Ukuqeqeshwa okungezona udlame lokujoyina imikhumbi ye-Freedom Flotilla Coalition eya eGaza kube kushubile. Njengoba amakhulu ethu avela emazweni angu-32 ayehlangene e-Istanbul, sachazelwa ngalokho esingase sihlangane nakho kulolu hambo. โKufanele silungele konke okungenzeka,โ kugcizelela abaqeqeshi bethu.
Isimo esihle kakhulu, bathi, ukuthi imikhumbi yethu emithathu-owodwa ophethe amathani angama-5,500 osizo lwabantu kanye nemibili ethwele abagibeli-izofika eGaza futhi ifeze umsebenzi wethu. Esinye isimo kungaba ukuthi uhulumeni waseTurkey angase anqobe ingcindezi evela kwa-Israyeli, e-United States naseJalimane, futhi avimbele izikebhe ukuthi ziphume ngisho nase-Istanbul. Lokhu kwenzeka ngo-2011, lapho uhulumeni waseGreece eboshelwe ngaphansi kwengcindezi futhi izikebhe eziyishumi zamiswa eGreece. Njengoba izikebhe zethu zimile e-Istanbul namuhla, sinovalo lokuthi uMongameli waseTurkey u-Erdogan, osanda kuhlaselwa kanzima okhethweni lwasekhaya, usengozini kunoma yikuphi ukukhwabanisa kwezomnotho okungenzeka ukuthi imibuso yaseNtshonalanga iyasabisa.
Okunye okungenzeka ukuthi imikhumbi iyasuka kodwa ama-Israel asiduna ngokungemthetho emanzini aphesheya, ashaqa izikebhe nezimpahla zethu, asibophe futhi asibophe, futhi ekugcineni asidingise.
Lokhu kwenzeka kolunye uhambo lwemikhumbi oluya eGaza, olunye lwazo olunemiphumela ebulalayo. Ngo-2010, i-flotilla yezikebhe eziyisithupha yamiswa ngamasosha akwa-Israel emanzini aphesheya. Bagibela isikebhe esikhulu kunazo zonke, i-Mavi Marmara. Ngokombiko we-UN, abakwa-Israel bavulele ngenhlamvu ngendiza enophephela emhlane eyayizulazula ngaphezu komkhumbi nasezikebheni zama-commando eceleni komkhumbi. Embukisweni wamandla asabekayo, kwashona abagibeli abayisishiyagalolunye, kwathi omunye kamuva washonelwa amanxeba akhe.
Ukuze sizame ukuvimbela elinye iphupho elibi njengalelo, abangase bagibele kule flotilla kufanele baqeqeshwe kanzima. Sibukele ividiyo yalokho esingase sibhekane nakhoโkusuka kusisi esikhalisa izinyembezi esinamandla kuya kumabhomu okubhidliza ahlukanisa izindlebeโfuthi satshelwa ukuthi ama-commandos akwa-Israel azohloma ngezikhali eziyindilinga. Sabe sesihlukana saba amaqembu amancane ukuze sixoxe ngokuthi singasabela kanjani, ngaphandle kobudlova, ekuhlaselweni okunjalo. Sihlale, sime, noma silale? Ingabe siyazixhumanisa izingalo? Ingabe siphakamisa izandla zethu emoyeni ukukhombisa ukuthi asihlomile?
Ingxenye eyayisabisa kakhulu yokuqeqeshwa kwakuwukulingisa okugcwele izibhamu ezivala izindlebe namabhomu aqhumayo namasosha azifihle ubuso esiklabalasa, esishaya ngezibhamu ezilingisayo, esihudulela phansi, futhi esibopha. Kwakusangulukisa ngempela ukuthola amazwibela alokho okungase kusilindele. Okukhathaza ngokufanayo imibiko yabezindaba yakwa-Israel ekhombisa ukuthi amasosha akwa-Israel aseqalile โamalungiselelo ezokuphepha,โ okuhlanganisa namalungiselelo okuthatha i-flotilla.
Yingakho wonke umuntu obhalisele lo mkhankaso efanelwe ukunconywa kakhulu. Iqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke labagibeli livela eTurkey, futhi abaningi bangamalungu eqembu elisiza abantu, i-IHH, i-NGO enkulukazi yaseTurkey enamahhovisi angama-82 ezweni lonke. Inesimo sokubonisana e-UN futhi yenza umsebenzi wokupha emazweni ayi-115. Nge-IHH, izigidi zabasekeli banikela ngemali ukuze bathenge futhi babeke imikhumbi. I-Israel, nokho, iqoke le nhlangano esiza abantulayo ehlonishwa kakhulu njengeqembu lamaphekula.
Iqembu elilandelayo elikhulu kunawo wonke livela e-Malaysia, amanye awo axhumene nelinye iqembu elikhulu kakhulu elisiza abantu elibizwa ngokuthi i-MyCARE. I-MyCARE, eyaziwa ngokusiza ezimweni eziphuthumayo njengezikhukhula nezinye izinhlekelele zemvelo, inikele ngezigidi zamaRandi kusizo oluphuthumayo eGaza eminyakeni edlule.
Abasuka e-US, kunabahlanganyeli abangaba ngu-35. Ohola leli qembu, nokhiye kumfelandawonye wamazwe ngamazwe, nguColonel Wezempi WaseMelika osethathe umhlalaphansi oneminyaka engu-77 kanye nenxusa loMnyango Wezwe u-Ann Wright. Ngemva kokushiya uMnyango Wezwe ephikisana nokuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq, u-Wright usebenzise amakhono akhe okusebenzelana naye ukuze asize ukuhlanganisa iqembu le-motley lamazwe ngamazwe. Umgqugquzeli wakhe ovela e-US u-Huwaida Arraf, ummeli wase-Palestine waseMelika ongumsunguli we-International Solidarity Movement futhi owangenela ukhongolose ngo-2022. U-Arraf wayengukhiye ekuhleleni ama-flotilla okuqala ngo-2008. Kuze kube manje. , sekube nemizamo engaba ngu-15 yokufika eGaza ngesikebhe, emihlanu kuphela kuyo ephumelele.
Ububanzi obumangalisayo babahlanganyeli bubonakala emihlanganweni yethu yasebusuku, lapho ungezwa khona amaqoqo amaqembu exoxa ngesi-Arabhu, iSpanishi, isiPutukezi, isiMalay, isiFulentshi, isiNtaliyane, nesiNgisi ngamaphikseli ahlukahlukene kusukela ku-Australian kuya ku-Welsh. Iminyaka yobudala isuka kubafundi abaneminyaka engu-20 kuya kudokotela wezokwelapha wase-Argentina oneminyaka engama-86.
Okusihlanganisayo yintukuthelo yethu yokuthi umphakathi womhlaba uvumela lesi sibhicongo eGaza ukuba senzeke, kanye nesifiso esivuthayo sokwenza okungaphezu kwalokho ebesikwenza ukuvimba abantu ukuthi bangabulawa, bagogeke futhi balambe. Usizo esilulethayo lukhulu kakhuluโlulingana namaloli angaphezu kuka-100โkodwa akuyona ukuphela kwenjongo yalolu hambo. "Lona wumsebenzi wokusiza ukuletha ukudla kubantu abalambile," kusho u-Huwaida Arraf, "kodwa abantu basePalestine abafuni ukuphila ngeminikelo yokupha. Ngakho futhi siphonsela inselelo izinqubomgomo zakwa-Israel ezibenza bancike osizweni. Sizama ukunqamula ukuvinjezelwa.โ
Ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli okunonya kubantu baseGaza, ukuvinjwa kwayo ukulethwa kosizo kanye nokugxila kwayo ezinhlanganweni zosizo kubhebhezele inhlekelele enkulu yobuntu. Ukubulawa kwabasebenzi abayisikhombisa be-World Central Kitchen ngamasosha akwa-Israel ngo-Ephreli 1 kugqamise indawo eyingozi lapho izinhlangano ezisizayo zisebenza khona, osekuphoqe abaningi babo ukuthi bavale ukusebenza kwabo.
Uhulumeni wase-US wakha ichweba lesikhashana losizo okufanele liqedwe ekuqaleni kukaMeyi, kodwa lona nguhulumeni ofanayo ohlinzeka ngezikhali kanye nesembozo sobunxusa kwabakwa-Israel. Futhi ngenkathi uMongameli uBiden ezwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngabantu basePalestine abahluphekayo, uselumisile usizo ku-UNRWA, okuyisikhungo esikhulu se-UN esibhekele ukubasiza, ngemuva kokuthi i-Israel yenze izimangalo ezingenabufakazi zokuthi abasebenzi bayo abayi-12 kwabayi-13,000 eGaza babambe iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kwango-Okthoba 7.
Uma kubhekwa ukuphuthuma nobungozi obukhona kulo mzuzu, i-Freedom Flotilla Coalition ingena emanzini amabi futhi angakaze abonwe. Sicela amazwe omhlaba wonke ukuthi acindezele u-Israyeli ukuba asivumele โindlela yamahhala nephephileโ eya eGaza. E-US, sicela usizo kuCongress yethu, kodwa njengoba sisanda kugunyaza enye imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-26 zamaRandi kwa-Israyeli, kuyangabazeka ukuthi singathembela ekusekeleni kwabo.
Futhi ngisho noma ohulumeni bethu bebecindezela u-Israyeli, ingabe u-Israyeli wayeyonaka? Ukwedelela kwabo umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nombono womhlaba phakathi nezinyanga eziyisikhombisa ezedlule kukhombisa okuhlukile. Kodwa noma kunjalo, sizoqhubekela phambili. Abantu baseGaza bangumoya oseyili yethu. Inkululeko yePalestine iyiNkanyezi yethu yaseNyakatho. Sizimisele ukufika eGaza ngokudla, imithi futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ubumbano nothando lwethu.
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