UJoe Biden usenesikhathi eside enenkinga ngo-PEACE - njengokuthi "kucelwe phansi," "izingxoxo zokuthula ezinzima," kanye isimo ukudluliswa noma ukuthengiswa kwezinhlelo zezikhali ezinkulu njengoba kudingwa yimithetho emihlanu yobugebengu yase-US. Ngakolunye uhlangothi lomlomo wakhe, uBiden unxusa ngokungenanjongo ukuthi i-Israel ihambisane nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanti ngakolunye uhlangothi isekela ukuthunyelwa kwansuku zonke kwezikhali zembubhiso kuhulumeni wakwa-Israel. Lezi zikhali zisetshenziswa ekubulaweni kwabantu basePalestine eGaza.
Iningi kuCongress liyi-hawkish nakakhulu futhi livumela uBiden enze noma yini ayifunayo ekwenzeni impi phesheya. Isisekelo soMthethosisekelo wethu - ukuhlukaniswa kwamandla - sibhidliziwe ezindaweni ngezindawo. (Bheka, wethu incwadi evulekile ka-November 28, 2023, kumalungu e-US Congress).
Ngokuphambene, umbono womphakathi waseMelika uphenduke ngokumelene nokuthunyelwa kwezikhali kwe-US kwa-Israyeli kanye nokubhujiswa kwezakhamuzi zasePalestine kusukela ezinganeni kuya kwabadala. Yonke imindeni eyandisiwe iqedwa ngamabhomu nemicibisholo eyenziwe eMelika. Abasindile abangenamakhaya balimele, balambile futhi bahlushwa yizifo ezingachazeki.
Ukwesaba kwezwe lakwa-Israel kukhiqiza i-Holocaust yasePalestine. I-Netanyahu yokulwa nama-Semitism enobudlova ngokumelene nama-Arabhu asePalestine ayisalawuleki. Amaqembu amaningi anesibindi kwa-Israel alwela amalungelo abantu ayabhikisha, kodwa lutho, (Bheka, i-December 13, 2023, incwadi evulekile kuBiden okwavela ku New York Times) njengoba uNetanyahu kanye nomfelandawonye wakhe oweqisayo beveza inhloso yabo yesikhathi eside yokuxosha izigidi zabantu basePalestine endaweni esele yasePalestine.
Ngokuqondene nokuhlasela kweHamas ngo-Okthoba 7th, kanye nokuwa okuphelele kwezokuphepha emngceleni wakwa-Israel, owasinda eMpini Yezwe Yesibili ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe utshele New York Times, "Bekungafanele neze kwenzeke..." Nokho, u-Netanyahu uvimbe uphenyo olusemthethweni lwale siphithiphithi esingachazwanga sezobuchwepheshe nezobuhlakani bomuntu.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ukunganeliseki komphakathi ngokuthathwa kwezinqumo zobushiqela yi-White House kanye nokungabikho kwesenzo seCongressional kukhula ngokushesha. Ziyanda izinyunyana zabasebenzi manje eziphikisana nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kukaBiden, abantu baseMelika baseMelika abasebenza nabo Izwi lamaJuda lokuthula futhi Uma Kungekho Manje bahlela imiboniso ngobuhlakani. Izahluko ezingama-27 zeVeterans for Peace ezweni lonke zisemigwaqweni ngokuthula zifuna ukuthi kumiswe ukulwa, kumiswe ukuthunyelwa kwezikhali kanye nokwenyuka okukhulu kosizo lwabantu. Abanakwa kakhulu ngabezindaba zebhizinisi, i-NPR ne-PBS.
Amaqembu enkolo anxusa ukuthula. Kuleli sonto encwadini yomphakathi yakamuva, i-140 Global Christian Leaders, ehlelwe yi-Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) icele uMongameli Biden “... amandla akhe] oku…” ukumisa “ukufa nokubhujiswa” ePalestine.
I-CMEP ithola ukusakazwa okuncane noma akukho lutho kwabezindaba abajwayelekile nakuba le nhlangano imele izigidi zabantu.
Kepha bheka-ke ukuthi ubani ongathathi ukuma kwe-pro-peace, athule noma asekele ngenkuthalo umshini wempi wakwa-Israel. I-American Legion kanye namaVeterans of Foreign Wars aseceleni. I-AFL-CIO Labour Federation igcine iphumele obala ngokuthula kodwa isebenzise umsipha wayo omncane eCapitol Hill.
I-AIPAC, "uhulumeni osekela i-Israel akanakwenza lutho olungalungile" sekungamashumi eminyaka ehlakulela ubudlelwano nalezi zinhlangano zase-US nezinye ezifana nazo.
Ukuthunjwa okubi kakhulu kuye kwavela emsebenzini wezomthetho osesimweni seNhlangano Yabameli Bezwe kanye ne-American Bar Association (ABA) - inhlangano enkulu yabameli emhlabeni. Laba bameli bonke “bayizikhulu zenkantolo” abayalelwe ukuthi bamele umthetho. Ngaphandle kwesikhashana nje ngo-2005-2006 (https://nader.org/2013/04/19/aba-white-papers/ ) i-ABA ingenzi lutho ngenkathi oMongameli bephula uMthethosisekelo wethu njalo kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zemithetho - yasekhaya neyamazwe ngamazwe - ngaphandle kokujeziswa, eqhutshwa yiKhongolose.
Mina noBruce Fein siye sacela i-50 State Bar Associations ukuthi ibe ngabaphenduli bokuqala ekuphonseni inselelo ukwephulwa okuqhubekayo komthetho ngenxa yemisebenzi yabo yobungcweti nolwazi. Abekho abaphendulile.
Ngokuqondene nabasebenzi bezempilo ababukele u-Israyeli enisa ukufa nokubhujiswa ngqo ezibhedlela zaseGaza nasemitholampilo yezempilo, egcwele iziguli eziphelelwe ithemba, odokotela nabasizi babo abasengozini yokushabalala bengenazo izindlela zokunikela ngokunakekelwa kwabo, impendulo ithule kakhulu. I-American Public Health Association kanye ne-American Medical Student Association baphakathi kwabambalwa abaye bagxeka izenzo zonya zakwa-Israyeli.
Kodwa-ke, izicelo zokuphelelwa ithemba zozakwabo abalimele behlulekile ukubhalisa ne-American Medical Association, i-American College of Surgeons, i-American Academy of Family Physicians, i-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma nabanye abaningi. (Bheka incwadi kaMashi 1, 2024,engaphendulwa).
Yini engaguqula izwe lethu? Isakhamuzi esihleliwe esingaphansi kwephesenti elilodwa labavoti Ezifundeni zikaKhongolose, esinikeza izwi kubantu abaningi abangenazwi, singakhulula iCongress ekuthunjweni kwayo okubekwe amandla okuhaha, amandla kanye noMbuso onobudlova, ikhipha izinsiza ezidingweni zethu zasekhaya ezinzima.
Njengoba ngibhale ku I-Capitol Hill Citizen (Februwari/March 2024), iCongress isiphenduke isikhali sokucekela phansi abantu abaningi ngezimpi eziningi. Abantu kuphela abangabuyisa amandla abo obukhosi, ngaphansi koMthethosisekelo, manje osejutshwe kuKhongolose edayisela abafaki zicelo abaphezulu bezinkampani.
Ekubulaweni kwabantu baseGaza kwa-Israel, isibalo esincane kodwa esikhulayo samaDemocrats kuCongress simi kahle. Badinga ukusekelwa kwakho okusebenzayo ukuze bandise izinombolo zabo. (Bheka, I-Ceasefire Tracker: https://workingfamilies.org/ceasefire-tracker/).
Ngokuqondene namaRiphabhulikhi anonya, anonya, anonya, anonya, anonya, ahlala ehlazekile ekwesekeni kwawo ngokugcwele uNetanyahu, olwela umsebenzi wakhe, ezama ukubalekela abashushisi bakwa-Israel futhi akathandwa kakhulu kwa-Israel.
Isikhundla se-GOP sivezwe nguSenator wase-Arkansas u-Tom Cotton - ummeli ongekho ngaphansi - owathi ngo-Okthoba odlule, mayelana nokulahlwa kwaphakade kwezizukulwane: "Ngokubona kwami, i-Israel ingakwazi ukudiliza imfucumfucu eGaza." Yilokhu kanye okwenziwe yizigelekeqe zakwa-Israel ngezikhali, imali yabakhokhintela kanye nekhava yezobunxusa enikwe amandla yizigebengu ezikhohlakele njengoTom Cotton.
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