NgoSeptemba 2001, iqela labanqolobi be-al Qaeda labulala abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kwamawaka amathathu eNew York. Abahlobo kunye neentshaba zase-US ngokufanayo zalugxeka uhlaselo kunye nabahlaseli. Iingxoxo ezenzekayo zazimalunga nendlela ekumele ukuba iMelika ibe nocalucalulo ngayo ekufuneni impindezelo nobulungisa. Izothuso ze-9/11 ziyacelwa ngalo lonke ixesha kuphakama imibuzo malunga nomsebenzi wase-US e-Iraq okanye e-Afghanistan. I-US ivunyelwe ukusebenzisa ukubandezeleka kunye nokufa kwabantu bayo ukuthethelela oko ikwenzileyo.
NgoNovemba ka-2008 iqela labanqolobi lahlasela iindawo ezininzi eMumbai laza labulala abantu abamalunga namakhulu amabini. Asazi kakhulu ngokuqinisekileyo malunga nokuba babengoobani okanye babelandela ntoni. Ukuceba kwabo kwenzeka emfihlekweni. Abahlaseli babulawa bonke okanye babanjwa. Ezi ndyikitya zokufa zabizwa ngokuba yi-"India's 9/11". Abahlobo kunye neentshaba zaseIndiya ziye zalugxeka uhlaselo kunye nabahlaseli.
Okwangoku, i-Israel isahlasela iindawo kuyo yonke iGaza kwaye ibulale abantu abangaphezu kwamakhulu amathathu (kunye nokufa okuza kulandela). Ukucwangcisa kwabo bekucotha, kwenziwa ngabom, kwaye kuvuleleke. Ababulali bayabhiyozelwa kwaye bakhuthazwa ukuba baqhubeke. Amazwe aseNtshona awela phezu kwawo ukuze avumele ubugwenxa njengempindezelo, kunye negama elithile elixhalabisayo lokuba u-Israel abe nengqiqo ekubulaleni kwakhe.
Akukho mntu uthetha "ngePalestine's 9/11". IPalestine ayifumani 9/11.
Ekwenzeni olu hlaselo uSirayeli uneengcinga zexesha elifutshane, kubandakanywa nonyulo oluzayo (ukubulala amaPalestina kunika inzuzo yonyulo) ixesha leeholide (kunye nababukeli bamazwe ngamazwe eholide) kunye nemeko yezopolitiko yase-US (ukwenza u-Obama kwiinyani kumhlaba owenziwe nguSirayeli) . Kodwa izizathu zikaSirayeli zolu hlaselo ziphuma ngokuthe ngqo kwinjongo yayo yexesha elide, esisiseko sokutshabalalisa uhlanga. Uninzi lwezixhobo zakwaSirayeli zinikezelwe ekuvaleni, ukulamba, ukuhlala, nokubulala, kunye nokugxotha amaPalestina. Uninzi lwediplomacy yayo inikezelwe ekuqinisekiseni ukuba amaPalestina akukho ndawo anokuya kuyo kwaye akukho siseko sokuba noluntu, uqoqosho, okanye inkcubeko.
Ukutshatyalaliswa ngokwasemzimbeni yinxalenye yale nto, kwaye iyaqhubeka. I-Israel sele igxininise abantu basePalestina eGaza, kunye ne-1.5 yezigidi zabantu kwindawo ye-360 yeekhilomitha zeekhilomitha. Kangangeminyaka, uSirayeli ebethintela ukutya, amayeza namandla ukuba angangeni, kodwa kwanamaphepha, i-inki, iincwadi nezinye izinto ezisisiseko. Abantu basePalestine eGaza kufuneka bajongane nemijukujelwa ebabulalayo ngaphandle koncedo oluvela kwihlabathi langaphandle nangaphandle kwezixhobo zonyango. IGaza iphelelwe ngamayeza. AmaSirayeli ajolise kwizikolo, iimosque kunye nezibhedlele. Ii-ambulensi ezi-5 kunye ne-3 i-fire brigades zisebenza ukukhonza yonke i-Gaza - de kube amaSirayeli aqhuma nawo.
USirayeli akenzi lwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe. Akukho mfazwe. Ezi zizenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho oluchasene noluntu, ngokuchasene nabantu ababavalelayo kunye nabalambileyo, okwenzeka kwimbono epheleleyo yehlabathi lonke kunye nokuqinisekiswa kwalo. U-Israyeli akanako ukungqinga amaPalestina yedwa: kuthatha ihlabathi lonke ukuba lilambe ilizwe elincinci. Ngenxa yoko, olu lwaphulo-mthetho asilulo olwakwaSirayeli kuphela. Logama nje amazwe aseNtshona engakwazi ukuchaza umahluko phakathi kohlaselo nokuziphindezela, phakathi kwemfazwe enamacala amabini alinganayo kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwabantu abangenakuzinceda, baya kuba bahambisana nolwaphulo-mthetho. I-ajenda yakwaSirayeli icacile kuye nabani na onikelโ ingqalelo. Iya kuqhubeka ide iyekwe, kwaye ayinakunqandwa ngamaxhoba ayo. Liya kude kube nini ihlabathi liqhubeka nentuthumbo?
UJustin Podur ngumbhali oseToronto. Watyelela eGaza ngo-2002.
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