Umbhalo nezithombe ngu-Andre Vltchek, ngokubika nokusekelwa nguLynda Brayer.
Uma othile engathi: “Israel, Palestine and Golan Heights! Futhi unemizuzwana emibili kuphela yokuchaza ukuthi yini efika kuqala engqondweni yakho.”
Khona-ke ngokushesha ngangibeka izithombe ezimbili ezifika engqondweni yami: “Indawo yokukhoseliswa kwengqondo, nesikhwama esikhulukazi esigcwele izintambo zobungcweti eziphothiwe.”
Ukukhoseliswa kwengqondo, ngoba enye indlela yokuchaza lawo mashumi eminyaka amade amanga, amaqiniso angaphelele, kanye nenkohliso? Singasichaza kanjani futhi isimo sezinto lapho ulimi lulahlekelwa incazelo yalo, amagama aphenduka abe ukuklolodela okuyiziqephu futhi abantu babonakale bengazwani.
Izintambo zazizofika engqondweni, ngoba angiyena nje umbhali, kodwa futhi ngingumenzi wefilimu nomthwebuli wezithombe. Hhayi ngokuzikhethela, kodwa ngenxa nje yokuthi ngezinye izikhathi, empeleni kaningi, ngibuye ngibe nomuzwa wokuthi amagama awanele ekuchazeni iqiniso. Ngenkathi ngisebenza, kufanele ngisebenzise izintambo, eziningi zazo. Futhi ngiyazizonda izintambo: wonke lawo mashaja nezintambo zomlilo, izintambo ze-USB nezinye izinto. Uwafaka esikhwameni esisodwa futhi ayaphithana; awusoze wawahlukanisa, uwaqondise, futhi uthole iziphetho ezimbili.
Futhi yilokho okwaba yile ngxenye yomhlaba yasendulo: intambo enkulukazi, embozwe ukusangana.
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Ake singakhulumi ipolitiki, okwesikhashana. Ake sibhekane nezindaba ezingokoqobo - ukuthi ungasuka kanjani ephuzwini A uye endaweni engu-B.
Ngisuka kanjani eRafah ngiye eRamallah? Uyabona, namanje, mina iZwi inginika amaphutha amabili esipelingi kuwo womabili amagama, ngakho-ke mhlawumbe awekho ngempela noma awasho lutho?
AmaPalestine ahamba kanjani ukusuka eBethlehem kuya eGaza City?
Amadoda nabesifazane bakwa-Israel ababehlala eGolan Heights baya kanjani ezweni lakubo - eSiriya, futhi bahlangana kanjani nezihlobo zabo? Futhi masingawenzi amaphutha ezobuchwepheshe - ngokomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe abantu base-Golan Heights empeleni bahlala e-Syria njengoba kungekho hulumeni owazi ukuthi i-Israel ibanjwe. Aphinde afakwe kwa-Israyeli, ngokungafani nalabo abahlala eGaza naseWest Bank.
Kodwa sonke siyazi, vele, ukuthi ukuze ufinyelele eMajdal al-Shams, idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke eGolan Heights, umuntu akandizeli eDamaseku kodwa uya eTel Aviv.
Ingabe uphathwa yikhanda, kakade? Thatha umoya ojulile, njengoba kuba kubi kakhulu.
Ngabe amaJordani noma amaSaudis angena ini uma enquma ukuvakashela iWest Bank? Ingabe bangena ePalestine noma kwa-Israyeli? AmaSaudis akakwazanga ngisho nokubiza igama elithi 'Israel' (igama elingcolile, nakuba, ngokuxakayo, omunye wabalingani babo abaseduze esifundeni), ingasaphathwa eyokuya lapho. Futhi kungenzeka, okungenani ngokwethiyori, bangene eWest Bank?
Uma unesitembu sakwa-Israel kupasipoti yakho, awusoze wavakashela amazwe amaningi ama-Arab. Kodwa iWest Bank iyiPalestine, nakuba isagcwele abantu futhi ihlukene phakathi futhi ilawulwa yi-Israel. Ngakho-ke yini oyitholayo ku-passport yakho? Ingabe isivakashi saseSaudi singathola inkanyezi kaDavid igxivizwe emakhasini aso acolisisiwe wepasi?
Njengomuntu wangaphandle, ngingahlala eTel Aviv ngiye eGaza noma eWest Bank. Izakhamizi zakwa-Israel azikwazi!
Ngiyakhumbula, ekuqaleni kwe-Intifada yokugcina, ngaqasha imoto eshayelwa umshayeli wamaKhomanisi wakwa-Israel, umfundi okhaliphile womlando, owangilahla emngceleni onezivikelo eziqinile neGaza futhi ngaso leso sikhathi waqala ukulwa kwakhe okukhulu nonogada basemngceleni wakwa-Israyeli, ubabiza ngamagama futhi uphinda iphuzu elilodwa elilula nelisemthethweni, ngesiNgisi, ngokuqinisekile okokuzijabulisa kwami. Kwahamba kanjena: “Abaduli, siqhumisa le ndawo ngamabhomu ngemali yentela yami neyomzali wami. Nginelungelo lokuyobona ukuthi ibutho lami libulala kanjani izakhamuzi!”
Ekugcineni ingxoxo yashintsha yaba isiHebheru, futhi angikwazanga ukuyilandela. Kodwa ngalithola iphuzu.
Onogada basemngceleni wakwa-Israel bagcina bengivumela ukuba ngidlule. Hhayi ukuthi nginebhola eGaza, khumbula! Ngokushesha ngemva kokuwela, itekisi engangihlanganyela nayo yashiswa yindiza enophephela emhlane yakwa-Israel, futhi ngemva kwamahora ambalwa nje ngazithola ngisebenza esibhedlela esidume kabi saseShifa, sigcwele amadoda adutshulwe ngamasende, amakhanda kanye nezitho.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva ngakwazi ukuwelela eSinayi yaseGibhithe, kuyilapho abantu basePalestine abampofu eGaza becolile, bavalwa futhi bengakwazi ukuya noma kuphi. Isikhumulo sezindiza sabo esisha sha saqala savalwa, saphinde sacekelwa phansi.
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Nakuba ama-Israyeli engakwazi ukuya eWest Bank noma eGaza, ngaphandle kwezimoto zabo ezihlomile futhi nezibhamu zinamathele kuzo zonke izindawo, abantu baseGaza naseWest Bank bangaya, okungenani ngokombono, kwa-Israyeli. Kodwa kuphela uma bekwazi ukuthola izimvume ezidingekayo. Futhi ukuwathola, kubakhileyo baseWest Bank, kunzima futhi kuyalulaza, kuyilapho kubantu baseGaza - inqubo ibuhlungu, ihlambalaza futhi umphumela cishe ungenakwenzeka.
"Benze amaPalestine ancike ngokuphelele ku-Israel", kuchaza uTami Sheleff osiza abantu basePalestine ukuthi bathole izimvume zokusebenza zakwa-Israel. Uyivolontiya enhlanganweni yamavolontiya yamaJuda ebizwa ngokuthi iBorder Watch. “Ukuthi uyaphila noma uyafa kuya ngokuthi uyasebenza kwa-Israyeli noma cha. Enye indoda empofu isanda kungitshela: 'Ngiyazi ukuthi akufanele ngiwele ngokungemthetho. Uma bengangibamba, ngiphelile! Kodwa akukho engingakwenza.' Futhi ngisho noma uthola imvume, ukuphila akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi. Izisebenzi zisemseni wabaphathi bazo: kokubili amaJuda nama-Arab, nama-Arabhu akusho ukuthi enze abaqashi abangcono. Abahlanganyeli bama-Arab ngokuvamile yilabo abaqasha abasebenzi basePalestine. Khona-ke, banamandla aphelele phezu kwabo.”
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Konke kuwukuhlakazeka okuphelele. Izintambo zami zomcabango ezicasulayo zithathelwa indawo, empilweni yangempela, ngezintambo ezicijile emngceleni, ngezintambo eziningana zezintambo ezinamandla kagesi, ngezintambo 'ezihlobisa' izindonga ezinde zikakhonkolo ezihlukanisa imiphakathi yonke, zihlukanisa izikole emadolobheni, amadolobhana namadolobhana, amasimu. emadolobheni.
Ngabhala ukuthi kuma-Israyeli akuvunyelwe ukungena ezindaweni ezithathwe, ngaphandle uma bengena emathangini abo. Kodwa-ke nakubantu base-Israel, kukhona okuhlukile: bangaya ePalestine uma bedla umhlaba wasePalestine futhi babe 'izifiki', okuyinto abaningi babo abakhetha ukuyenza. Uma kunjalo, bangasebenzisa imigwaqo ekhethekile futhi bakhanyise amakhadi abo omazisi akhethekile.
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Njengoba sishayela ku-toll road 6, sisuka e-Haifa siya eJerusalema, uzakwethu we-CP nommeli wamalungelo abantu u-Lynda Brayer ngokusobala useqala ukufukamela izifiso eziyimfihlo zokungibulala ngezandla zakhe.
Ngibona amadolobha asePalestine ohlangothini lwesobunxele futhi ngifuna ukuthi sishiye umgwaqo omkhulu sishayele emgwaqeni wendawo. Ingxabano yami iwukuthi ngidinga ukushayela emadolobheni asePalestine, kaningi, ukuze ngizizwe kangcono ngalesi simo. Iphuzu likaLynda liwukuthi 'asisoze safika eJerusalema', njengoba kunezindawo zokuhlola ezingapheli emigwaqweni yesibili edlula eWest Bank.
Siyaxabana. ULynda uyakhala: “Izingane zami ziku-google zangixwayisa ukuthi uma ngisebenza nawe, cishe ngizobuyela ekhaya nesikhwama somzimba”. Ngeneliseke ngeqiniso lokuthi idumela lami elihle lafinyelela yonke indlela eya kwa-Israel nasePalestine, ngathatha indlela yokubuyisana. Ngiyabuza: “Kungani emhlabeni singakwazi ukuthatha umgwaqo wendawo, ngempela?”
“Angikwazi ukuya lapho”, ephendula. "Ungakwazi, kodwa hhayi mina."
Ngesinye isikhathi sisuka ku-Route 6 futhi singene ku-Route 423. Futhi ngithola engangikucela: Okubonwayo kobuhlanya bomsebenzi. Umgwaqo onguthelawayeka uminyaniswe phakathi kwezindonga ezimbili ezinde zikakhonkolo, mude kangangokuthi udonga lwaseBerlin lungabukeka njenge-midget uma luqhathaniswa. Imibhoshongo yokubuka ikhona yonke indawo - yinde futhi isho ukuthini - futhi ucingo oluhlabayo lufana noqweqwe lwekhekhe, luhlobisa zonke lezo zidalwa ezinkulu.
Kufanele sidlule endaweni yokuhlola. Khona-ke, ngemva kwemizuzu embalwa, uLynda uyachaza: “Lapha, isikole osibona kwesokunxele… Kukhona izindawo zokuhlala zamaJuda phakathi, futhi izingane azivunyelwe ukudlula kuzo.”
Ngibona izintambo eziningi, izintambo yonke indawo. Isikole angisiboni neze.
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Kusukela ethafeni le-Tantur Ecumenical Institute eJerusalema, umuntu angajabulela ama-vistas amabili aqhakazile: enye yendlunkulu yenkonzo eyimfihlo yakwa-Israyeli, kanti enye yodonga olubi, oluzungeza idolobha lasePalestine iBetlehema.
Manje sengikhathele yizindonga; abagulayo bezindonga; izindonga zingenza ngifune ukuphalaza.
Izinsuku ezimbalwa sasihlanganisa i-Golan Heights eyayiphethwe yi-Israel, cishe singenalutho ngaphandle kwezindonga nezintambo. Kunezingqimba ezimbalwa zezintambo ezinameva zamandla kagesi aphezulu phakathi kweGolan ehlalwayo neSyria, phakathi kwe-Israel neLebanon. Kunezintambo kanye nezindawo zamabhomu; kunezintambo ezindala ezigqwalile nezintambo ezintsha ezicwebezelayo, zonke izinhlobo zezintambo. Imboni yensimbi yakwa-Israel kumele yenze kahle kakhulu!
Ngemuva kwezinsuku nezinsuku zokubhekana nezintambo, uqala ukuzibuza ukuthi baphi abantu - babonakala bebancane kakhulu; bacashe ndawana thize ngemuva kwezintambo, baphoxeke ngezintambo, bethuswa izintambo, behlukaniswa izintambo.
Kwesinye isikhathi uqala ukusangana kuzo zonke lezo zintambo, uyazibuza ukuthi kungazwakala kanjani ukushada nocingo, ukwenza uthando nocingo, ukuba nocingo oluhle njengesilwane esifuywayo.
Khona-ke niyazi ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuphuma kwa-Israyeli nasezindaweni ezihlanjiwe; nokuwashiya masinyane. Yebo ungakwenza, noma nini, kodwa amaPalestine angeke! Babhajwe ngalezo zintambo ezinegazi!
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Phakathi nobusuku bami bokugcina, engabuchitha kulengxenye yomhlaba, ngaphambi kokuba ngibuyele eCairo, ngangizibuza ngedolobha elidala laseJerusalema. Njengenhlalayenza, leli dolobha lalimuhle, lingelinye lamadolobha amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni.
IJerusalema noma i-Al-Quds? Ngokusho kwe iZwi kukhompuyutha yami, kwakuyiJerusalema impela, ngoba 'i-Al-Quds' yayinjalo, njengawo wonke amadolobha asePalestine, idwetshelwe ngokubomvu, ngakho-ke iboniswa njengephutha.
Kodwa ngisho neJerusalema lahlukana phakathi. Lapha, izintambo zazingokomfanekiso, hhayi ezangempela, noma okungenani eziningi zazo.
Ngabuza umninisitolo ongum-Arab ukuthi athole izikhombisi-ndlela eziya e-Al-Aqsa Mosque. Wangibuza ukuthi ngingumSulumane yini. Ngaphendula ngokuthi anginayo inkolo, kodwa ngifuna ukubona i-mosque. Waqala ukuthuka ngesi-Arabhu. Ngabe sengizanyelwa izinyane lathi lingiyisa eNtabeni yeThempeli naseDome of the Rock. Esinye isalukazi sasizwa, saqala ukuthethisa izinyane; ukumfundisa ukuthi ukungiyisa lapho kuzoba khona haram.
Ekugcineni ngahamba ngedwa, ngacela indlela. Ngathola isango elikhulu, elinonogada ababili bakwa-Israel. "Ingabe ungumSulumane?" babuza. “Cha”, ngathi, “ayikho inkolo”. “Ngeke nihambe,” baphendula: “Ngokwabo kuphela.”
Ngishayele abangani bami ucingo. “Ngeke bakuvumele ukuthi udlule,” bachaza. "Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, iqembu lamaJuda langena e-Al-Aqsa Mosque futhi lazama ukuthandaza lapho".
'Lokho kungaba yinto evamile ngesikhathi se-Caliphate yaseCordoba'; Ngangizokhuluma, kodwa ngashintsha umqondo wami. Lezi kwakuyizikhathi ezihluke kakhulu.
Ngaba nomuzwa wokungathembani nesimo esinzima, esiqinile kulo lonke idolobha elidala.
Ngesinye isikhathi ngafika kwelinye lamasango aholela eNtabeni Yethempeli. Unogada onozwela wangivumela ukuba ngisondele ngasemnyango. “Ungaweli. Ungangeni.” Amapherimitha ayegcwele yonke indawo, amanye ewumcabango, amanye engokoqobo; nokuvinjelwa, ukunqwabelana phezu komunye nomunye.
Ukuze ufinyelele Udonga LwaseNtshonalanga noma 'Udonga Lokumemeza', umuntu kufanele adlule kumtshina wensimbi oyinkimbinkimbi, ngokusebenzisa ukuphepha kwangempela.
Ngihamba nje ngiyazibuza ukuthi ngabe leli dolobha liyoke lihlale ngokuthula yini, lizokhululeka yini.
Eduze kodonga, endaweni yokudlela encane, ngicela indlela. Ngihlangana no-Lynda e-Salah ad Din Street, ese-East Jerusalem. Umnikazi unginikeza ukubukeka okungcolile. “Angazi ukuthi ukuphi!” ephendula ngokudelela.
Ngiyahamba, bese ngibuza umthengisi obheka isi-Arab ukuze athole izikhombisi-ndlela. “Hamba nje uqonde, uze ufike ekugcineni, imizuzu eyishumi nanhlanu,” ephendula. “Phuma ngeSango laseDamaseku ulandele ugange lwasendulo.”
Ngiyasilandela iseluleko sakhe. ngiyaphuma; Ngidlula eSangweni laseDamaseku bese ngibona uDonga - luhle futhi lunomlando. Kodwa anginandaba. Kuleli qophelo, kimi, udonga luwudonga. Bonke bangenza ngizizwe ngigula, ngicanuzela inhliziyo. Isisu sami siyavukela, ngizwa ngiphalaza.
Ngehlisa ukubuka kwami ; Ngiyaxolisa kulolu donga oluhle, oluyingxenye yesizinda samagugu omhlaba esiqokwe yi-UNESCO. Kodwa akukho engingakwenza - lolu donga luningi kakhulu. Ngihamba, ngokushesha, ngibheke emgwaqeni oqanjwe ngoSultan omkhulu ophikisana nama-imperialist okwathi emakhulwini amaningi eminyaka edlule, waxosha abantu baseYurophu kulezi zindawo ezibuhlungu - uSultan Salah al Din.
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“Masigijimele eBetlehema; ePalestine”, ngisikisela uLynda, lapho engiphakamisa nemoto phambi kwesiteshi samaphoyisa.
“Angikwazi,” usho kanje. Khona-ke, ngemva kwemizuzwana embalwa yokungabaza “Kulungile, ake; Ngiyayazi imigwaqo yasemuva.”
Kumnyama futhi kufanele sime emgwaqeni onguthelawayeka, kwenye yalezo zindawo zokuhlola eziyinkimbinkimbi. Senza i-U-Turn, bese siyaphuma ku-motorway; shayela phezulu entabeni. Amaphoyisa ayasivimba. ULynda ukhuluma isiHebheru. Isigqoko esihle simboze isikhafu sakhe. Bacabanga ukuthi singamaJuda amabili ahlala futhi basivumela ukuba sidlule.
“Ngangihlala lapha,” kuchaza uLynda. “Ngangiwummeli owasungula i-'Society of St. Yves; Catholic Human Rights Centre'”.
Siphumelele. Manje sidlula eBethlehem futhi uLynda uyathuka. “Bashintshe yonke into. Yonke le migwaqo isendleleni eyodwa, manje. Angazi lutho.”
Kodwa manje sengiyahleka. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ngiseGolan Heights, ngemuva kwazo zonke lezo zindonga, izinsalela zomsebenzi, nangemva kwemishini yakamuva yomsebenzi, kuyinto enengqondo kakhulu okufanele ngiyenze, ukuqeda umsebenzi wami lapha - ePalestine - ebusuku. "
"Sesizohlukana manje," kusho uLynda. “Asifake okuthize emnothweni wasePalestine. Ukuphatha kwami. Ake sivakashele ihhotela elihle i-Jacir Palace, elakhiwa ngesikhathi soMbuso Wase-Ottoman futhi lineminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu likhona”.
Ungikhombisa iSikhungo sakhe Samalungelo Abantu lapho iSonto LamaRoma Katolika lamsusa khona kafushane ngoba u-Israel wayecabanga ukuthi "unobutha"! Futhi sima imizuzwana embalwa endaweni ezungezile.
Bese ngiyayibona. "Hayi suka!" ngiyamemeza. Kukhona UDONGA, udonga lwakwa-Israel, ukusuka ohlangothini lwasePalestine. Kukhulu, kukhulu kunempilo, futhi kuyagula ukwedlula noma yiluphi udonga engake ngalubona ngaphambili. Kukhona umbhoshongo ofakwe kuyo. Ngandlela-thile ibukeka njenge-piranha, ngaphandle kwamazinyo kuphela!
Kukhona i-graffiti. “Lona Umhlaba Ohlalwe Ngokungemthetho. State of Palestine. 194. "
Bese kuba nezimpawu ezimbalwa ezifana nalezi: Shiya Le Palestine - End Up Terror! "
Futhi: I-Revolution Yaqala Lapha! Futhi izoqhubeka…”
Ngicabanga nge-Egypt, ngePort Said, iTahrir Square kanye nezimpi eziphambi kweSigodlo sikaMongameli eCairo. Ngicabanga ngoMengameli uMorsi kanye nohulumeni wakhe, okuthe, ngokungahloniphi abantu basePalestine, muva nje bagcwele umhubhe ohlanganisa iGaza neSinayi. Wabhubhisa okuwukuphela kwendlela abantu baseGaza ababethembele kuyo. 'Yeka ubumbano!' Ngiyacabanga. I-Revolution Yaqala Lapha!
E-Jacir Palace, manje eyingxenye ye-Intercontinental chain, isikhonzi - u-Hassan - uzama ukukubheka kahle konke lokhu kuhlanya, imikhawulo, ukwenqatshelwa, kanye nokwehlukana komsebenzi.
"Uma ngenza kanjalo, ngihamba ngepasipoti yami yasePalestine", uphendula umbuzo wethu. “Angikwazi ukuya kwa-Israyeli ngaphandle kwemvume.”
Kuthiwani ngenhloko-dolobha yasePalestine - eRamallah?
“Ngingahamba, nge-Wadi Naar, 'Isigodi Somlilo', ngidlule ezindaweni zokuhlola zakwa-Israel. Kungathatha amahora angaba ngu-2 kalula, nakuba kuseduze kakhulu njengoba igwababa lindiza.”
ULynda uyabubula ukuthi ukusuka nje eRamallah ukuya eJerusalema kulabo abanemvume, ngezinye izikhathi kungathatha amahora amathathu! Indlela eyodwa!
Kuthiwani uma ufuna ukuya eGaza?
“Yindaba ehluke impela leyo. Ngeke sikwazi ukuya, ngaphandle kokuthi sithole imvume yakwa-Israel, okuyinto ecishe ingenzeki.”
"Thina - ama-Israel - asikwazi nhlobo ukuhamba," kusho uLinda. "Ungahamba, ngombono, kodwa kufanele uthole imvume futhi lokho kudinga umzamo kaSisyphus."
“Ukhona omaziyo walapha; eBetlehema, ngubani owakwazi ukuya eGaza na?” Ngiyacela.
“Cha, angifuni”, kuphendula uweta.
Sitshelwa ukuthi phakathi nenkathi ephezulu, leli hhotela elihle lesitayela sase-Ottoman ligcwele izivakashi zaseRussia, zaseKorea naseJapane. Kodwa awekho neze ama-Arabhu abeza lapha. Bangeza noma bangezi?
Ikhanda lami liyazulazula kuzo zonke lezo zintambo, izindonga nemikhawulo.
Sihamba ngamaphoyisa amabili asePalestine.
“Thatha isithombe,” kusho uLynda. Ngithwebula abafana ababili abancane begqoke umfaniswano, bephethe omakalabha ezandleni zabo. Bayamamatheka; baze basimela.
“Siyakwamukela ePalestine!” bayamamatheka.
“Ngiyabonga,” siyaphendula, njengoba amehlo ethu ethe njo embhoshongweni wokuqapha wama-Israyeli ohlekisayo oqhele ngezinyathelo ezimbalwa nje.
Kamuva, ebusuku kakhulu, ngaphakathi emotweni, njengoba sisondela endaweni yokuhlola yakwa-Israyeli ngaphambi kokungena eJerusalema, ngibuza uLynda:
“Uma useTel Aviv noma e-Haifa, ungase uzivalele kulo lonke leli qiniso futhi uhlale kwelinye lamazwe acebe kakhulu futhi anethezeke kakhulu emhlabeni, akunjalo?”
“Kunjalo”, ephendula. "Uma ukhohlwa ngokwenziwa yi-Israel kubantu basePalestine nakwabanye, ungaba nesiko lakho eliphezulu, ubuchwephesha kanye nokunethezeka."
“Ingabe abantu bayazi? Ingabe banendaba?”
“Iningi labo liphila ngokuphika,” ephendula. Bancamela ukuhlala kulokho okubizwa lapha "ibhamuza!" Ngibabheka njengabanobugovu. Bakhetha ukungaboni, nokungazi.”
Isikhashana sishayela kuthulekile.
“Zonke lezo zindonga esizibonile”, ngisho. “Zonke lezo zintambo… Ngeke kube lula ukuziqaqa.”
“Akulula neze”, evuma.
“Yilapho okungelona iqiniso kwehluleka khona”, ngiphakamisa. “Abantu abaningi bayazi, ngokombono, ukuthi lokhu akulungile. Singabanikeza izinombolo, ukuhlaziya, izinqumo ze-UN ezisekelwa umhlaba wonke kodwa zavinjwa yi-US… Singasho futhi siphindaphinde zonke lezo ziphetho zokuziphatha, ngokuphindaphindiwe… Kodwa indlela enjalo yehlulekile iminyaka namashumi eminyaka. Akukho okushintshile.”
“Pho yini engasiza?”
"Anginalwazi. Izinkondlo, izingoma, amafilimu”, inganekwane…” ngicabanga ngokuzwakalayo. “Udonga, Izindonga; abazizwa bangempela, akunjalo? Azikho, akunjalo? Uma benza kanjalo, kuyoba ukusangana kakhulu. Mhlawumbe kufanele sizame ukufakazela ukuthi zikhona kuphela emicabangweni yethu; ukuthi azizona ezangempela, ziyiphupho nje elibi. Futhi uma sikwazile ukufakazela lokho, zingagcina zinyamalale. ”
“Kuzame,” kusho yena.
“Kuwumbono nje,” ngisho. “Sonke siyaphelelwa ngamasu, akunjalo?”
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Ukusuka kwa-Israyeli, ngazizwa ngithandwa kungazelelwe, ngiqondwa futhi ngaziswa.
Two Mossad (noma iyiphi i-ejensi ababekuyo) ama-ejenti ayefuna ukwazi konke mayelana nempilo yami. Zingaki izingane enginazo, konke mayelana nemishado yami kanye nezehlukaniso.
Babefuna ukwazi yonke into. Bangifundela ipasi lami, amakhadi ami okushicilela, amakhadi ami okuhlala, izincwadi zami zokushayela kanye namapasi ami aphansi.
“Kulokhu,” kusho omunye wabo, ngokumamatheka okudabukisayo, ekhomba umazisi weKlabhu Yentatheli Yezindaba Zangaphandle yaseThailand, “Awubukeki njengawe…”
“Uyazi”, ngivume, “Lena yathathwa eminyakeni engu-9 edlule…
“Hhayi bo”, baqala ukungiduduza bobabili. "Ubukeka umuhle! Ukuthi nje isithombe asifani…”
Saxoxa ngobuntwana bami, ubusha bami, izincwadi zami, namafilimu ami.
Babuza imibuzo, balalela. Ngangingakaze ngibe nobudlelwano nanoma yimuphi umuntu wesifazane owayengabuza imibuzo eminingi ebaluleke kangaka neqondene nomuntu siqu futhi owayelalela ngokucophelela zonke izimpendulo zami. Laba bantu babebhala ngisho namanothi!
Konke kwathatha imizuzu engaba ngu-30, okungenani. Wafika umphathi wabo wangibuza eminye imibuzo. Saqhulula amahlaya. Benza sengathi bangabangane bami.
Ngemva kokuphetha ngokuthi sebefunde okwanele ngami, bangivumela ukuba ngiqhubeke ngibheke ekhawunteni yaseRoyal Jordanian. Ngazizwa ngiphoxekile: ngase ngiqala ukujabulela ingxoxo yethu ngezincwadi zami namafilimu. Kodwa ngaleso sikhathi ngase ngivele ngazizwa ngimsulwa; wacishe wakhala izinyembezi. Njengokuthi emva kokuvuma. Akukhona ukuthi ngazi okuningi ngokuvuma izono, njengoba ngingenayo inkolo… Kodwa ngangicabanga kanjalo ukuthi kumelwe ukuba kuzwakala…
“Manje,” ngacabanga, “konke sekukhulunyiwe futhi kuthethelelwe. Zonke izono zanyamalala emoyeni omncane.”
Ngakho-ke, bakwethu, singaqala kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngizonikhahlela izinqe, ngawo wonke amandla ami, nize nikhulule amakoloni enu. Size sihlangane futhi; kuze kube sekuvunyweni isono esilandelayo!”
“Ungayibuyisela imoto”, ngathumela umlayezo wombhalo ku-Lynda, umlingani wami we-CounterPunch, 'umama wami ongumJuda'. "Futhi utshele izingane zakho ukuthi uzoza ekhaya ngesiqeshana esisodwa, hhayi esikhwameni somzimba."
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U-Andre Vltchek ungumbhali wamanoveli, umenzi wefilimu kanye nentatheli ephenyayo. Wakhuluma ngezimpi nezingxabano emazweni amaningi. Incwadi yakhe nge-Western imperialism eSouth Pacific - Oceania – ishicilelwe ngabakwa-Expathos. Incwadi yakhe evusa inkanuko nge-post-Suharto Indonesia kanye nemodeli ye-market-fundamentalist ibizwa ngokuthi “I-Indonesia - Iqoqo leziqhingi Zokwesaba” (Pluto). Ngemva kokuhlala iminyaka eminingi eLatin America nase-Oceania, u-Vltchek njengamanje uhlala futhi esebenza eMpumalanga Asia nase-Afrika. Angafinyelelwa ngeyakhe iwebhusayithi.
ULynda Burstein Brayer, othweswe iziqu e-Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty, osebenza njengommeli wamalungelo abantu ePalestine/Israel uhlala eHaifa, ePalestine futhi manje ubhala izindatshana zomthetho zezepolitiki nezibucayi. Namuhla uyazi ukuthi amalungelo abantu asungulwa ukuze kugwenywe amalungelo ezombusazwe nakwezomnotho angenakugwenywa futhi ungumphikisi omelene ne-zionist olindele/ethemba u-Baladi Shams. Angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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