ENazarete — UPopu uBenedict XVI uphazamise ishedyuli ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala kwaSirayeli ngokushiya intlanganiso yeemvaba ngeemvaba eJerusalem ngobusuku bangoMvulo emva kokuba umfundisi ophambili wamaSilamsi embiza ukuba agwebe "ukubulawa" kwabasetyhini nabantwana kuhlaselo lwakutsha nje lwaseGaza.
I-pontiff yaphuma, isithethi saphawula, kuba intetho kaSheikh Tayseer Tamimi "yayikuchaswa ngokuthe ngqo" kwingxoxo kwaye yonakalise iinzame zikaPapa "zokukhuthaza uxolo".
Phambi kokuba afike kulo mmandla, uPopu wabhengeza ukuba uyeza “njengomhambi woxolo”, abasebenzi bakhe begxininisa ukuba indima yakhe iya kuba yeyomoya kunepolitiki.
Enyanisweni, utyelelo lukaPope Benedict lwalungene zwabha kwezopolitiko kanye xa wavumayo, ngokumenywa kukaShimon Peres, umongameli wakwa-Israel, ukuba angene kulo mmandla udlakazwe yimfazwe.
Oopopu ababini ababemandulele kwiLizwe Elingcwele babonakala beyixabisa ngakumbi loo ngongoma.
Owokuqala, uPaul VI, wema ngokukhawuleza iiyure ezili-12 ngowe-1964, ngaphambi kokuba iVatican noSirayeli ziseke ubudlelwane bezozakuzo, ukuze baqhube uMthendeleko eNazarete. Ngelo xesha akazange athethe igama elithi “Sirayeli” okanye adibane ngokusemthethweni negosa lakwaSirayeli.
Owesibini, uJohn Paul II, weza kwiLizwe eliNgcwele kwiimeko ezahlukeneyo kakhulu: kwiwaka leminyaka, xa amathemba ayesaqaqambile ngenkqubo yoxolo. IVatican yayimamkele uSirayeli kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo kwaye upopu usebenze nzima ukuthomalalisa izikhalazo zamaJuda ekudala zikho ngokuchasene necawa yamaKatolika.
Kodwa ukhunjulwe kwakhona ngamaPalestina ngenyathelo lakhe elinesibindi lokujoyina uYasser Arafat, inkokeli yasePalestine, kutyelelo kwinkampu yeembacu yaseDeheisheh kufuphi neBhetelehem, apho wakhankanya izigqibo ze-UN ezichasene noSirayeli kwaye wachaza ngokucacileyo "iimeko ezithob' isidima" ababehlala phantsi kwazo amaPalestine. .
Kwiminyaka elishumi ukuya phambili, iimeko zokuhlaliswa kwabantu ziye zaba mandundu kakhulu yaye ithemba loxolo liye labhanga. Kwezi meko, abanye abantu basePalestina bayathandabuza ukuba utyelelo lukapopu luye lwanceda ngantoni.
UMazin Qumsiyeh, umlweli woxolo owaziwayo nofundisa kwiyunivesithi yamaKatolika eWest Bank, eBhetelehem, wathi: “Kwanesenzo sokuza apha sisenzo sezobupolitika esisebenzela uSirayeli.
"Olu tyelelo lukaPopu, ngokungafaniyo nowamanduleli wakhe, alunikezi nto intsha - ngaphandle kwesigqibo sakhe sokuma ecaleni [kwenkulumbuso yakwa-Israeli] uBenjamin Netanyahu kwaye enze ngokusemthethweni urhulumente wephiko lasekunene."
Amagosa akwa-Israel nawo akakhuthazwa libango likaPopu lokuba angakuphepha ukutsalelwa kwezopolitiko zasekuhlaleni. Okanye njengoko omnye umcebisi karhulumente waxelela iphephandaba laseHaaretz: "Siye saba ngamarhamente kwiindawo ezininzi emhlabeni jikelele. Ukukhuthaza ukutyelela kukaPopu kurhulumente yinxalenye yokutshintsha oko."
I-Israel iseke iziko loonondaba likhulu kwimbali yelizwe kolu tyelelo, ngelixa amapolisa aye achitha iinzame zemibutho yasePalestine eYerusalem ukubonisa umfanekiso ophikisanayo kwiintatheli.
Iinzame zokulawula inqanaba ngononophelo zaqala ukusukela oko inqwelomoya kaPope yafika eTel Aviv ngoMvulo. Kwitheko lolwamkelo, uPope Benedict wema phakathi kukaMnu Netanyahu noMnu Peres ukuze bamamele kungekuphela nje umhobe wesizwe wakwaSirayeli kodwa nakwiJerusalem of Gold, ingoma eyathandwa ngamajoni ngethuba lokuthinjwa kweYerusalem eseMpuma kwimfazwe yowe-1967.
Amazwi - akhubekisayo amaPalestina - achaza isixeko esingenanto kwaye singahoywayo ngaphambi kokufika kwamaYuda.
Ngokufanayo, usodolophu waseYerusalem, u-Nir Barkat, wenza inqaku lokumamkela "kwikomkhulu lakwaSirayeli kunye nabantu bamaYuda", inkcazo yeYerusalem engaqatshelwanga kumthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Emva kokuba uPopu engakwazanga ukuchasa, amajelo eendaba akwaSirayeli agqiba ngovuyo ukuba ilizwe laseYerusalem lihlala lisikelelwe ngupopu.
Ukongeza, abantu basePalestine, kubandakanywa i-100,000 kunye namaqhina eRoma, baye bacatshukiswa yintlanganiso esemthethweni kaPopu kunye nabazali bejoni lakwa-Israel elibanjiweyo uGilad Shalit, isenzo sobuntu esenziwe kwezopolitiko kubo ngenxa yokuba akazange abonise imbeko efanayo. kubazali bawo nawaphi na amawakawaka amaPalestina asekuthinjweni kwaSirayeli.
Abantu abaninzi basePalestine bayayixabisa into yokuba uPopu - ngelishwa lakhe, ukuba kubonakala engafuni, unxibelelwano kwiJamani yamaNazi - ulumkele kakhulu ukuba angakhubekisi uvakalelo lwase-Israel, nokuba intetho yakhe eYad Vashem ayiphumelelanga ukufikelela ulindelo oluphezulu lwelizwe.
Kodwa bambi bakwagqiba kwelokuba wenze okuncinane kakhulu ukwazisa ihlabathi ngengxaki yalo.
Phantsi koxinzelelo luka-Israel uye walile ukundwendwela iGaza, naxa wayebongoza ibutho elincinane nelirhangiweyo lamaKatolika apho.
Izolo, ukuze anciphise ukuhlazeka kukaSirayeli, amagosa eVatican azama kangangoko anako ukumgcina eludongeni olucinezelayo olujikeleze iBhetelehem. Kodwa uye wathetha noonondaba ngaphandle kwesikolo se-UN kwinkampu yeembacu phakathi kweemitha zodonga.
Kwaye namhlanje, njengoko wayesiya eNazarete ukuya kubhiyozela ubuninzi, akazukudibana noMazin Ghanaim, usodolophu wedolophu yaseGalile yaseSakhnin, emva kokuba u-Israel ebize uMnumzana Ghanaim "njengomxhasi wobugrogrisi" ngokugxeka isenzo sakhe eGaza.
Kwimfihlo ubuncinci, ezinye iinkokeli zobuKristu zasePalestine ziyavuma ukuba kukho uxinzelelo kuPopu ngaphandle kwembali yakhe yobuqu enokuthi imenze alumkele ukuchasa uSirayeli.
Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, iVatican ikufuna ngamandla ukukhululwa kwirhafu yakwaSirayeli erhafiswa kumhlaba omkhulu weCawa. Iirhafu zepropathi ezingahlawulwanga zichazwe ukuba zifikelela kwi-70 yezigidi zeedola.
I-Holy See ikwafuna ukurhoxiswa kwimigaqo-nkqubo yakwaSirayeli ekhanyela ii-visa kumagosa amaninzi ecawe kwaye ivalele intshukumo yabefundisi kwimimandla ethathiweyo.
Njengoko usolusapho waseJerusalem waseLatin, uFouad Twal, esandul’ ukukhalaza esithi: “Kwiindlela ezivaliweyo, kwanempahla yababingeleli ayincedi nganto.
Kwaye okokugqibela, iVatican ibifuna isivumelwano sikaSirayeli isithuba esingaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka lokubuyela kulawulo lwayo lweendawo eziphambili zokundwendwela, kubandakanya iNtaba yaseTabhore kunye neBasilica yeSibhengezo eNazarete.
Kodwa uSirayeli akazange akwazi ukuwulawula ngokupheleleyo umyalezo. Kuhambo lwakhe losuku olunye lokuya eBhetelehem nakwinkampu yeembacu yase-Aida izolo, uPopu uye wakuvuma ukubandezeleka kwePalestine kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kweGaza, nokuba wayigxeka ngokungacacanga “kwisiphithiphithi esihlasele lo mhlaba amashumi eminyaka”.
Ukhale ngobunzima abantu basePalestine abajongana nabo ekufikeleleni kwiindawo zabo ezingcwele eJerusalem, nangona ebonakala ethethelela izithintelo "kwinkxalabo enzulu yokhuseleko" yakwaSirayeli.
Kwaye wagxeka ukwakhiwa kodonga olujikeleze iBhetelehem, ngelixa echaza ukwakhiwa kwayo "kwisigxina" kubudlelwane phakathi kwamaSirayeli kunye namaPalestina.
UJonathan Cook ngumbhali kunye nentatheli ezinze eNazarete, kwaSirayeli. Iincwadi zakhe zamva nje "i-Israel kunye ne-Clash of Civilizations: I-Iraq, i-Iran kunye neSicwangciso sokwenza kwakhona uMbindi Mpuma" (i-Pluto Press) kunye ne-"Disappearing Palestine: Iimvavanyo zakwaSirayeli ekuphelelweni ithemba kwabantu" (Iincwadi zeZed). Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.jkcook.net.
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