UmPalestine ngamnye unendawo ekhethekileyo entliziyweni yakhe kuRachel Corrie. Wayefuzisela amandla, ukunyamezela, kunye nokuzithemba. Ngapha koko, wabizwa ngokuba lutshaba luka-Israyeli, inkathazo kurhulumente waseMelika kunye nokujoliswa kwesigculelo ngabaxhaphazi bepro-Israeli. Kwiminyaka engama-58 eyadlulayo, utatomkhulu noomakhulu bam bahluthwa umhlaba wabo ePalestine kwaye le ntombazana inamandla imhlophe yaseOlympia, eWashington yahamba isiqingatha sehlabathi ukuzama ukuzalisekisa iphupha labo: ukuphunyezwa kobulungisa ePalestine.
Ngomhla wama-22 kuMatshi ndihleli kwisihlalo seCawe yaseRiverside, kwaloo cawa uMartin Luther King wayohlwaya imfazwe yaseVietnam okokuqala, nebandla labalandeli abazinikeleyo ukukhumbula ubomi bukaRachel kwaye basasaza amazwi akhe. Esi siganeko saphuma kwimpikiswano. Umdlalo ovunyiweyo kabukhali รขโฌลIgama lam ndinguRachel Corrie,รขโฌ owawuchaza umsebenzi kaCorrie ne-International Solidarity Movement (ISM) ePalestine nge-imeyile kunye neeleta (kwaye unemitsi emibini ethengisiweyo eLondon), yarhoxiswa yiNew. Iworkshop yaseYork Theatre (NYTW). Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa emva kwengxwabangxwaba kapopayi kunye nexilongo elikhulu lentetho ekhululekileyo kwihlabathi jikelele, uRachel Corrie wayethulisiweโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆ. umhlaba kwaye wabuphelisa ubomi bakhe. Iworkshop yeTheatre yaseNew York yazama ukumtyumza inkumbulo kodwa amazwi akhe ahlala ehleli. Ezinye iithiyetha sele zibonakalise umdla wokwenza lo mboniso.
Uluhlu lwezithethi ezikrelekrele lwaphuma ukubonisa ubumbano egameni lamalungelo oluntu nobulungisa. Idemokhrasi ngoku uAmy Goodman uvule, รขโฌลWamkelekile kule ndawo ingcwele yabachasayo. Ukungavisisani kuko okulenza libe likhulu eli lizwe.โ Umongameli weZiko lama-Arabhu aseMelika uJames Zogby wavuma ngelithi, รขโฌลYena [uRachel], hayi uGeorge Bush wayengumkhululi wethu.รข Umdlali weqonga nolitshantliziyo uKathleen Chalfant wabhengeza, รขโฌลKukho ithemba lokuba oku kuya kuguquka. eluloyiso. [Oku kuya kuba] ngumzekelo wentshukumo yezopolitiko.รขโฌ
U-Rachel Corrie walwela ukufezekiswa koxolo kunye nokukhuselwa kwabo bangakwaziyo ukuzikhusela-abo bangakhuselwanga ngoorhulumente bangaphandle kunye nehlabathi "eliphucukileyo". Imbongi yasentsomini, umbhali weenkumbulo kunye nomdlali weqonga uMaya Angelou wandise amazwi entuthuzelo, รขโฌลNdiyathanda uxolo. Kubo bonke abathandi boxolo ndithumela amazwi ovelwano.โ U-Angelou uye wacacisa ubugorha buka-Corrie, รขโฌลNdicinga ukuba siyakhula [isibindi]รขโฌยฆuRachel wayenesibindi. Nceda uphuhlise obo bukhalipha.รขโฌ
Onethemba kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu zesiZwe saseNew York nokwangumtshantliziyo wamaYuda u-Jonathan Tasani wadanduluka wathi รขโฌลNgumsebenzi wethu ukuthetha phandle ngokuchasene nokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntuรขโฌยฆUmgaqo-nkqubo ocalanye ongawahoyiyo amalungelo oluntu kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Imele iphele ngoku!รขโฌ Esi sigidimi saphindwa kwakhona ubusuku bonke. U-Huwaida Arraf, umseki we-ISM, waxoxa ngelithi oku akukona malunga รขโฌลamaSilamsi ngokuchasene namaJuda.รขโฌ Yayikukuba nje รขโฌลUmsebenzi vs. soyise umkhosi wesi-3 okanye owesine ngowona mkhosi unamandla ehlabathini ngeentliziyo nangeengqondo zethu.โ Uninzi lwezithethi lwachukumiseka ngokobuqu. Umdlali weqonga uNajla Said, intombi yongasekhoyo u-Edward Said, uvakalise ukumangala ngenxa yebhongo lika-Rachel kunye nokuzinza kwengqondo, รขโฌลWaye ePalestineรขโฌยฆAndizange ndime phambi kwebhuldoza.
Ubusuku ekugqibeleni buguqukele kumxholo wovavanyo kunye nezithethi ezinxibelelanisa amabali azo nokwala kwe-NYTW ukubonisa รขโฌลIgama lam ndinguRachel Corrie.รขโฌ UComedienne Maysoon Zayid uthethe ngexesha lakhe lokuqala lokuvavanywa. UZayid wayefanele ukuba nge-20/20 kunye noJohn Stossel kunye neqela labanye abahlekisi. Kwakusemva kokusweleka kukaRakeli, ke uZayid wayenxibe ihempe enomfanekiso kaCorrie ukubonisa ubumbano kunye nokunika imbeko kwinkumbulo yakhe. Iingxaki zavela xa uStossel waqonda ukuba uZayid akangeni kumfanekiso owenziweyo waseMelika wamaSilamsi agqunyiweyo, acinezelweyo naphantsi. UStossel, ecatshukiswe ngokucacileyo sisikipa sakhe, wabhomboloza kuZayid kudliwano-ndlebe, รขโฌลAwunakuze uthethe into oyithethayo kwilizwe lakho.รขโฌ waphendula uZayid, รขโฌลUthetha ukuthini uJohn? Ndiyithetha yonke imihla kwilizwe lam. Ndazalelwa eJersey.โ Waphendula wathi, รขโฌลHayi ndithetha kwilizwe likakhokho wakho.รข Waphinda wabuyela kuye, esithi uye wadlala รขโฌลLive From Palestine,รขโฌ wenza umboniso ohlekisayo. kulo lonke elasePalestina, izihlandlo ezisixhenxe okanye ezisibhozo. Bayijikeleza loo mbambano; UStossel akazange akholelwe ukuba iPalestine yayingeyondawo yokuzimela abacinezelekileyo nabaphosa amatye. Xa isiqendu se-20/20 sasasaza icandelo lonke likaZayid kunye noStossel lahlelwa ngaphandle.
Kuyo yonke ingokuhlwa izithethi ezininzi bezithetha ngenkalipho, uthando kunye namandla abazali bakaRachel, uCindy noCraig, ababenabo. Abanye baye bavakalisa amazwi ovelwano namazwi ethemba. Imvumi yePunk uPatti Smith ucule ingoma ayibhalele abazali bakaCindy noCriag ngevidiyo, รขโฌลIinyembezi zenu bezingangeni ndawo. Kodwa sobabini siyazi ukuba asinakuze sifane.โ Waqukumbela ngesikhumbuzo esithi, โAbalulamileyo baya kulidla ilifa ilizwe.โ
Njengoko umboniso wawuphela uCindy kunye noCraig bathatha indawo ephambili. Ndachukumiseka gqitha ndibaphulaphule bethetha. Aba bantu babini banomoya bandwendwele iPalestine, bayaqhubeka nokukhenketha ilizwe, kwaye abakhathali ekudluliseleni umyalezo wentombi yabo kwihlabathi. UCindy uye wavakalisa ukuba uRakeli โufuna ukukuxelela amabali ka-Bilรขโฌโขinโ uqhanqalazo-amaSirayeli awayeze eludongeni ukuze axhathiseรขโฌยฆamaPalestina eGaza aphelelwa kukutya. wabhenela kwisihlwele, รขโฌลThethani phandle, makwazekeรขโฌยฆekhayaรขโฌยฆemsebenziniรขโฌยฆkwiNkongoloรขโฌยฆbazise!
*Ndwendwela www.Rachelswords.org ngolwazi oluthe kratya kunye neziganeko ezizayo
** URemi Kanazi ngumbhali ophambili wewebhusayithi yezopolitiko www.PoeticInjustice.net Uhlala kwisiXeko saseNew York njengombhali ozimeleyo wasePalestine waseMelika, imbongi kunye nomdlali kwaye unokufikelela nge-imeyile. [imeyile ikhuselwe]
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