Umthombo: The Independent
Isithombe ngu-Jana Shea/Shutterstock.com
Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi siqhubeka nokumangazwa yi I-Covid-19, nazi ezimbalwa Emaphakathi Mpumalanga izinganekwane ukuthi kufanele izoba negciwane kuleli sonto.
Ake siqale ngendaba encane ye-divestment. Microsoft ithe izothengisa isigxobo sayo ku-AnyVision, isiqalo sokuqashelwa kobuso bakwa-Israel, ngemuva kokuthi izinhlangano ezilwela inkululeko e-US zikhala ngokuthi lobu buchwepheshe bungase, ezandleni zamaphoyisa, buholele ekuboshweni ngokungafanele futhi bunciphise inkululeko yokukhuluma. Izindaba ze-NBC - ukudumisa lapho kufanele ukudunyiswa - yephule indaba yokuqala yoxhaso lweMicrosoft lwenkampani yakwa-Israel ngo-Okthoba odlule, iveza ukuthi yasebenzisa ukunakwa kobuso ukubuka abantu basePalestine kulo lonke elaseWest Bank, naphezu kwesithembiso seMicrosoft sokugwema ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe uma wangenela inkululeko yentando yeningi.
I-AnyVision iwine i Israel Umklomelo Wezokuvikela, ubala owayeyinhloko ye Mossad phakathi kwebhodi labeluleki bayo, futhi umongameli wayo ngu-Amir Kain, owayengumqondisi womnyango wezokuphepha womnyango wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel kwaze kwaba ngu-2015. Iphethwe ngu-Eylon Etshtein, owayeyilungu lebutho lakwa-Israel elihlola ibutho lama-commando. Lapho eqala ephendula i-NBC, u-Etshtein waphikisa ukusetshenziswa kwegama elithi “ukuhlala” eWest Bank futhi wachaza i-AnyVision “njengenkampani enesimilo kakhulu eyaziwa ngumuntu”. I-AnyVision ngaphambilini ivumile esidlangalaleni ukuthi inikezile ubuchwepheshe bokubona ubuso ezindaweni zokuhlola ezingama-27 zakwa-Israel okufanele zisetshenziswe abase-West Bank basePalestine ukuwela kwa-Israyeli njengabasebenzi bokufika. Inikeze, inkampani yathi, "ukuvikela okungachemile emngceleni ukuthola nokuvimbela abantu abenze imisebenzi engekho emthethweni".
Kodwa umongameli we-Microsoft, u-Bradford Lee Smith, esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka odlule ucele ukulawulwa kukahulumeni kobuchwepheshe bokubona ubuso. Uthe iMicrosoft ngeke "isebenzise ubuchwepheshe bokubona ubuso ezimeni esikholelwa ukuthi zizobeka lezi nkululeko engcupheni". Ngakho-ke kuyamangaza - uma kunikezwe ukuxhumana okuseduze kwe-AnyVision nokuvikeleka kwa-Israyeli - ukuthi iMicrosoft ayizange ibhekisise isinqumo sayo sokuqala sokuxhasa ukuqalisa kuka-Etshtein.
I-NBC ithole umbukiso wobuchwepheshe bevidiyo ye-AnyVision obekuhloswe ngayo ukukhombisa okuphakelayo kwamakhamera bukhoma kuqaphe amadoda, abesifazane nezingane ezigqoke ama-hijab nama-abaya njengoba behamba emigwaqweni yaseJerusalema. Impendulo ye-AnyVision kulesi siqeshana sefilimu esingajwayelekile - nabafundi bezobudlelwano bomphakathi bazokuthanda lokhu - ukuthi ayizange ibonise "ubudlelwano obuqhubekayo bamakhasimende" namaphoyisa akwa-Israel.
Yize iMicrosoft yaqasha owayengummeli jikelele wase-US ukuthi aphenye ngezicelo zokugadwa - bobabili u-Eric Holder kanye nenkampani yabameli bamazwe ngamazwe kamuva bathi i-AnyVision ayizange igqugquzele uhlelo lokugada abantu abaningi eWest Bank - isitatimende esihlanganyelwe yi-Microsoft kanye ne-AnyVision bavuma ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali okuncane. ezinkampanini zobuchwepheshe ezibucayi “azivumeli izinga lokugada noma ukulawula iMicrosoft esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo”. Inhlangano ye-Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions - efuna ukunamathela kwe-Israel emthethweni wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuphela kokuhlala kwama-Israyeli ezweni lama-Arab - besekunezinyanga ifuna ukwehlukana kwe-Microsoft ku-AnyVision, futhi ngokwemvelo ifuna ukunqoba.
Ngokusho kwe-NBC, abasebenzi bangaphambili be-AnyVision babatshele ukuthi inkampani ayizange ihambisane nezindinganiso zokuziphatha zeMicrosoft. Okungashiwo muntu, vele, ukuthi i-AnyVision ikhululekile ngokuphelele ukuthi iqhubeke “nokugada” kwayo abantu basePalestine ngisho nangemva kokuba iMicrosoft isidayise isigxobo sayo. "I-Israel iyizwe lokuqala lapho saqinisekisa khona ubuchwepheshe bethu," kusho u-Etshtein, "...ngaphezulu kwamaphesenti angama-90 emali yethu engenayo itholwa kumakhasimende angaphandle kwa-Israyeli." Iqiniso ngokwanele. I-AnyVision ithi ithengise isofthiwe yayo yokubona ubuso emakhasino, izinkundla zemidlalo, abathengisi namapaki etimu e-US - futhi yabonisa (nakuba ingazange idayise) kuCustoms and Border Protection yase-Arizona.
Kepha mhlawumbe uJoe Biden, oqhubeka nokwandisa ubudlelwano bakhe bamakhasimende obuqhubekayo nabavoti beDemokhrasi, udinga ukuzibheka ngeso lengqondo kulezi zinsuku, ikakhulukazi uma ekhuluma ngeMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, uBernie Sanders umemezele ukuthi unswinyo lwaseMelika akufanele lube nomthelela Iran"Inhlekelele yobuntu" nokuthi impi yayo yezomnotho neTehran kufanele, okungenani okwesikhashana, ngesikhathi senhlekelele ye-coronavirus, isuswe. Pho uJoe wacabangani ngalokho?
Hhayi-ke, umqambi wamagama uphendule ngalesi sitatimende esingenakonakala: "Anginalo ulwazi olwanele mayelana nesimo sase-Iran njengamanje."
Manje lokhu kwakuyinqaba kakhulu. Ngabe uBiden wayengeyena yini iphini likamongameli ngaphansi kokuphatha kuka-Obama owaxoxisana ngesivumelwano senuzi sase-Iran - futhi okuyinto Donald Trump iphelile ngo-2018? Okumangalisa nakakhulu ukuthi uBiden waqhubeka nokugxeka ngale ndaba. “Kunokuqagela okuningi okuvela eqenjini lami lenqubomgomo yezangaphandle ukuthi [basenkingeni] yangempela futhi [baqamba amanga]. Kodwa ngizodinga ulwazi olwengeziwe ukuze ngenze leso sinqumo. Anginalo ulwazi lwezokuphepha [sic] lukazwelonke olutholakalayo.”
Ngakho-ke ngicabanga ukuthi akunandaba ukuthi uBiden wayesho ukuthini. Okungenye yezinkinga zakhe.
Futhi, ngingabuza, wayeqondeni ngokuthi “ulwazi lwezokuphepha kazwelonke”? Ngicabanga ukuthi abakwaSaudi bebengamtshela, njengoba “ukuphepha” bekuwuphawu lwabo - kuzofanele sikhohlwe uJamal Khashoggi ohlakazekile kukho konke lokhu - selokhu iNkosana yakhe yamanje yethula ukungenelela kwakhe okungenathemba nokuchitha igazi kumaHouthis eYemen. eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Kepha manje amaHouthis aqhamuke nesithembiso esihehayo: umshayeli wendiza waseSaudi nezinye iziboshwa ezine zamasosha aseSaudi beshintshana nenqwaba yabantu basePalestine abaqulwa icala embusweni "ngokusekela ubuphekula".
Manje sonke siyazi ukuthi amaSaudis ahlala ebeka abanye abantu abampofu noma okunye ecaleni. “Amaphekula” angaphandle, izishoshovu zamaShia (“amaphekula” futhi) kanye namaSaudi angathembekile ahlala evela ezigcawini “zezomthetho” ezinyantisayo - ngasese, futhi bengenabo abameli bokuzivikela - embusweni futhi, ngokuvamile, banqunywe amakhanda ngemva kwalokho.
AmaPalestine okukhulunywa ngawo - futhi kukhona inqwaba yawo - asolwa ngokuqoqa kanye nokushushumbisa imali yeHamas. Ngamanye amazwi, babesolwa “ngokusekela ubuphekula”. Kodwa la madoda asehlale eSaudi Arabia iminyaka futhi inkantolo yaseSaudi ingase ibe nokwethembeka okwengeziwe uma omunye wabasolwa engeyena udokotela osethathe umhlalaphansi u-Mohamed al-Khudari, oneminyaka engu-81 ubudala futhi, ngokomndeni wakhe, ophethwe yikoloni. umdlavuza.
Kepha bambalwa abantu abazobe bezwile ngeziboshwa zaseSaudi ezandleni zamaHouthi umholi wamavukelambuso wamaShiite u-Abdul Malek Houthi athembisa ukushintshela amaPalestine. Umshayeli wendiza kukholakala ukuthi ungomunye wabasebenzi ababili be-Tornado fighter-bomber - indiza eyathengwa e-UK esivumelwaneni esidala se-al-Yamama - esaqhunyiswa esibhakabhakeni ngabakwaHouthis (okusolwa ukuthi ngomcibisholo owenziwe ekhaya) ngesikhathi. ukuhlasela kwezindiza eYemen maphakathi noFebhuwari. Osebenza naye angase - noma angabi - abe ngomunye walezi ziboshwa ezintathu. Indiza yadutshulwa ngosuku okukholakala ukuthi okungenani kwabulawa izakhamuzi ezingu-31 kwathi ezinye ezingu-11 zalimala ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwezindiza zaseSaudi.
Kube nokuhlasela komoya okuvuselelwe ngempelasonto edlule lapho izingxoxo zokuthi kumiswe ukulwa kweSaudi-Houthi zibonakala ziwohloka - okufakazela, ngicabanga ukuthi obunye ubudlelwano obuqhubekayo abunakusasa. Ngisho nangenkathi ye-coronavirus.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela