“Molo Tata. Ungazikhathazi ngam kakhulu, ngoku ndixhalabile kakhulu kukuba asisebenzi. Andiziva ndisengozini ngakumbi. URafah ubonakala ezolile mva nje,” uRachel Corrie wabhalela uyise, uCraig, waseRafah, idolophu ekumazantsi eGaza Strip.
'I-imeyile yokugqibela kaRachel' ayizange ifakwe kwiwebhusayithi yeRachel Corrie Foundation. Kumele ukuba yabhalwa ngokukhawuleza emva kwe-imeyile yakhe yokugqibela kumama wakhe, uCindy, ngo-Feb 28. Wabulawa yi-bulldozer yase-Israel ngo-Matshi 16, i-2003.
Ngokukhawuleza emva kokufa kwakhe okubuhlungu, etyunyuzwe phantsi kwebhuldozer yomkhosi wase-Israel, uRafah wamkela ilifa lakhe njengomnye 'umfeli-nkolo' wasePalestina. Yayisisipho esifanelekileyo kuRakeli, owazalelwa kusapho olunenkqubela kwidolophu yase-Olympia, yona ngokwayo iyindawo yokulwa nemfazwe kunye nokulwela ubulungisa kwezentlalo. Kodwa iOlympia ikwalikomkhulu laseWashington State. Abezopolitiko apha banokuba lukhuni, babe bhetyebhetye kunye no-Israel njengazo naziphi na ezinye izihlalo zikarhulumente e-US, apho amadoda nabafazi abanxibe kabukhali bajoki amandla kunye nefuthe. Kwiminyaka elishumi emva kokufa kukaRakeli, urhulumente wase-US useza kuphendulisa uSirayeli. Nobulungisa abulindelwe nanini na kungekudala.
Ukubiyela iingcingo zase-Egypt kunye nezakwa-Israel, kwaye zifakwe zezona nkampu zembacu zihlwempuzekileyo naphi na, uRafah akazange ayeke ukuba sisihloko seendaba kwiminyaka. Umdibaniso wedolophu woVukelo lokuQala lwasePalestine (Intifada) ngo-1987 yayiyintsomi phakathi kwezinye iidolophu ezichasayo, iilali kunye neenkampu zeembacu eGaza nakwiPalestine iphela. Umkhosi wamaSirayeli wasebenzisa iRafah njengendawo yokuvavanya isifundo esiya kufundiswa kubo bonke abantu basePalestina. Ngaloo ndlela, uluhlu lwayo ‘ lwabafeli-nkolo’ lolona lude, yaye akunakwenzeka ukuba luyeke ukukhula nanini na kungekudala. Uninzi lweetonela ezigqwesileyo zaseRafah zatshabalala zokugrumba ukuya eYiputa ukophula uthintelo lwezoqoqosho lwakwaSirayeli olwalandela unyulo lwedemokhrasi lwasePalestine ngowama-2006. Bangcwatywa phantsi kweemfumba zodaka, berhaxwa ngamanzi amdaka aseYiputa, okanye bavuthululwe yimijukujelwa yakwaSirayeli, amanye amadoda aseRafah akakafumaneki. ukungcwatywa ngokufanelekileyo.
URafah wabandezeleka iminyaka emininzi, hayi kancinci ngenxa yokuba yayijikelezwe ngokuyinxenye liqela leendawo zokuhlala zamaJuda ezingekho mthethweni-iSlav, Atzmona, Pe'at Sadeh, Gan Or nabanye. Abemi baseRafah bahluthwa ukhuseleko, inkululeko, kunye nexesha elide, ukufikelela kulwandle olusondeleyo, ukuze amakholoni angekho mthethweni afumane ukhuseleko, inkululeko kunye neelwandle ezizimeleyo. Kwanaxa iindawo zokuhlala zachithwa ngo-2005, iRafah yabanjwa kakhulu phakathi komda womkhosi wase-Israel, ukungena, izithintelo zase-Egypt kunye nokungqingwa okungaxoleliyo. Enyanisweni, uRafah uyaqhubeka exhathisa.
URachel nabahlobo bakhe be-International Solidarity Movement (ISM) bamele ukuba bawuxabisa umceli mngeni okhoyo kunye nenkohlakalo umkhosi wakwa-Israel owawuqhuba ngayo ishishini lawo. Enikela ingxelo kwiphephandaba iBritish Independent laseRafah, uJustin Huggler wabhala oku ngoDec. 23, 2003: “Amabali okubulawa kwabantu abangekho mkhosini aphuma eRafah, ephuma kwiingxelo zeendaba eYerusalem phantse veki nganye. Olokugqibela, intombazana eneminyaka eli-11 ubudala yadutyulwa xa iphuma esikolweni ngoMgqibelo.” Inqaku lakhe lalinomxholo othi: “ERafah, abantwana baye baqhelana nesandi sompu kangangokuba abakwazi kulala ngaphandle kwawo.” Naye “wabiwa bubuthongo akuva isandi semipu.”
URafah wayenxulunyaniswe nezinye izinto zokwenyani ezoyikisayo, enye kukudilizwa kwezindlu. Kwingxelo yayo, iRazing Rafah, eyapapashwa ngo-Oct 18, 2004, iHuman Rights Watch yakhankanya amanani awothusayo. Kwizindlu ezingama-2,500 ezadilizwa nguSirayeli eGaza phakathi kowama-2000-04, “phantse isibini kwisithathu sala makhaya ayeseRafah… Ishumi elinesithandathu lamawaka abantu, ngaphezu kweshumi ekhulwini labemi baseRafah, baphulukene namakhaya abo, uninzi lwabo iimbacu, uninzi lwabo abathi bahluthwa ilizwe okwesibini okanye okwesithathu. Uninzi lwentshabalalo yenzekile ukuze indledlana ibe banzi ukuze kukhuseleke imisebenzi yomkhosi wamaSirayeli. Esona sixhobo samaSirayeli yayiyibulldozer yeCaterpillar D9, eyayidla ngokufika ezinzulwini zobusuku.
URachel Corrie naye watyunyuzwa luhlobo olufanayo lwe-US eyenziwe kwaye inikezelwe ngebulldozer eyoyikisa uRafah iminyaka. Akumangalisi ukuba iifoto zikaRakeli kunye nemizobo eyahlukeneyo yegraffiti zihlobisa iindonga ezininzi zezitrato zaseRafah. Ukukhumbula isikhumbuzo sokufa kukaRakeli ngexesha leshumi, abagqugquzeli baseRafah bahlanganisana ngo-Matshi 16. Bathetha ngokunyanisekileyo ngentombazana yaseMerika eyayicela umngeni kwi-bulldozer yase-Israel ukuze ikhaya likaRafah lihlale limile. Intombazana eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala yambulela uRachel ngenkalipho yakhe yaza yacela urhulumente waseUnited States ukuba ayeke ukunika uSirayeli izixhobo ezidla ngokusetyenziswa nxamnye nabemi.
Ngelixa uRafah wayephethe umsebenzi omninzi kunye nempindezelo yomkhosi wamaSirayeli, ibali lakhe kunye nelikaRakeli lalingumfuziselo nje wentlekele enkulu ebiqhubeka ePalestina iminyaka emininzi. Nasi isishwankathelo esikhawulezayo senkqubo yokudilizwa kwezindlu kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ngokweKomiti yakwa-Israeli echasene nokudilizwa kweNdlu, ekwapapashwe kwi-Al Jazeera ka-Agasti ka-2012:
Urhulumente wase-Israel utshabalalise amakhaya angama-22 e-East Jerusalem kunye namakhaya angama-222 eWest Bank ngo-2011, eshiya abantu abamalunga ne-1,200 bengenamakhaya. Ngexesha lemfazwe yaseGaza (ngoDisemba 2008 - Jan 2009), yatshabalalisa amakhaya e-4,455, ishiya i-20,000 yasePalestina ifuduka kwaye ayikwazi ukwakha kwakhona ngenxa yezithintelo ezibekwe ngungqingo. (Ezinye iingxelo zinikela uqikelelo oluphakame kakhulu.) Ukususela ngowe-1967, urhulumente wakwaSirayeli watshabalalisa amakhaya angama-25,000 160,000 kwimimandla eyayithinjiwe, nto leyo eyabangela ukuba abemi basePalestina abali-XNUMX XNUMX bangabi namakhaya. Amanani anokuba mandundu ngakumbi ukuba ubani unokuqwalasela abo babulawayo baza benzakala ebudeni bongquzulwano olunxulunyaniswa nokutshatyalaliswa kwala makhaya.
Ke, xa uRachel Corrie wayemi ne-megaphone kunye nejacket e-orenji ebonakalayo ebonakalayo ezama ukunqanda umqhubi webulldozer wase-Israel ukuba achithe elinye ikhaya lasePalestine, iintambo zazisele ziphezulu. Kwaye ngaphandle kwesenzo sakhe esikhohlakeleyo se-pro-Israel yase-US kunye namanye amajelo eendaba asentshona, kunye nesigwebo esilindelekileyo senkundla yakwa-Israeli ngo-Agasti ophelileyo, isenzo sikaRakeli senkalipho kunye nokubulawa kwakhe okwalandelayo kume entliziyweni yongquzulwano lwasePalestine-Israel. Iqaqambise inkohlakalo yomkhosi wakwa-Israeli, ihlazekile inkqubo yenkundla yaseTel Aviv, yajongana nezizwe ngezizwe ngokusilela kwayo ukubonelela ngokhuseleko kubemi basePalestine kwaye yaphakamisa umqobo ngakumbi kwintshukumo yomanyano lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Isigwebo senkundla yakwaSirayeli ngo-Agasti ophelileyo sasinzima kakhulu kwaye kufuneka siphelise nayiphi na iminqweno enqwenelekayo yokuba inkqubo yokugweba yakwaSirayeli ezenzele yona iyakwazi ukuphumeza okusesikweni, ingekuko kumPalestine, okanye kumMelika. “Ndafikelela kwisigqibo sokuba akukho kungakhathali kumqhubi webulldozer,” watsho uMgwebi uOded Gershon njengoko wayefunda isigwebo sakhe kwiNkundla yeSithili saseHaifa kumantla akwaSirayeli. Abazali bakaRachel babefake isimangalo, becela i-$1 yokomfuziselo yomonakalo neendleko zomthetho. UGershon wasikhaba eso simangalo, echaza ukuba uRachel ‘wayengengomntu unengqiqo’ kwaye, waphinda walibeka ityala ixhoba, njengoko bekunjalo kumawaka abantu basePalestina kangangeminyaka emininzi. “Ukubhubha kwakhe sisiphumo sengozi awazise kuye,” utshilo. Kwavakala ngathi ukudilizwa kwamakhaya njengendlela yokohlwaywa ngabantu bonke kwakusesinye nje isenzo ‘esisengqiqweni, esifanelwe kukukhuselwa ngokusemthethweni. Ngapha koko, ngokwemigaqo yokusebenza yakwa-Israyeli, kunjalo.
Ilifa likaRakeli liya kusinda nakwinkqubo yenkundla kaGershon kunye nokunye okuninzi. Idini lakhe ngoku libekwe kwindawo enkulu ngakumbi yobugorha kunye neentlungu zasePalestina.
“Ndicinga ukuba inkululeko yasePalestine inokuba ngumthombo wethemba ongakholelekiyo kubantu abatsala nzima kwihlabathi liphela,” wabhalela umama wakhe malunga neeveki ezimbini ngaphambi kokuba asweleke. "Ndicinga ukuba inokuba yinkuthazo engakholelekiyo kubantu abangama-Arabhu kuMbindi Mpuma, abatsala nzima phantsi kolawulo olungenademokhrasi oluxhaswa yi-US."
URamzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ngumbhali wemihlathi odityaniswe ngamazwe ngamazwe kunye nomhleli wePalestineChronicle.com. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje ithi: UBawo wam wayenguMlweli weNkululeko: Ibali elingachazwanga laseGaza (Pluto Press).
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