Kusukela ukuhlasela kwe-Hamas kwangena emngceleni wezokuphepha wase-Israel onezitezi eziningi ngo-Okthoba 7, 2023 (ukuwohloka okungachazeki kwamakhono okuzivikela akwa-Israyeli), amaPalestine angakwazi ukuzivikela ngokuphelele endaweni encane egcwele abantu baseGaza bebesesimweni sokuthola amabhomu/imicibisholo eyi-2.3. kanye namagobolondo ethangi angami nama-sniper.
Umbuso we-Netanyahu ophiko lwesokudla owedlulele uye wagcizelela ukuvimbezela kwawo okumenyezelwe, ngamazwi awo okuqothula uhlanga, "akukho kudla, akukho manzi, akukho ugesi, akukho mafutha, akukho muthi."
Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okungapheli kucekele phansi amafulethi, izimakethe, amakamu ababaleki, izibhedlela, imitholampilo, ama-ambulensi, amabhikawozi, izikole, ama-mosque, amasonto, imigwaqo, inethiwekhi kagesi, amapayipi amanzi abalulekile - cishe yonke into.
Umshini wempi wase-US ohlonyiswe yi-US ususiphule ngisho nezindawo zezolimo, okuhlanganisa izinkulungwane zezihlahla zomnqumo epulazini elilodwa, waqhumisa amathuna amaningi futhi waqhumisa amabhomu izakhamuzi ezibalekela imiyalo yakwa-Israel, ngenkathi uvimba amaloli ambalwa athwele usizo lobuntu esuka eGibhithe.
Njengoba cishe kungekho ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okusele, ingasekho imithi, kanye nezifo ezithathelwanayo ezisakazeka ikakhulukazi phakathi kwezinsana, izingane, ababuthaka nabakhulile, ingabe ukhona ongakholelwa ukuthi ukubulawa kwabantu kusanda kwedlula i-30,000? Njengoba kunezingane eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu ezizalwa nyanga zonke emfucumfucwini, omama bazo belimele futhi bengenakho ukudla, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, imithi kanye namanzi ahlanzekile kunoma iyiphi yezingane zabo, ukungabaza okukhulu mayelana nokubala okusemthethweni koMnyango Wezempilo weHamas kufanelekile.
UNetanyahu kanye noHamas, abasize eminyakeni edlule, banentshisekelo efanayo ekwehliseni inani lokufa/nokulimala. Kodwa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene. I-Hamas igcina izibalo ziphansi ukuze kunciphe ukusolwa abantu bayo ngokungabavikeli, nokungakhi izindawo zokukhosela. I-Hamas ibuthathe kancane ubugebengu obunyantisayo bempi ngabaziphindiselela, abathatha amandla amakhulu ezempi akwa-Israel besekelwa ngokugcwele nangaphandle kwemibandela amandla amakhulu ezempi ase-US.
UMnyango Wezempilo uqina ngamabomu, uveza ukuthi isibalo sabashonile sivela emibikweni yamagama ashona ezibhedlela namakhaza. Kepha njengoba amasonto ephenduka izinyanga, izibhedlela eziqhumayo, ezikhubazekile kanye nezidumbu azikwazi ukuhambisana nezidumbu, noma azikwazi ukubala labo ababulewe belele emigwaqweni yabalingani nangaphansi kwemfucumfucu yezakhiwo. Kodwa-ke uMnyango Wezempilo usalokhu udla ngoludala futhi "isikhulu," isibalo esikhuphukayo sokushona kwabantu kanye nokulimala sisaqhubeka nokubikwa ngokungagxeki yibo bobabili abangani nesitha salobu buphekula obubhubhisayo bombuso wakwa-Israel.
Kwakumangaza kakhulu ukubona amaqembu nababhali abathuthuka kakhulu besebenzisa izibalo ezifanayo zoMnyango Wezempilo weHamas njengoba kwenza ohulumeni namaqembu angaphandle abeseka impi yohlangothi olulodwa eGaza. Konke lokhu naphezu kokubikezelwa kwenhlekelele yabantu eGaza Strip cishe nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-Okthoba 7, 2023, izingalo zeNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene, ezinye izinhlangano zosizo zamazwe ngamazwe ezivinjezelwe phansi, ama-akhawunti ofakazi bokuzibonela ngabasebenzi bezokwelapha, namaqembu amaningi amalungelo abantu akwa-Israel kanye izintatheli zendawo ezinesibindi kuleyo Strip, usayizi wendawo we-Philadelphia. (Izintatheli nezintatheli ze-Unguided Western kanye ne-Israel nezintatheli azivunyelwe ukungena eGaza nguhulumeni wakwa-Israel.) (Bheka incwadi evuliwe enesihloko esithi, “Misa Inhlekelele Yobuntu” kuMongameli uBiden ngoDisemba 13, 2023, ngamaqembu ayi-16 amalungelo abantu akwa-Israel nawo avele njengesaziso esikhokhelwayo New York Times.)
Kwabe sekungena ucezu lwemibono lwangoDisemba 29, 2023 The Guardian nguSihlalo weGlobal Public Health eNyuvesi yase-Edinburgh, u-Devi Sridhar. Ubikezele ukufa kwabantu abayingxenye yesigidi ngo-2024 uma izimo ziqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa. (Bheka isiqeshana sakhe lapha: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/29/health-organisations-disease-gaza-population-outbreaks-conflict).
Ezinsukwini zamuva nje, isimo siye saba sibi kakhulu. NgoMashi 2, 2024, Washington Post, intatheli, u-Ishaan Tharoor uyabhala: “Iningi labantu baseGaza abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili libhekene nethemba lendlala—isimo esenza ukwehla ngokushesha kokungondleki kwabantu kwesake kwabikwa, ngokusho kwabasebenzi bosizo. Izingane zibulawa indlala ngesivinini esisheshayo emhlabeni. Amaqembu osizo abelokhu ekhomba i-Israel ikhawulela ukuhamba kosizo endaweni njengomshayeli omkhulu wale nkinga. Ezinye izikhulu ezivelele zakwa-Israel obala iqhawe stymying lokhu ukudluliselwa kosizo. "
UTharoor ucaphuna u-Jan Egeland, isikhulu soMkhandlu Wababaleki WaseNorway: “Kufanele sicace: izakhamuzi zaseGaza zigula ngenxa yendlala nokoma ngenxa yemikhawulo yakwa-Israyeli yokungena.” "Izinto ezisindisa impilo zivalwa ngamabomu, futhi abesifazane nezingane bayakhokha."
UMartin Griffiths, oyisikhulu seNhlangano Yezizwe, uthe "Impilo iyaphela eGaza ngesivinini esesabekayo."
UNobhala-Jikelele we-UN u-António Guterres, ngokusho kombiko iposi, uxwayise "'ngenani elingaziwa labantu' - okukholakala ukuthi lingamashumi ezinkulungwane - elilele ngaphansi kwemvithi yezakhiwo eziwiswe iziteleka zakwa-Israel."
UVolker Turk, ukhomishana we-UN wamalungelo abantu, uthe “Bonke abantu baseGaza basengozini enkulu yendlala. Cishe bonke baphuza amanzi anosawoti nangcolile. Ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kuyo yonke indawo akusebenzi kahle. ” “Cabanga nje ukuthi lokhu kusho ukuthini kwabalimele, nakubantu abaphethwe izifo ezithathelwanayo. …abaningi sekukholelwa ukuthi babulawa yindlala.” I-UNICEF, i-International Rescue Committee, i-Palestinian Red Crescent, kanye ne-Doctors Without Borders bonke bakhuluma ngokuthi izimo ezifanayo eziyinhlekelele ziba zimbi ngokushesha.
Nokho, futhi uthole lokhu, kulesi sihloko, the Thumela sisabambelele “kubantu abangaphezu kuka-30,000 asebebulewe eGaza selokhu kwaqala impi eqhubekayo.”
Njengawo wonke abezindaba, ohulumeni abaningi, ngisho nabezindaba abazimele kanye nabagxeki bempi bangasenza samukele ukuthi phakathi kuka-98% no-99% wabantu baseGaza basindile - nakuba abagulayo, abalimele kanye namaPalestine amaningi asezofa. Lokhu akunakwenzeka!
Kusukela kuma-akhawunti abantu abaphansi, amavidiyo nezithombe zesiqephu esibulalayo ngemva kwesiqephu, kanye nokufa kwabantu okubangelwa ukuvimba noma ukuphihliza izidingo ezibalulekile zokuphila, ukulinganisa okungenzeka kakhulu, ekuhlaziyeni kwami, ukuthi okungenani abantu basePalestine abayizi-200,000 kumele ngabe babhubha manje futhi inani lokukhokhelwa liyakhula ngehora.
Cabanga-ke abantu baseMelika, uma lesi sikhali esinamandla esenziwe e-US sidutshulwe kubantu abavinjezelwe, abangenamakhaya, abavaleleke ePhiladelphia, ingabe ucabanga ukuthi bangu-30,000 kuphela kubantu abayizigidi eziyi-1.5 bakulelo dolobha ababengabulawa?
Ubufakazi besimo sansuku zonke bokuqondiswa kwama-Israel ngamabomu kwezakhamuzi kanye nengqalasizinda yabantu kudinga izilinganiso ezithembeke kakhulu zezifo eziwumshayabhuqe zabashonile.
Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi i-aggregate toll kuze kube manje, nokubala, ingaphezu kokuphindwe kathathu, kane, kahlanu, kasithupha kunesibalo esingaphansi soMnyango Wezempilo. Kubalulekile ekukhuphuleni ukuphuthuma kokumiswa kwezikhali unomphela, kanye nosizo oluqondile nolukhulu olusiza abantu yi-US namanye amazwe, kudlule isihluku esibi emindenini engenacala yokuvinjezelwa kwama-Israel. Kubalulekile kubabhali bezingosi kanye nababhali abahleli bezihlola bona, nabanye, njengababhali. ThumelaUCharles Lane eqamba amanga ethi amasosha akwa-Israel "awaqondi ngamabomu izakhamuzi." Ibalulekile ekuziphenduleleni ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngaphezu kwakho konke, kuvumela uNobhala Wezwe obuthakathaka u-Antony Blinken kanye noMongameli oyimpinda uJoe Biden ukuthi bangabi namandla lapho uNetanyahu echitha inani eliphansi labashonile ngokubaklolodela: kuthiwani ngeDresden, Hiroshima kanye neNagasaki?
Njengephesenti lenani labantu ababulawayo, iGaza ingadalula abashisekeli bobandlululo ababusayo bakwa-Israel ekuphikiseni okunamandla kokuqeda ukubandakanyeka kwe-US ekulweni kulokhu kubulala okungasoze kwalibaleka kweningi lezingane nabesifazane. (I-PTSD ethusayo kubantu, ikakhulukazi izingane izoqhubeka iminyaka.)
Ngokuhlonipha inani elinembe kakhudlwana lezisulu zezingane zasePalestine, omama nobaba bacindezela kakhudlwana ukuba kuqedwe ukudubula unomphela kanye nenqubo yokululama nokubuyisela kwabasinde ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe kwabo.
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