UMelanie Joly waya kwa-Israel ukuyokweseka izinqubomgomo zokuqothulwa kohlanga eGaza. Lolu hambo luzokwehla njengesinye sezikhathi eziyihlazo emlandweni waseCanada wokulwa nePalestine.
Phakathi nokuvinjezelwa ngesihluku kukaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle eGaza uJoly waya kwa-Israel ngoLwesihlanu. Ngemuva kokuhlangana nozakwabo wakwa-Israel, u-Eli Cohen, isikhulu senxusa laseCanada kuTwitter, “Ngiphinde ngagcizelela ukweseka kwethu ilungelo lika-Israyeli lokuzivikela”. Lapho echaza umhlangano, ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle wakwa-Israel uzishaye isifuba wathi, “Sisaqhubeka nokuhlanganisa umhlaba wonke ukuze kuliwe neHamas! Namuhla ngihlangane noNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseCanada uMelanie Joly, naye oweza ukuzokweseka u-Israel.”
Emahoreni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuthi uJoly akhiphe i-tweet yakhe, u-Israel wafuna ukuthi ingxenye yabantu baseGaza ithuthele engxenyeni eseningizimu yomngcele osogwini. Ukwengeza, ungqongqoshe wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel u-Yoav Gallant uzishaye isifuba ngokunqamula amanzi, ukudla, uphethiloli nogesi ejele elivulekile. UGallant wamemezela, “IGaza ngeke ibuyele kulokho eyayiyikho ngaphambili. Sizoqeda konke.” Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMongameli wakwa-Israel u-Isaac Herzog uwuchithile umbono wokuthi kunezakhamuzi zaseGaza wamemezela ukuthi izigidi ezingu-2.2 ezihlala lapho sezihlangene ngokuhlaselwa kweHamas. “Akusilo iqiniso le nkulumo ethi izakhamuzi azinalwazi, azibandakanyeki. Akulona neze iqiniso,” kusho yena. “Bebengasukuma, bebengalwa nalowo mbuso omubi owathatha iGaza ngokuvukela umbuso.
Eceleni kwezitatimende zokuqothula uhlanga kanye nokuvinjezelwa okuqinisiwe, i-Israel idubule amarokhethi angaphezu kuka-6,000 endaweni elingana neMontreal. Ngesonto eledlule babulale amaPalestine angama-2,400, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezingama-750. Ngokusho komnyango wezempilo wasePalestine, Imindeni eyi-45 basuswe ngokuphelele kurejista yomphakathi eGaza. I-UN ilinganisela lokho isigidi esisodwa Abantu basePalestine baxoshiwe eGaza.
Noma ngabe i-Israel ibingamisa ubugebengu bayo obubhekiswe esintwini kusasa, amaGazans azonyakaza iminyaka emonakalweni osudalile. Kodwa yonke into iphakamisa ukuthi umbuso wobandlululo uhlela ukubhebhethekisa ukuhlasela kwawo okunokubulala. Izinkulungwane ezengeziwe zizobulawa njengoba u-Israyeli efuna ukuhlanza ingxenye eseningizimu yomugqa (iningi eGaza lingababaleki abavela ekuhlanzweni kohlanga lwamaZiyoni ngo-1947–48). Ngokusho kwentatheli ephenyayo yaseMelika uSeymour Hersh, izikhulu zakwa-Israel zidingida ngamabhomu eJoint Direct Attack Munition akwazi ukubulala wonke umuntu endaweni “ephakathi kwemayela” ukusuka lapho kulahlwa khona.
Ewaqonda kahle amacala empi enziwa yi-Israel, ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle waseCanada walukhanyisa udlame lwabo ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakhe. Njengoba ekhuluma “ngelungelo lika-Israyeli lokuzivikela”, uJoly, uJustin Trudeau nezinye izikhulu zaseCanada benqabile ukugxeka amacala empi akwa-Israyeli.
Naphezu kwezimangalo ukuthi yonke ingxabano yaqala ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule, udlame lwe-Hamas aluchazi izinqubomgomo zeLiberal ezimelene nePalestine. Uhulumeni weTrudeau unakho enwetshiwe isivumelwano sohwebo lwamahhala eCanada-Israel, ihlelwe iphathi ye-pizza yabantu baseCanada abalwa ebuthweni lezempi lakwa-Israel, bavotele ukuyiphikisa Izinqumo ezingama-60 ze-UN ukusekela amalungelo asePalestine, uboshwe ukuvimba amalebula afanelekile ewayini ezindaweni zokuhlala ezingekho emthethweni kanye wadala isithunywa esikhethekile sokuhoxisa ukugxekwa kokuhlukunyezwa kwama-Israel. Ngokuvakasha kuka-2018 kwa-Israel owayengungqongqoshe wezangaphandle uChrystia Freeland umemezele ukuthi uma iCanada iwina isihlalo eMkhandlwini Wezokuphepha weNhlangano Yezizwe izosebenza njenge "impahla ye Israel” eMkhandlwini.
Uhulumeni weTrudeau uhluke kancane kunoStephen Harper kwa-Israyeli. Kodwa inqubomgomo yabo iphinde ibonise umlando ojule kakhulu. Ngesikhathi somfelandawonye, iZionist yaseCanada evelele kwakungusomabhizinisi wase-Ottawa uHenry Wentworth Monk. UmKrestu, uMonk waqala iPalestine Restoration Fund ukuze athenge iPalestine eMbusweni Wase-Ottoman futhi wabiza amaNgisi ukuthi amise “umbuso wakwa-Israyeli” ofana nokubusa kweCanada. Encwadini ka-1978 eCanada nasePalestine, uZachariah Kay uyaphawula: “Indela yayikholelwa ukuthi iPalestine yayiyisikhungo esinengqondo soMbuso WaseBrithani, futhi yayingasiza ekwakheni umfelandawonye wezwe labakhuluma isiNgisi.”
Emashumini eminyaka alandela umbono kaMonk wanda kakhulu, lapho osopolitiki abaholayo becaphuna kaningi ingxubevange yezizathu zobuKristu kanye nezaseBrithani zokusekela iZionism.
I-Canada yasiza ekufezeni iSimemezelo se-Balfour sango-1917, ukubonakaliswa okungaqondakali komcabango wamakoloni waseBrithani okunikeza iPalestine kuzifiki zaseYurophu. Usanda kuhola iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala Ukunqoba kwe-Anglo-French kwe-German West Africa, u-Lt-Gen ozalelwe e-Québec City. UCharles Macpherson Dobell wayala ibutho elazama ukuthumba iGaza ngesikhathi soMkhankaso weSinayi nePalestine. Abantu baseCanada abangaba ngu-400 (cishe uhhafu ababebuthelwe ngokukhethekile ukwenza lo msebenzi) baphinde balwa kuJenene Legion kaJenene Edmund Allenby owasiza ukunqoba i-Israel/Palestine yanamuhla.
Igalelo elibaluleke kakhulu laseCanada ekuphucweni amaPalestine kwaba indima ebalulekile ekubekeni icebo lokuhlukanisa i-UN elingalungile lango-1947. Ezangaphandle uLester Pearson ugqugquzele izinhloso zamaZiyoni ezithangamini ezimbili ezahlukene ze-UN ezibhekana nalolu daba kanye nommeleli waseCanada eKomidini Elikhethekile leNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene ePalestine, elathunyelwa esifundeni ukuzophakamisa isisombululo segunya laseBrithani, futhi lithathwa njengomqambi oholayo we uhlelo lokuhlukanisa. Uhlelo lokuhlukaniswa kwe-UN lwanikeza inhlangano yamaZiyoni ama-55% ePalestina yomlando naphezu kokuba umphakathi wamaJuda ungaphansi kwengxenye yesithathu yabantu futhi uphethe u-7% womhlaba. Ukukhushulwa okukhulu kwesifiso senhlangano yamaZayoni sokuthola izwe elisekelwe ngokobuhlanga, ukuhlukaniswa kwagunyaza ukufuduka kwabantu basePalestine okungenani abayizi-700,000.
Amakhulu omakadebona beMpi Yezwe II yaseCanada alwela ukuhlanza iPalestine ngokobuhlanga. Phakathi nempi yango-1948 ibutho elincane lezindiza lakwa-Israyeli lalicishe libe angaphandle ngokuphelele. Okungenani abantu baseCanada abangama-53 bebeyingxenye yayo kubandakanya noSydney Shulemson waseMontreal othathwa njengo “ubaba ye-Israel Air Force".
Ngaphandle kokuhlasela kuka-Israyeli i-Egypt ngo-1956 neBrithani neFrance, iCanada iye yasekela ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli kaningi kwamanye amazwe nokuqhuma kwamabhomu.
Sekungamashumi eminyaka izinhlangano zezobunhloli zaseCanada zisebenzelana eduze nozakwabo bakwa-Israel. I-Communication Security Establishment kade yahlola abantu basePalestine futhi yabelana ngolwazi no-Israel. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ama-ejenti akwaMossad asebenzise amaphasipoti aseCanada ukwenza ukubulala okuningi kwamanye amazwe. I-Canadian Jewish News yabika: “Ilungu leqembu lakwa-Israel elabulala uweta waseMorocco eNorway ngo-1973 lazenza umuntu waseCanada.
Mhlawumbe uNdunankulu waseCanada omncane omelene nePalestine, uJean Chretien wasayina isivumelwano sohwebo lwamahhala ne-Israel ngo-1997. Ngokubona okucacile kokuhlala, i-CIFTA ihlanganisa iWest Bank njengendawo lapho kusetshenziswa khona imithetho yenkambiso yakwa-Israel.
Yize ongqongqoshe bakahulumeni kanye nosopolitiki abaphikisayo beyithethelela njengempendulo odlameni lweHamas, ukweseka kweCanada ubuqaba bakwa-Israel kuwumkhuba. Ukugqugquzelwa kukaJoly kwezinqubomgomo zokucekela phansi isizwe eGaza kukhombisa umlando omude wokulwa nePalestine ngomunye wezwe lezifiki, njenge-Israel, eliyisihluthulelo sombuso wase-US.
Lokho kuyiqiniso laseCanada. Kuze kube yilapho sivuma leli qiniso futhi silwela ukulinqoba, ngeke sibe namandla okwenza okuhle emhlabeni.
Incwadi yakamuva ka-Yves Engler ithi Qapha Ubani?: Umlando Wabantu Wezempi YaseCanada.
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