Mnumzane uthuleleni? โ Incwadi evulelekile eya kuMongameli uBarack Obama
Mongameli Obama othandekayo,
Nginibhalela egameni lamadodana ami, njengonina wabantwana basePalestine, nabo abangamadodana endodana yombaleki wasePalestine evela ekamu lika-El Bass kanye neRashadiyeh eNingizimu Lebanon. Ngibhalela wena njengombhali obhale futhi wafunda ngobudlelwano be-postcolonial, amasiko, kanye nepolitiki yokuba ngabangane. Ngikubhalela njengothisha kanye nesishoshovu sezenhlalakahle esikholelwa ukuthi indoda ezuza umklomelo weNobel Peace Prize kufanele yenze okuthile ukuze iwufanele.
Ngiqeda ukubuka isithangami sakho sabezindaba sokuqala selokhu uqokwe kabusha ihlandla lesibili njengoMengameli. Bengilindele ukuzwa ukuthi uzothini mayelana nokubulawa ngokungemthetho kuka-Ahmed Al Jabaari wakwa-Israel namaqiniso akhishwe umbiko wePalestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) ngeSonto mhlaka-11 Novemba 2012. Lo mbiko ukhombisa ukuthi izakhamuzi ezinhlanu zasePalestine okuhlanganisa nezingane ezintathu zibulewe endaweni yaseGaza emahoreni angama-72 edlule, ngaphezu kwabasebenzi ababili bezokuphepha basePalestine. Abane kwabashonile benzeke ngenxa yokudubula kwamasosha akwa-Israel entsheni edlala ibhola. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulimale abantu abangu-52, abayisithupha kubo ngabesifazane kanti abangu-12 bekuyizingane.[i]Njengoba isibalo sabashonile sikhuphuka, Mnu Mongameli, uthuleleni?
UMongameli Shimon Peres usebatshelile abezindaba ukuthi ukubikele ngokugcwele ngalezi zehlakalo, [Ii]ngaleyo ndlela uqinisekise isivumelwano sakho esicacile futhi ukwenze isisekeli sobugebengu obuningi bempi yakwa-Israeli. Kusobala ukuthi manje siphakathi kokulandela kwa-Israyeli i-Operation Cast Lead, kulokhu eqanjwe ngendlela ethandekayo โInsika Yokuzivikelaโ. Uzoma kuphi ngalesi sikhathi, njengowine umklomelo weNobel Peace, uMongameli Obama? Uthuleleni?
Ukuvakasha kwakamuva kuka-Emir waseQatar namaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-250 eGaza kuthembise ukuthi iHamas izobe ixegisa ubudlelwano bayo neSyria kanye ne-Iran futhi ingase ingeniswe eqenjini lama-Islamist avela ezinguqukweni zama-Arab ezamukelekayo kuhulumeni wakho. Njengoba amaPalestine ethola ozakwethu abasha nabalingani bakho njengeQatar, nawe, usuzuze omunye umfelandawonye, โโngokumelene nesitha sakho esikhulu i-Iran. Impela, uyabona ukuthi izenzo zika-Israyeli zizoqeda noma yikuphi ukwethembana okwakhe esifundeni futhi ziphule imifelandawonye ozama ukuyibumba. Uthuleleni?
Omunye wezihlakaniphi ezihlonishwa kakhulu ezweni lakini uNoam Chomsky usanda kuvakashela eGaza futhi waphawula ukuthi ubuholi bezepolitiki bakwa-Israel buxwayise ngokuthi โbazosanganaโ uma amalungelo asePalestine enikezwa ukuqashelwa okulinganiselwe ku-UN. [Iii]Wena, vele, usabise ngokuvala noma yisiphi isinqumo esingase sifinyelele ekuqashelweni okulinganiselwe kwamaPalestine. Ingakho uthule namuhla? Ingabe uvumile ukuhlala ngokuthula futhi ugobe izithupha zakho njengoba u-Israyeli โehlanyaโ? Kuyoze kube nini amadodana ami nabantwana bawo bemukela ukuba yizisulu zosana olusangene?
Namuhla uhulumeni wakwa-Israel ukhiphe i-video yokubulawa kuka-Ahmed al Jabbari, elandelwa ama-tweets ayisixwayiso anjengokuthi โSincoma ukuthi kungabi bikho izisebenzi ze-Hamas, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zingabaholi abasezingeni eliphansi noma abaphezulu, ababonise ubuso babo phezulu ezinsukwini ezizayo.โ[Iv]. Ingabe i-Israel manje isingenile emhlabeni wonke wobuxhwanguxhwangu be-inthanethi? Ngisho nawe, Mongameli Obama, awuzange uvumele ukukhishwa kwevidiyo yokubulawa kuka-bin Laden, nakuba ngokuqinisekile usebenzise lesi senzo esingekho emthethweni ukuze uzuze ekuthuthukiseni ukusekelwa kwabakhathele, bethukile nabangenathemba. Ingabe uhlela ukulawula ubuxhwanguxhwangu be-inthanethi? Ingabe uyavumelana nezimpawu ezisemgwaqweni ongaphansi komhlaba we-NYC ezichaza abantu basePalestine โnjengabayizixhwanguxhwanguโ noma ingabe uzizwa unamahloni ngokuthi abaholi bomhlaba ababebuthene e-NYC kuMhlangano Jikelele ka-2012 babingelelwa ngokubonakaliswa okusobala kwenzondo nokucwasa? Ngabe wena, Mnu. Mongameli ubheka amaPalestine njengabantu abanonya? Ingakho uthule?
Maduze ulibangise e-Asia ukuze uye emazweni afana ne-Myanmar, Thailand ne-Cambodia futhi ukuthamela ingqungquthela yase-East Asia futhi uhlangane nabaholi be-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Lolu hambo lungikhumbuza ngohambo lwakho oluya e-Cairo ekuqaleni kuka- isikhathi sakhe sokuqala lapho waqinisekisa umhlaba wama-Arab ukuthi uzophishekela ngokujulile ukuhlaliswa kwePalestine-Israel. Manje sekuyithemu yakho yesibili futhi umhlaba wonke ulindile. Awuzizwa unesibindi ngokwanele okwamanje? Usalinde kuze kube uJanuwari 23rd ukubona ukuthi uNetanyahu uyabuyela yini emandleni? Ingabe uzozizwa unesibindi uma isiqhwaga singekho ekhoneni lakho ngokuphepha? Uthuleleni?
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ngabona i-tweet yakho ugone umkakho u-Michelle, futhi ubeke eceleni i-cynicism yami ye-postmodern ukuze kube lula ukuthwebula isithombe sobuntu, imizuzu embalwa ubukeke njengomuntu wangempela. Ububukeka njengobaba, umfowethu, indodana yami, umyeni wami - indoda - hhayi nje uMongameli wesizwe esinamandla kakhulu emhlabeni. Ububukeka njengomuntu onekhono lothando nokubonga, indoda engase ibe nesibindi sokuguqula indima yesizwe sayo endabeni yobandlululo, ingcindezelo kanye nokuhlukunyezwa okuyindaba yobungane beMelika nombuso wakwa-Israel. Ukuthula kwakho kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule eGaza akumfanele umuntu ohlukile. Akufanele kube ngumnqobi weNobel Peace Prize. Uzohlala uthule Mnumzane noma uzokwenza okuthile ukuze uzuze uMklomelo owaphiwa wona ngobunono njengeNdoda yokuthula?
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