Ikomkhulu leBetter Place Tel Aviv.

Owayengumongameli weBhange Lomhlaba kanye nesithunywa seQuartet eMpumalanga Ephakathi uJames D. Wolfensohn ungumtshali zimali enkampanini yakwa-Israel eyakha ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha ezindaweni zokuhlala zamaJuda kuphela ezakhiwe eWest Bank edlayo ephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, uphenyo lwe-Electronic Intifada lwembula.

UWolfensohn unikeze enye inhlokodolobha yokuqala yeNdawo Engcono, inkampani eyasungulwa usomabhizinisi wakwa-Israel uShai Agassi. Le nkampani ingumnikazi futhi isebenzisa i-Better Place Israel (BPI), ingxenye esungula uhlelo lweziteshi zokushaja izimoto zikagesi kulo lonke elase-Israel kanye nezifiki ezingamaJuda eWest Bank ehlala abantu.

Le nkampani ibiyingane yephosta yemizamo yokugeza i-Israel - eyethula njengendawo yobuchwepheshe bezemvelo - nokho inobudlelwane obuseduze nezikhungo zezempi nezepolitiki zakwa-Israel futhi izikhulu zayo eziyinhloko ziveza i-ajenda emelene namaSulumane kanye nama-Arab.

Isikhulu esiphezulu se-BPI ngujenene Moshe Kaplinsky, owalawula amabutho akwa-Israel eWest Bank ngesikhathi se-intifada yesibili yasePalestine, inkathi yokwephulwa okukhulu, okubhalwe kahle kwamalungelo abantu basePalestine. U-Kaplinsky wayephinde abe yiphini lenduna yebutho lakwa-Israel ngesikhathi sempi yayo yaseLebanon ngo-2006 lapho i-Amnesty International nezinye izinhlangano zamalungelo abantu zisola u-Israyeli ngokuthi wenze amacala amaningi empi okuhlanganisa nokusabalala kwamabhomu ayiqoqo ezindaweni zokuhlala.

Umgomo we-Better Place ukuletha izimoto ezisebenza ngogesi ngokugcwele nengqalasizinda ukuze zizisekele emakethe enkulu - kuqalwe nge-Israel. Iphinde ibe namaphrojekthi wokuhlola ezindaweni ezikude njengaseDenmark, eCanada, eCalifornia, e-Australia naseJapan.

Izimoto zikagesi ezakhiwe ngokukhethekile, okufanele zitholakale emphakathini kwa-Israel ngonyaka ozayo, zakhiwe yinhlangano yaseFrance-Japanese iRenault-Nissan ngaphansi kwesivumelwano neBetter Place. I-Better Place nayo isanda kusayina isivumelwano sokusebenzisana nomkhiqizi wezimoto waseChina uChery ukuze ngokubambisana bathuthukise ubuchwepheshe bezimoto zikagesi emakethe yaseChina.

"Esikwenzayo ukwenza kube lula ukuthi sibeka [inombolo] enkulu yezindawo zokukhokhisa ezweni lonke noma esifundeni sonke," kusho u-Agassi echazela i-BBC World Service's. Iplanethi eyodwa ngo-January 2009. "Futhi simisa amasistimu okushintshanisa amabhethri ukuze noma yikuphi lapho ushayela khona ungadingi ukuthi uhlale ulinde ukuthi ibhethri lakho lishaje, ungavele ulishintshe futhi uqhubeke."

Ukwakha ingqalasizinda eWest Bank esetshenziswayo

Ngaphambi kokuthi i-BPI idayise imoto yayo yokuqala kwa-Israel isungule uxhaxha lwezinkulungwane zezindawo zokushaja kuwo wonke umgwaqo wezwe ohlanganisa imigwaqo yabantu abahlala kuzo kanye nasezindaweni zokuhlala eWest Bank.

Omunye wabatshalizimali abakhulu ku-BPI usozigidi u-Idan Ofer, umnikazi weqembu le-Dor-Alon energy, isicwengisisi sikawoyela esikhulu kunazo zonke kwa-Israel. I-Dor-Alon isayine isivumelwano sokufaka ukushaja kweNdawo Engcono kanye nezindawo zokushintshisana ngamabhethri kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yayo yamagalaji kaphethiloli.

Isibonelo sesiteshi sokushaja esifana nalesi esisungulwa kulo lonke elaseWest Bank eligcwele abantu.

Incwadi yezimali yakwa-Israyeli yolimi lwesiHebheru Globes kubikwe ngomhlaka-3 February ukuthi "Ngokwezilinganiso, ukuthunyelwa [kweziteshi zokushaja] kuzogcizelela izindawo zokufaka uphethiloli ezibanzi nezidumile zaseDor-Alon, ejabulela ukubusa emizileni yezokuthutha eyinhloko, njengeziteshi zayo ezine ku-Cross Israel road. (Umgwaqo onguthelawayeka 6) kanye neziteshi eziku-Highway 443 kanye naku-Coastal Highway."

Umgwaqo onguthelawayeka 443, ngokuphawulekayo, umgwaqo osetshenziswa izinkulungwane zabagibeli bakwa-Israel nsuku zonke. Ingxenye yomgwaqo ecishe ibe ngamakhilomitha angama-30 ubude idlula eWest Bank ehlala abantu. I-Israel ivimbele abantu basePalestine umhlaba wabo namadolobhana anqamula umgwaqo ukuze bafinyelele kuwo, iwugcinele amaJuda kuphela. Ngaphambi kokuthi u-Israyeli athathe umgwaqo, bekukade kuwumgudu omkhulu wokuhamba kwabantu basePalestine eningizimu yeRamallah ("Umzila 443 - Umgwaqo waseWest Bank wama-Israel kuphela," B'Tselem).

I-Electronic Intifada (EI) ikuqinisekisile ngokuzimele ukunwetshwa kwe-BPI eWest Bank ngesikhathi ithumela intatheli engumshoshaphansi ukuthi ivakashele ikomkhulu lale nkampani elisethangini elikhulu elilungisiwe lokugcina uphethiloli enyakatho yeTel Aviv.

Phakathi nohambo, intatheli ye-EI, kanye nezinye izivakashi, bakhonjiswe isethulo sevidiyo sesitayela se-IMAX esasichaza ukuthi ikhasimende ngalinye elithenga imoto kagesi ye-BPI lizophinde libe nendawo yokushaja efakwe ekhaya lalo - iposi elifushane elinendawo yokukhipha. ixhuma emotweni ngokokufaka kohlobo lwe-nozzle, futhi ixhuma ngokungenantambo kunethiwekhi yezokuxhumana ye-BPI.

Ngesikhathi intatheli ye-EI ibuza umkhulumeli we-BPI ukuthi lezi ziteshi zokushaja zingafakwa yini ngaphakathi kwezindawo zokuhlala eWest Bank, umkhulumeli wathi zizofakwa "noma yikuphi ... lapho ufuna ukuhlala khona." Ebalazweni eliboniswe ngesikhathi sokwethulwa kwevidiyo, iziteshi zokushaja zaboniswa ezindaweni eziseSigodini saseJordani nasemigwaqweni emikhulu eya empumalanga ukusuka eJerusalema - okubonisa ukuthi i-BPI isivele izifakile iziteshi zokushaja ngaphakathi eWest Bank, futhi ihlela ukufaka ezinye eziningi.

UWolfensohn uyisikhuthazi sakuqala seNdawo Engcono

Ifemu yokutshala imali kaJames Wolfensohn, iWolfensohn & Co., isohlwini lwewebhusayithi ye-BPI kanye nefemu yase-Australia i-Macquarie Capital kanye nebhange lokutshala izimali elizinze e-US uMorgan Stanley, phakathi kwabanye njengabatshalizimali. I-Macquarie itshala imali futhi isebenzisa ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa i-Chicago Skyway toll bridge, i-Indiana Toll Road kanye nomgwaqo we-M6 Toll e-UK.

Ithintwa i-EI, i-Wolfensohn & Co. inqabile ukudalula usayizi wesiteki sayo noma ukunikeza noma imaphi amanye amazwana ale ndaba. Nokho njengomunye wabatshalizimali bokuqala kungenzeka ukuthi yaba nomthelela ekusizeni i-BPI ukuthi ihehe imali eyengeziwe.

I-BPI isanda kuthola ukutshalwa kwezimali kwe-equity ka-$350 million ebhange lamazwe ngamazwe i-HSBC, okunweba inani lenkampani elilinganiselwa ku-$1.25 billion.

"I-Israel iyishubhu yokuhlola ephelele" yemoto kagesi, uWolfensohn ucashunwe esho kumagazini kaFebhuwari 2008. I-Israel High-Tech & Investment Report. "Idinga ukuhlolwa, futhi [umsunguli weBPI uShai] Agassi kufanele anconywe ngokuyihlola kanye nohulumeni wakwa-Israel ngokuyizama."

Ngenkathi isebenza njengenkampani ezimele - enehhovisi eliyinhloko elibizwa ngokuthi eCalifornia - Indawo Engcono ibincike ekusekelweni kukahulumeni wakwa-Israel kusukela ekuqaleni. Ekuqaleni, u-Agassi wabhala iphepha lomqondo we-World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders initiative. U-Agassi uwuthengele abaholi bomhlaba abehlukene kodwa wangabatholanga, etshela abe-BBC Iplanethi eyodwa. "Kwabe sekuthi uMongameli [uShimon] Peres wakwa-Israyeli wasabela," kukhumbula u-Agassi. "Kodwa inselelo kimi kwaba ukuthi ungasiceli ukuthi sikwenze. Uma ucabanga ukuthi ibhizinisi elikhulu kangaka, hamba uyokwenza wena. Futhi kwaba kanjalo inkampani esikhundleni se-ejensi kahulumeni." Muva nje u-Agassi utshele i-CNN, "Bengingeke ngikwenze lokhu namuhla ukube bekungengenxa [ye-Peres]" ("U-Shai Agassi: Umsebenzi wendoda eyodwa ukuvula zonke izimoto ngogesi," CNN, 19 April 2010).

Ukutshalwa kwezimali kukaWolfensohn nasekuqinisekiseni komuntu siqu inkampani yakwa-Israel esiza ekwakheni nasekuqiniseni ingqalasizinda yendawo kuyamangaza. Kuze kube ngu-2006, uWolfensohn wasebenza njengenxusa leQuartet, i okukhethekile, ikomiti elizimele labamele i-United States, i-European Union, iRussia kanye noNobhala-Jikelele we-UN eye yalawula lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "inqubo yokuthula." UWolfensohn unikezwe umsebenzi wokusiza ukuthuthukiswa komnotho wasePalestine eGaza Strip ngemuva kokuthi i-Israel isuse abahlali bayo ngo-2005 futhi yasusa amabutho ayo asuka maphakathi nezwe aya endaweni evinjezelwe ebopha abantu basePalestine abayizigidi eziyi-1.5, iningi labo okungababaleki.

UWolfensohn ushiye phansi izintambo ngenxa yokukhungatheka ngemuva kokuthi iQuartet inqume ukuduba, nokumisa usizo ku-Palestinian Authority ngemuva kokuthi i-Hamas iphumelele ukhetho lukaJanuwari 2006. "Kungangimangaza uma umuntu engawina ngokukhipha zonke izingane esikoleni noma ngokulambisa amaPalestine," kusho uWolfensohn esigcawini sokuvalelisa esibhekiswe kuzinqubomgomo ze-Israel kanye neQuartet ("INtshonalanga 'kumele ivimbele ukuwa' kwePalestine Authority," Izikhathi Zezezimali, 3 May 2006).

UWolfensohn phambilini ubegxeka kakhulu imingcele eqinile yokuhamba kwabantu basePalestine phakathi nangaphakathi kwezindawo ezihlaselwe - njengalezo eziku-Highway 443 - ezicekele phansi umnotho wasePalestine. UWolfensohn ulandelwe njengenxusa leQuartet nguTony Blair.

Owayengujenene wamasosha akwa-Israel uMoshe Kaplinsky kuvidiyo yokukhangisa ye-Better Place.

I-Islamophobia ngaphansi kwesimo semvelo

Ividiyo yokukhangisa ye-BPI ithi uxhaso lwezimali "lwemibuso eyeqisayo nezingazinzile ... ezixhasa ngezimali izinhlangano ezingazuzisi isintu" kungesinye sezizathu ezinkulu ezenza inkampani ibe nentshisekelo yokukhipha ama-Israel ezimotweni zawo eziwugesi futhi ingene ezimotweni ezisebenza ngogesi ngokuphelele. Bobabili uMongameli wase-Israel u-Peres kanye noNdunankulu u-Benjamin Netanyahu bakhonjiswa bencoma ubuhle bemishini ye-BPI, lapho uNetanyahu ephawula ngokuthi lokhu kuyingxenye "yokushintsha kokuhleleka komhlaba ...

Ikhanadi eliphuma kuphethiloli abashayeli bezimoto emhlabeni wonke abawumpompa ezimotweni zabo lixhasa ngokuqondile ubuphekula selidume kakhulu ngabashisekeli bemvelo abakhululekile eminyakeni yamuva. Nakuba inobandlululo ngokusobala kuma-Arabhu namaSulumane, i-BPI yenze izimangalo ezinobandlululo nezivuvukalayo zaba ingxenye ecacile yemodeli yebhizinisi layo.

Isikhulu esiphezulu uMoshe Kaplinsky utshele abe-BBC Iplanethi eyodwa, "Ngangiwujenene ku-IDF [ibutho lakwa-Israyeli] futhi ngiyaqonda ukuthi imali evela kuwoyela iyaphi nokuthi ibangelani emphakathini wethu ohlangothini oluseNtshonalanga lomhlaba [sic]."

Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi kungani wayengumgqugquzeli weNdawo Engcono, uMongameli wase-Israel uPeres utshele Wired "Ngangicabanga ukuthi inkinga enkulu yesikhathi sethu kwakuwuwoyela. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uwoyela ungcolisa izwe, kanti ngakolunye uhlangothi uxhasa amaphekula ngezimali" ("Shayela: Uhlelo luka-Shai Agassi oluhlakaniphile lokubeka izimoto zikagesi emgwaqeni," 18 Agasti 2008).

Ukuqamba kabusha u-Israyeli

Ngemva kokuhlasela kwe-11 September 2001 e-US, izinkampani zakwa-Israel ezithengisa "ukuphepha" kanye "nobuchwepheshe bokulwa namaphekula" zaba injini yokuthunyelwa kwezwe. Esikhathini sikaMengameli waseMelika uBarack Obama, nokukhathazeka ngokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, kube nemizamo eqinile yokuthambisa isithunzi sakwa-Israel, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kombiko we-UN owajutshwa yi-Goldstone mayelana nobugebengu bempi yakwa-Israel kanye nobugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini eGaza Strip.

I-Better Place isibe yisizinda salelisu - u-Gidi Grinstein we-Reut Institute, ngokwesibonelo, wasebenzisa izithombe zelogo ye-Better Place esethulweni sakhe esinedumela elibi engqungqutheleni yase-Herzliya, ngemizamo yokuqamba kabusha i-Israel njengendawo elungele uMhlaba ngenkathi inxusa izinhlaka zayo zezobunhloli. ku"ukucekela phansi" kanye "nokuhlasela" ukunyakaza okukhulayo kobumbano lwasePalestine.

Impumelelo yeNdawo Engcono ekuqongeleleni imali kuWolfensohn & Co. nezinye izinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nokwaziswa okuhle inkampani ekutholile, kuyizixwayiso zokuthi abantu basePalestine kanye nenhlangano ekhulayo yokuduba umhlaba wonke, ukwehlukana kwezindlu kanye nezonswinyo kumele ihlale iqapha kakhulu. Imizamo yakwa-Israel yokufihla ubukoloni bayo obungekho emthethweni nobunonya kanye nobandlululo ngemuva kwesifihla-buso esiluhlaza.

Izithombe ze-Electronic Intifada.

U-Ali Abunimah ungumsunguli we-Electronic Intifada kanye nombhali we Izwe Elilodwa: Isiphakamiso Esinesibindi Sokuqeda Ingxabano Yakwa-Israel-Palestine. 

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