuba ilizwe lawo asiyiyo idemokhrasi yenkululeko ababeyicingela - baye bakhawuleza ukujoyina ilungelo ekuthuliseni abagxeki kunye nokuphumeza ingcinezelo eqatha.
Abemi basePalestine abaqhankqalaza ngoxolo ngokuchasene nendyikityha yokubulawa kwabaqhankqalazi eGaza ngabahlaseli bomkhosi babethwa beselugcinweni lwamapolisa kwinyanga ephelileyo. Enye inkokeli yombutho wasekuhlaleni ebanjiweyo yophuka idolo. Akuzange kubekho nakuphi na ukuchasa, nokuba ngasekhohlo.
Namhlanje, amaSirayeli aphila phantsi. Abavukeli boqhankqalazo abasuka kumazwe angaphandle abavunyelwa ukuba bangene. Abaqhankqalazi abangaxhomanga basePalestina badutyulwe eGaza. Yaye abagxeki phakathi kwaSirayeli bayathuliswa okanye bayabethwa.
Zonke ezi mpendulo zinesiphelo esifanayo engqondweni: ukuthintela nantoni na enokudubula iqamza lenkohliso kwaye isoyikise imvakalelo yamaSirayeli yokuziphatha okuphakamileyo.
Inguqulelo yeli nqaku yavela okokuqala kwiSizwe, Abu Dhabi.
UJonathan Cook uphumelele iBhaso eliKhethekileyo likaMartha Gellhorn lobuntatheli. Iincwadi zakhe ziquka "i-Israel kunye ne-Clash of Civilizations: i-Iraq, i-Iran kunye neSicwangciso sokwenza kwakhona uMbindi Mpuma" (i-Pluto Press) kunye "nePalestine yokunyamalala: Iimvavanyo zakwaSirayeli ekuphelelweni ithemba kwabantu" (Iincwadi zeZed). Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.jonathan-cook.net.
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