Amanzi ashisayo: Izinqe etafuleni. Leyo yindlela okhokho bami abakhuluma isi-Yiddish abasho ngayo, “Asinqume i-BS sikhulume ngeqiniso eliqotho.” Kubukeka sengathi inkulumo efanelekile ngemuva kwesonto lokubuka umdlalo wesibhakela phakathi kukaMongameli u-Obama kanye noNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBenjamin Netanyahu okungalethi inqubekela phambili ebonakalayo ekuthuleni kwe-Israel-Palestine.
Iqiniso, njengetafula, ngokuvamile lilukhuni futhi alikhululekile. OkaMongameli Obama kubiyelwe ngokucophelela ubizo lomphakathi lwesixazululo semibuso emibili ngasemingceleni yakwa-Israyeli yango-1967 ngempela lungamelela isinyathelo esisha. Mhlawumbe izofakazela ngisho ingxenye yabanye uhlelo lomdlalo olude lokho ekugcineni kuzokhokha. Kodwa nansi inkinga: kusukela manje, u-Obama akabonisi ukuthambekela ekusekeleni amazwi akhe ngamandla kahulumeni wase-US ekwazi ukuphatha. Kuze kube yilapho enza kanjalo, lawo mazwi ngeke abangele noma yiluphi ushintsho ekubuseni kuka-Israyeli amaPalestine.
Futhi kukhona udaba olujulile. Umbhali wengosi wase-Israel onethonya uSever Plocker wakhomba ku inhliziyo yendaba: umongameli waseMelika "wamukele ngokungananazi ingqikithi yokulandisa kwe-Israel-Zionist." Kungenzeka ukuthi u-Plocker usho okufanayo ngabo bonke abaholi bezepolitiki abaphezulu baseMelika kanye nabezindaba baseMelika. Ingxoxo yaseMelika mayelana nokungqubuzana kwe-Israel-Palestine ibuswa yindaba exoxwa ngabakwa-Israel abaningi.
I-Ass-Backward Reality
Amanzi ashisayo. Asikhulume iqiniso. Indaba yakwa-Israel ayigcini nje ngokuhlanekezela iqiniso, ibuyisela iqiniso emuva. Ngokweqile, izimangalo zayo eziyisisekelo mayelana namaPalestine ziwachaza ngokunembe kakhudlwana ama-Israyeli uqobo.
Ama-Israyeli angase azibuke esibukweni futhi akhulume ngawo siqu lapho esho izinto ezinjengokuthi “Bangabahlukumezi; siyizisulu nje sizivikela.” Lokho kuyingxenye yokukhiqizwa kwama-Israyeli inganekwane yokungazethembi osisekelo sakhe siwukuthi i-Israel ithwala bonke ubungozi engxabanweni namaPalestine. U-Obama ugxile kuleyo nganekwane yakhe yakamuva "I-Arab Spring" inkulumo lapho ebiza, empeleni, ukuthi kushintshwe: amaPalestine azothola izwe futhi ama-Israel azothola ukuvikeleka, njengokungathi ama-Israel anamandla amakhulu yibona ababhekene nokungavikeleki.
Kulokhu, waphinda amazwi avamile, “Ukuzinikela kwethu ekuvikelekeni kwama-Israyeli akunakunyakaziswa,” futhi wanikeza isixwayiso esingacacile sokuthi “ubuchwepheshe buzokwenza kube nzima ngo-Israyeli ukuzivikela.” Mhlawumbe leyo bekuyindlela enekhodi yokusho ukuthi ngolunye usuku esinye isizwe saseMideast singaba nedlanzana lezikhali zenuzi - njengokungathi noma iyiphi yazo ingasongela u-Israyeli, osevele enazo eziningi. 200 ama-nukes futhi ngokuqinisekile angakha okwengeziwe.
U-Obama wenze inkomba eyodwa kulokho akubiza ngokuthi “ukucatshangwa kwezokuphepha zasePalestine.” Kungaleyo ndlela ama-Israel ajwayele ukulibeka ngayo ithemba lawo ekudala likhona lokuthi amaphoyisa asePalestine azoba yilokho uNetanyahu ake akubiza ngokuthi “osonkontileka abancane” bakwa-Israel, ethatha izintambo kumasosha akwa-Israel umsebenzi wokuqeda ukumelana no-Israel kanye nemigomo yayo. Futhi, iphuzu liwukuthi u-Israyeli uthwala bonke ubungozi.
Nokho amaPalestine akavikelekile kakhulu kunama-Israel. Njenganoma yiziphi izisulu zokubuthwa kwezempi yamakholoni, bahlala bengaphansi kosongo lokufa nokubhujiswa ngaphandle kwesaziso, ngokuthanda kwamasosha akwa-Israyeli, futhi ngokuya ngokuya ngokuya besatshiswa. kubahlali bakwa-Israel kanjalo. Phakathi nekota edlule, ukungqubuzana kuye kwenzeka wabulawa cishe amaPalestine ayishumi nanye kuwo wonke ama-Israyeli afa. Nokho awusoze wawuthola lo mugqa enkulumweni kasopolitiki waseMelika: “Ukuzinikela kwethu ekuvikelekeni kwePalestine akunakunyakaziswa.”
U-Obama umemezele ukuthi "wonke amazwe anelungelo lokuzivikela." Ekuphefumuleni okulandelayo, nokho, wafuna ukuthi izwe elisha lasePalestine akumele libe namasosha. Ingabe noma yisiphi isizwe esizibusayo sasiyosamukela isicelo esinjalo, ikakhulukazi uma umakhelwane waso oseduze wayebuse futhi ecindezela abantu baso iminyaka eminingi futhi ephethe amasosha anamandla kunawo wonke esifundeni? Kodwa-ke umbono wezwe lasePalestine "elingahoxisiwe" unikezwe e-US nase-Israel, njengokungathi usongo lwesikhathi esizayo kuphela olungaqhamuka kulabo abahlaselwe, hhayi kulowo owayengumhlali.
Ukungalingani kwamandla okumangalisayo phakathi komhlali nohlezi kukhomba kokunye ukuhlanekezelwa kwesitayela sengilazi okubusa ingxoxo yaseMelika mayelana nalolu daba: umqondo ongenangqondo wokuthi izinhlangothi zombili zingaxoxisana njengezilingana, ukuthi obuthakathaka kulaba ababili, osevele wayeka. cishe i-78% endaweni yaso, kumele kube yiyona eyenza ukuvumelana okukhulu, bese isebenza njengesizwe isuka endaweni ebuthaka kakhulu.
Obama utshele umhlangano wabaholi bamaJuda ngasese ukuthi uyalazi iqiniso lesimo: "U-Israyeli uyiqembu elinamandla lapha… Futhi u-Israyeli udinga ukudala umongo ukuze kwenzeke [ukuthula]." Kodwa inqobo nje uma amazwi akhe omphakathi eqinisa inganekwane yokungalondeki kukaIsrayeli, ama-Israyeli angakwazi ukumelana ngokuphepha noma yiziphi izimfuno zoshintsho.
Egqolozele esibukweni
Abakwa-Israyeli bathethelela ukungaguquki kwabo ngomunye futhi othi: “Sifuna ukuthula ngaphezu kwanoma yini, kodwa abanasithakazelo ekuthuleni.” Abakwa-Israel bathanda ukuphinda inkulumo eyaqanjwa emashumini eminyaka edlule ngungqongqoshe wabo wezangaphandle u-Abba Eban, ekhuluma ngabaholi bama-Arab: "Abalokothi baphuthelwe ithuba lokuthula."
Eqinisweni, ngamaPalestine okufanele afake leso sikhalo ngokumelene no-Israyeli. “Ilungelo lika-Israyeli lidinga impi engapheli” yindlela isihlakaniphi esidumile sakwa-Israel uZeev Sternhell asifingqa ngayo lesi simo. UNetanyahu, njengabo bonke abaholi bakwa-Israel abaphiko lwesokudla, usewakhe umsebenzi wakhe emfanekisweni wakhe njengoklebe oqinile uma kukhulunywa ngamaPalestine. Njengoba abavoti bakwa-Israel beshintsha ngokuya kwesokudla ekhulwini lamashumi amabili nanye, leso sithombe simsebenzela kangcono kunangaphambili. Ngakho-ke, njengoba enxusa ukuzinikela kwakhe ekuthuleni, akabonisi intshisekelo yokuqeda ukungqubuzana - futhi ezinwabuzelayo uhlelo Israel wokwakhiwa kwezindawo zokuhlala okuqhubekayo e-East Jerusalem kanye ne-West Bank edlayo iqinisekisa kuphela ukuthi ingxabano izoqhubeka.
Kodwa-ke, njengoba kwenzeka, isidingo sesitha, kanjalo nengxabano eqhubekayo, asigcini nje ngelungelo lezombusazwe noma izifiki. “Izitha zethu zisenze saba munye, futhi, kanjalo, sibumbene, sithola amandla ethu kungazelelwe” uTheodore Herzl wabhala epheshaneni lokuqala le-Zionism elithi, “The Jews’ State.” Futhi abahlaziyi bakwa-Israyeli abanokuqonda bebelokhu bebuza iminyaka ukuthi yini ebingahlanganisa amaJuda akwa-Israyeli uma engenaso isitha esivamile sama-Arab noma sasePalestine. Lowo kusengumbuzo “ochazayo” wawo wonke ama-Israyeli, ngokuvumelana ne U-Avraham Burg, owayeyisikhulumi se-Israel Knesset: “Singakwazi yini ukuqhubeka siphila ngaphandle kwesitha saphakade, ngaphandle kokuba izisulu zokushushiswa?”
Ngokudabukisayo, impendulo yama-Israyeli amaningi ibonakala ithi: cha. Umbhali wengosi evelele ongumJuda kuyi-Jerusalem Post washo Okungcono kakhulu: “Ama-Israyeli ayacasuka uma uwatshela ukuthi akumele siqhubeke nokuya empini, ukuthi siqine ngokwanele ukuvimba izitha zethu… Abantu abafuni ukuzwa lutho mayelana namathuba okuthula… Konke abafuna ukukuzwa kuyinto eya breira, akukho esingakwenza, kungaba ukulwa noma ukufa.”
Impilo yezombangazwe yakwa-Israel ihlushwa "ukuthatheka kwangempela," ngokuvumelana ne abahleli bephephandaba elihlonishwa kakhulu kwa-Israel, Haaretz, “umuzwa wokuthi sihlale sihlaselwa.. ubuhlanya boshushiso.”
Leyo yindaba endala, kunjalo. “Isimo sika-Israyeli namuhla sifana nesimo saso ngemva kwezimpi zika-1948 nezika-1967,” isihloko somhleli ku- Haaretz kuphawulwe: “Amathuba ezingxoxo ayekhona, kodwa izindleko [zezombangazwe] zazibhekwa njengeziphezulu kakhulu. Manje, futhi, ukulondoloza isimo esikhona kubonakala kungcono kunokwenza izinguquko ama-Israyeli azibona zisongela, ngisho noma zingabeki ingozi yangempela.”
Okwakamuva Ukubuyisana kwe-Hamas-Fatah wanika ama-Israyeli ingozi entsha ecatshangelwayo okufanele akhathazeke ngayo. Izindaba zobumbano lwasePalestine zethule i-tsunami yamazwi kwa-Israel, inqwaba yezixwayiso zokuthi umbono ongokwasezulwini oqotho ungase ulawule izwe lasePalestine kalula. UMengameli u-Obama unikeze lokho kwesaba lapho ethi “I-Hamas ibiyinhlangano futhi isiphenduke ukwesaba; eye yenqaba ukuvuma ilungelo lika-Israyeli lokuba khona. Akuyena umlingani wenqubo ebalulekile, engokoqobo yokuthula. "
"Kusobala ukuthi u-Israyeli ngeke acelwe ukuthi axoxisane nohulumeni owesekwa yinguqulo yasePalestine ye-al Qaeda," kuphendula uNetanyahu.
Kungelinye nje icala lama-Israel agqolozele kuleso sibuko. I-Hamas, empeleni, ibilokhu ihamba kancane ibheke ohlotsheni lwe ubuzwe bezwe futhi okukhulu ukulinganisela kwezombangazwe. Uhulumeni wayo eGaza umatasatasa ukuphefumula izinsongo ezivela kubabusi beqiniso belungelo lamaSulumane, abadelela iHamas. Ama-volleys angavamile amarokhethi e-Hamas manje angena kwa-Israyeli okubangelwa by kanye nezimpendulo ekuhlaselweni kwe-Israel.
Umholi we-Hamas uKhaled Meshaal kade esho iminyaka lapho yena neqembu lakhe bezimisele ngokuphelele ukwamukela isisombululo semibuso emibili - ukwamukela ngokungaguquki ubukhona be-Israel unomphela - inqobo nje uma iningi labantu basePalestine lisivumela. Meshaal manje ukhuluma ngakho "ukuthula" kunokuba nje "ukuthula" futhi ubuka i-Hamas charter enedumela elibi, ibiza ukubhujiswa kuka-Israyeli, njengoba akusabalulekile.
Uma kukhulunywa ngombuzo obaluleke kakhulu wokuqashelwa, yi-Israel eyenqaba ukuqaphela i-Hamas njengeqembu elisemthethweni noma ilungelo lamaPalestine lokuba izwe lentando yeningi futhi lizikhethele uhulumeni walo. Khonamanjalo, uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ubelokhu enza lokho kanye asola ngakho iHamas - evula umnyango wokusabela okwandayo, zobandlululo, nemithetho engokwasezulwini. “Ukuvota kwemibono yomphakathi kukhomba ekwenyukeni kokweqisa, okuhambisana nokucwasa ngokwebala, ngokombono wamaJuda ngama-Arabhu,” njengoba iHaaretz ikwenzile. kuphawulwe, ngakho “akumangalisi ukuthi ayikho ingcindezi yomphakathi yokuthi uhulumeni aqhubekisele phambili inqubo yokuthula.”
U-Israyeli ungena ngokushesha ngaphansi kokubusa kwezikhulu ezingokwasezulwini, futhi “ama-Israyeli amaningi njalo angenwa izimpawu zokucabanga okungoMesiya: ‘Siqinisile, futhi izwe lonke linephutha; ngakho akumelwe sisalalela muntu,’” njengomlobeli wengosi yamaJuda wakwa-Israyeli ukuphawula.
Bese kuba nevoti elizayo ku-UN General Assembly ngoSepthemba, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi iPalestine inikezwe isikhundla esigcwele njengesizwe. Enkulumeni yakhe, u-Obama unanele umugqa wakwa-Israel wokuthi ukuphusha kwePalestine ukuthi kuqashelwe kuzolimaza amathuba okuthula. Eqinisweni ivoti lizokhuthaza inqubo yokuthula ngokududula u-Israyeli ophikayo ukuthi asondele kulokho aseyikho manje ukwesaba kakhulu: ekugcineni uphoqwe umbono womhlaba ongenakuphikiswa ukuthi kuxoxiswane ngokuthula kunokuthi ube yizwe elibusayo.
Kunephuzu lokugcina lapho u-Obama kanye nenkulumo yeningi yaseMelika bebuyela emuva ngokuphelele: umqondo wokuthi ukuba umngane ka-Israel kusho ukuvuma ukulandisa okudumile, okunganikezi iqiniso elingaphezu kwengilazi ka-Alice. Abangane bangempela ababavumeli abangane babo ukuba benze izinto ezizilimazayo. Abangane bangempela bebengeke babavumele ukuthi badakwe kakhulu ngendaba eyinkohliso kangangokuthi abanalo ithonya lokushayela lokho okungase kube inqubo yokuthula eweni.
I-US inamandla okusunduza ama-Israyeli kulelo dwala futhi iwaqondise endleleni entsha. Kukhona iqiniso langempela ihlaya elivamile lakwa-Israyeli ukuthi i-US “iyindlovu engamathani ayisishiyagalombili ekwazi ukuhlala phansi noma kuphi lapho ithanda khona.”
Yebo, u-Obama angabeka eyakhe ama-tuches noma yikuphi lapho athanda khona. Uma eke wazizwa ephephe ngokwanele ngokwepolitiki, angavele akubeke etafuleni. Khona-ke, u-Israyeli kungase kudingeke ashiye umhlaba obukeka njengengilazi futhi avume ukuqala izingxoxo zokuthula zangempela.
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ku-TomDispatch.com, i-weblog ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni, umsunguli we-American Empire Project, umbhali we Ukuphela Kwesiko Lokunqoba, njengenoveli, Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi The American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama's (Haymarket Books).
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