Kulabo abadumele futhi baphazanyiswe ukusabela okungalingani kuka-Israyeli ezenzweni zonya zeHamas ngo-Oct. 7 ngonyaka odlule, uSenator wase-Oregon uJeff Merkley namanye amaSenate Democrats aqhubekayo alwa impi yawo. Bebelokhu befuna isinyathelo seSenethi esizobophela olunye usizo lwezempi lwase-US kwa-Israyeli ekulandeleni kuka-Israyeli umthetho wobuntu wamazwe ngamazwe nowaseMelika.
Ukuhlukumeza kwa-Israyeli umthetho bekuyinsakavukela ezinyangeni ezedlule. Amabhomu angama-2000-pound nezinye izikhali ase-US acekele phansi amadolobha, izibhedlela namadolobhana aseGaza, okwenza isibalo sabantu basePalestine bashona ngaphezu kuka-27,000, okubili kokuthathu okuthiwa ngabesifazane nezingane.
Izenzo ezimbili eziqondile kuSenethi zibalulekile lapha, zombili zisekelwa uMerkley.
Esinye yisinqumo esibekwe uSen. Bernie Sanders obekungadingeka ukuthi uMnyango Wezwe ubike zingakapheli izinsuku ezingama-30 nganoma yikuphi ukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu akwa-Israel. Lesi sinqumo sithole amavoti angu-11 kuphela, okukhombisa ukuthi ngisho namaDemocrat amaningi ngeke ahambisane nokuqapha ukuziphatha kuka-Israel.
Esinye siyisichibiyelo somthethosivivinywa wosizo lwezempi owengeziwe ogunyazwe uSenator uChris Van Hollen waseMaryland ozodinga ukuthi uMongameli kanye noMnyango Wezwe baphenye futhi babike kuCongress mayelana nanoma yiliphi izwe elihlukumeza usizo lwezempi lwase-US olungazivikeli, njengalawo mabhomu. ithunyelwe kwa-Israel, ngokwephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nowe-US wobuntu. Ukuchitshiyelwa kusazovotelwa.
Kuxoxwa ngu The New Yorker, USenator Merkley, ovakashele eGaza ngesikhathi kuliwa, wathi ngesisusa sakhe sokusekela lezi zinhlobo zemibuzo: โNgikhathazwe kakhulu inani elikhulu labantu abafayo, inani elikhulu labantu abalimalayo, ukuntuleka okukhulu kosizo lokusiza abantu, kanye nokuhlakazeka okukhulu kwabantu baseGaza nasePalestine.โ
Nokho ambalwa kakhulu amaSenatha eDemocratic Alliance, ingasaphathwa eyeRiphabhulikhi, abonakala elangazelela ukweseka noma yimuphi umthethosivivinywa, yize womabili emnene. Umthethosivivinywa wakwaSanders ugxile kuphela kwa-Israel, okuyinkinga kwamanye amaDemocrats. Nokho konke okwenziwa umthethosivivinywa udinga ukubika.
Isichibiyelo sikaVan Hollen sisebenza kuwo wonke amazwe, hhayi kwa-Israel kuphela, kodwa futhi sinikeza abaphathi esikhundleni seCongress isinyathelo sokubika ngezenzo zika-Israel ngezikhali zase-US. Akukho mthethosivivinywa empeleni onemibandela ekhona noma yesikhathi esizayo yosizo lwezempi lwase-US mayelana nokuthobela kwe-Israel umthetho wesintu kanye namalungelo abantu ngokwenza kucace ukuxhumana phakathi kokwephulwa nosizo. Noma kunjalo, ukuchitshiyelwa kukaVan Hollen mancane kakhulu amathuba okuthi kuqhubeke ivoti leSenethi.
Izingqinamba Eziyisisekelo
U-Merkley uyaqonda ukuthi okuyisisekelo sokumelana nokuthatha izinyathelo eziqinile zokunciphisa ukuziphatha kuka-Israyeli ngesikhathi sempi kuwukungavumelani nawo isikhathi eside. Kanjalo nozakwabo wokugxeka i-Israel: ukwenqaba izwe elizimele lasePalestine. Njengoba uMerkley esho:
"Sekuyisikhathi sokujikeleza, ukuqaphela ukuthi sidinga ukusebenzisana no-Israyeli, kanye nomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe, ngendlela enamandla kakhulu embonweni wezifunda ezimbili zabantu ababili. Ngakho-ke abanye ozakwethu basavela embonweni wokuthi, Ungalokothi uphakamise ukuthi kukhona okungalungile, futhi, Ungalokothi uphakamise ukugxekwa. Kodwa, kwabaningi bethu, lelo cebo lehlulekile, futhi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi kube nokubambisana okuqinile, okuzimisele phakathi kwe-United States, i-Israel, ne-Arab League ekukhiqizeni izifunda ezimbili zabantu ababili.โ
Lapho uSenator uMerkley noVan Hollen beya kwa-Israel, bavakashela indawo ewela iRafah eningizimu. U-Merkley ubuye nemibono ebucayi mayelana nokugeleza kosizo okudabukisayo eGaza, okuvamise ukubanjelwa izinsuku noma kwenqatshwe abahloli bakwa-Israel. "Ngaphambi kuka-Okthoba 7," esho.
โAmaloli angaphezu kwamakhulu amahlanu ayedlula njalo usuku nosuku eGaza. Kungani, uma kubhekwa inhlekelele yabantu, engeke abe maningi amaloli adlulayo manje? Ngisho emasontweni amabili nje edlule, bekuyisilinganiso, ngiyakholwa, cishe amaloli ayikhulu namashumi amahlanu ngosuku. Akwanele neze.โ
Inqubo kufanele ithathe usuku olulodwa kuphela. UMerkley uphetha ngokuthi:
"Impela umbono wami wukuthi i-Israel, ngokwazi ukuthi ikwazile ukuhlola nokuletha amaloli angama-500 eGaza ngaphambi komhla ziyisi-7 kuMfumfu, ingahlola futhi ilethe amaloli angama-500 kusasa, uma izimisele ukwenza kanjalo."
I-Conditioning US Aid
UMerkley, uVan Hollen, kanye namanye amaDemocrat angama-20 babhalele iBiden ngoFebhuwari 1 incwadi eneziphakamiso eziyisikhombisa eziphathekayo zokuthuthukisa nokwandisa ukuhamba kosizo lwabantu. Leli qembu licishe liphindeke kabili ubukhulu babaxhasi bangempela bakwaVan Hollen Amendment abanabasayini abasha ababalulekile, abanye babo abasondelene kakhulu noMongameli uBiden.
Njengesisusa sokwenza u-Israyeli asebenzise lezi zinyathelo, ithimba leSigele kufanele lisekele ukubeka isimo sokudluliswa kwezikhali ezingavikeleki zase-US, njengoba kugunyazwe ku-Supplemental Appropriation, ekuhambisaneni no-Israel nezenzo ezihlongozwayo.
Okuphawulwe ngamaSenator sekunohlonze nakakhulu manje, njengoba u-Israyeli eveze ukuthi iRafah, lapho cishe ingxenye yabantu baseGaza isichithiwe, izoba yisizinda esilandelayo sokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli. Singalindela ukuthi abantu abaningi baseGazan ngeke basakwazi ukubaleka futhi, baqinisekise ukuthi inani lokufa elivele lingenanembeza lizoba phezulu.
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