Ngenkathi amabhomu ewela eBaghdad, ebulala izinombolo ezingenakubalwa, futhi abangani bami emhlabeni wonke bayamasha, bavimbe, bavala izinkampani nemigwaqo kanye namadolobha bebhikisha, ngizithola ngiseRafah, emngceleni oseningizimu weGaza strip, ngisebenzelana ngokuseduze ukufa kowesifazane oyedwa. Esontweni eledlule uRachel Corrie wagxotshwa ugandaganda waze washona ngesikhathi ezama ukuwuvimba ukuthi ungabhidlizi imizi yabantu basePalestine. Ngehle lapha ukuzokweseka abangani bakhe nezishoshovu abenaye nababona ukubulawa kwabantu. Ukulandisa kwabo kukwenza kucace ukuthi isosha elalishayela ugandaganda lambona futhi lakhetha ukumbulala.
URachel usephenduke 'u-shahid', umfel' ukholo wasePalestine. Eqinisweni, ungomunye wama-shahid angaphezu kwenkulungwane avela kule intifada. Izingqwembe zabo zihlobise izindonga kulo lonke elasePalestina. Bangabalweli ababulawa empini futhi izingane zidutshulwe ziya esikoleni. Bangabaqhubi bebhomu kanye nabafana abajikijela amatshe emathangini bebonisa ukudelela, kanye 'nomonakalo wesibambiso' njalo lapho ama-Israel eqhumisa umholi wezombusazwe endaweni egcwele abantu ngemicibisholo. Futhi manje bahlanganisa u-Rachel, nobuhle bakhe bonke baseMelika. Kuphosta eyodwa: ubukeka eqotho futhi emnandi njenganoma yimuphi umfundi ophothula eNcwadini Yonyaka Yesikole Samabanga Aphakeme. Kokunye unikeza inkulumo, izinwele ziboshwe emuva, umlomo uvulekile, ubuso bakhe bonke buvutha uthando.
Ngilalele abangani bakhe bechaza ukufa kwakhe futhi bebambe izandla zabo njengoba bekhala futhi becabanga ukuthi bonke lobu buhlungu nosizi nosizi luphindaphinda kaningi okwamanje, e-Baghdad, kubantu abangenamagama nabangenasici futhi akubikwanga ngabezindaba zethu. Njengoba ukufa kukaRachel kwakungeke kuphawulwe ukuba wayengowasePalestina. Awuzwanga, ngiyacabanga, ngokushona kuka-Ahmed, umhlanzi wemigwaqo oneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ubudala waseRafah, owezwa ngokufa kukaRachel wabe esephumela ngaphandle eyobhema usikilidi. Wadutshulwa washona emnyango wakhe, ngaphandle kwesizathu esithile umuntu angasiqonda. Unephosta yakhe ka-Shahid, ephezu kodonga eduze nolukaRaheli, futhi siyamkhalela futhi.
AmaPalestine anamasiko mayelana namaShahid - iphosta ingenye. Umzimba kaShahid awuthintwa ngamanzi: igazi emzimbeni lingcwele, futhi umzimba onegazi ubekwa ethuneni.
Lawa masiko ayinduduzo ethile kubantu basePalestine kodwa anzima kubangane bakhe abangakwazi ukubalekela ubuso bakhe nokulahlekelwa kwabo noma yikuphi kuleli dolobha, futhi abanenkinga yokumkhumbula hhayi njengongcwele kodwa njengowesifazane wangempela ayenguye: ngezinye izikhathi eqinile, ngezinye izikhathi buthaka, ngezinye izikhathi uthando, ngezinye izikhathi ukucasuka, ezihlekisayo, ezicasulayo, ezicasukile - zonke izinto eziyizo abantu.
U-Rachel wayengowesifazane onesibindi kodwa akusenjalo, ngempela, kunanoma yimuphi walaba abanye abeze lapha ngekhefu labo lesikole noma phakathi nokuphila kwabo bashintsha ukuma phambi kwamathangi futhi bahambise izingane esikoleni futhi zilale endaweni ehlukile, indlu esongelwa ubusuku ngabunye. Bonke bayamangalisa, banesibindi - okungasho ukuthi bahloniphekile futhi bangcwele - kodwa ukuthi esikhathini esithile ezimpilweni zabo banquma ukungavumeli ukwesaba kubavimbele ekwenzeni okuthile abathemba ukuthi kuzokwenza umthelela omncane omuhle esimweni esingabekezeleleki.
Okuphawulekayo ngazo ukuthi aziphawuleki kangako, azihlukile kangako kunanoma ubani omunye. Umthengisi wamachashazi omisiwe, umdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo, umklami wewebhusayithi, umfundi, insizwa emnandi eshayela ihhashi nenqola epaki: abanye bagxile kwezombusazwe, bahileleke ezenzweni iminyaka eminingi. Abanye ngandlela thize bazithole bekhangwa ukuza lapha.
Ngiphuza ikhofi noChris, owayengumngane ka-Rachel futhi wamkhuthaza ukuba eze e-Gaza, kanye no-Mohammed, oye waphila impilo yakhe yonke endaweni yaseGaza futhi esebenza ne-ejensi yamalungelo abantu.
U-Mohammed usitshela ukuthi wazizwa kanjani ohambweni lwakhe lokuya eJapan ngesikhathi egibela isitimela esuka eTokyo eya e-Osaka. Uthi: โNgangingakaze ngihambe ibanga elide kangaka ngingenayo nendawo yokuhlola eyodwa, ngaphandle kokubonisa ipasipoti noma umazisi, ngingaliboni isosha. โKungaleso sikhathi lapho ngazi ukuthi inkululeko injani.โ
Sikhuluma ngokudabuka nokufa kanye nalokho esikukholelwayo.
Benginezingxoxo eziqhubekayo nabangane abahlukahlukene mayelana nozwelo, futhi ngiyavuma ukuthi angikwazi nje ukufika lapho no-opharetha kagandaganda. Okusondele kakhulu engingakuthola ekuhawukeleni uhlobo lokungaqondi okungenalutho. UChris usikisela ukuthi uRachel washona ngoba isosha alizange limbone. Hhayi ukuthi akazange ambone ngokwenyama, ngoba kusobala kakhulu ukuthi wambona, kodwa ukuthi ngomqondo othile omkhulu akazange ambone, ambone njengomuntu, ambone njengempilo eyigugu okufanele ibaluleke.
Lokho Ukungaboni kuwumsuka wobudlelwane babantu bami namaPalestine. Angikaze ngifundiswe ukubazonda - kuphela ukuzehlisa. Lapho bengifundisa indaba yokusungulwa kuka-Israyeli eSikoleni sesiHebheru, abantu basePalestine bashaywe indiva, bengashiwongo noma bachithwe njengokungasho lutho. Ngiyaqonda ukuthi, kugogo wami owakhulela ebumpofu obudlulele endaweni yaseRussia futhi ephila ebuphofini obungaphelele kancane eDuluth, amaPalestine angashabalala kanjani - akazange eze kulo mhlaba, akakaze ahlangane nomunye wabantu bakhona.
Ngiyakwazi ukuqonda ukuthi amaJuda avela emakamu okuhlushwa kanye nababaleki ababalekela iYurophu yamaNazi babengalangazelela kanjani izwe elingesabo, nokuthi amaPalestine eJalimane kaHitler ayengebona kanjani ukubonakala okubonakalayo ekuqapheleni kwabantu ababethukile ababedinga isiphephelo.
Kodwa labo ababekhona ngempela emhlabeni, bedala โamaqiniso phansiโ esikhathi sabo, kumelwe ukuba baqaphela futhi bakhetha ngamabomu ukuba bangaboni ukuthi kwakunabanye abantu ababemi endleleni, benza konke okusemandleni abo ukuba bangabhuqwabhuqwa. Njengoba uSharon noBush nabo bonke abasekeli babo nabo bonke abami buthule futhi bathethelele ukubulawa kwamanje ababoni. Njengoba singaboniswa izisulu zamabhomu aseBaghdad.
Kunendaba yeBhayibheli engihluphayo ebonakala ihlangene nakho konke lokhu. Yinye abangakaze bagxile kuyo eSikoleni sesiHebheru โ indaba yomLevi nesancinza. Kuhamba kanje:
UmLevi wayehamba nesancinza sakhe futhi unikezwa indawo yokukhosela ebusuku ixhegu edolobheni likaGideyoni endaweni yesizwe sakwaBhenjamini. Ebusuku iqulu lamadoda lifuna ukulala naye. Kunalokho, umninindlu nomLevi bakhipha isancinza, esidlwengulwe yiqembu lezigilamkhuba futhi sishiywe emnyango kucatshangelwa ukuthi sifile. Lapho isihambi sifika ekhaya, sinquma isidumbu sakhe sibe yizicucu eziyishumi nambili futhi sithumela esisodwa esizweni ngasinye, ukuze sibabizele empini.
Impi inegazi futhi ihlanganisa imijikelezo eminingana yokushaya nokubulala izinkulungwane eziyishumi nesithupha lapha, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili lapho, ngokuphithizela okucishe kube okungenangqondo njengokuhlasela kwethu kwamanje e-Iraq, kuze kube yilapho uBenjamini enqotshwa futhi zonke ezinye izizwe zifunga ukuthi ngeke zinike amadodakazi azo ukuba abe ngumfazi. kanye noBenjamini. Lapho-ke babona ukuthi benze i-genocide, baqothula isizwe sabo.
Bephenduka kulokhu kuhlanjululwa kohlanga, bathola idolobhana elingenacala elingazange lihlanganyele kulesi sifungo futhi bamane babulale bonke abesilisa nabo bonke abesifazane abazi amadoda, futhi banikele zonke izintombi kuBhenjamini.
Ngicabanga ngalokhu njengoba ngizama ukuqonda ukuthi yini eyenziwe engqondweni yomuntu osebenzisa ugandaganda ukumenza akwazi ukuchoboza ngamabomu owesifazane osemusha omuhle ngaphansi komshini wakhe, futhi ezama ukuqonda inzondo kanye nezimpawu zokufa kwakhe okudalwe ama-paeons of praise kanye nezingqwembe zabafel' ukholo.
Futhi ngiphetha ngokuthi isosha lalenza kuphela lokho okwenziwa yikoloni. Ukuze sibe amakholoni, asikwazi ukubona abakoloni njengabantu ngokugcwele.
Ngakho-ke uma ungitshela ukuthi, โAmaPalestine afundiswa inzondo โ uBarak wawanika konke kodwa abafuni ukuthula โ abazithandi izingane zabo โ bayizilwane โ akekho ongakhuluma nayeโ ngithi, โ Yilokho ukubusa kwamakoloni kudinga ukuthi ukukholelwe.โ
Kuyakunciphisa, njengoba umshayeli walelo gandaganda encipha ngenxa yesenzo sakhe, ngaphezu kwalokho ukuchotshozwa komzimba kaRaheli okungase kumnciphise.
Futhi uma bengikwazi, bengizokuthumela ithambo. Hhayi ukukubizela empini, kodwa kude nayo. Okuthile ongeke ukugweme ukukubona, ukuthinta. Okuthile okwenza igazi ezandleni zethu libonakale, ngokunganaki. Ilungu, ihlombe, isiqephu senyama evuza igazi langempela, emfucumfucwini engaphansi kukagandaganda, emnyango, enganeni edutshulwe yabulawa ngesikhathi kuqhunyiswa izibhamu noma egqitshwe ngaphansi kwendlu, ezindlini zokukhosela zamabhomu eBaghdad nasemabhasini anegazi ase-Baghdad. I-Tel Aviv. Ithambo elibomvu elinegazi ukuthi:
Yilokhu okudingwa yikoloni: isihlabathi esicwiliswe igazi, umhlaba ongcwele ongcoliswe ukufa, umhlatshelo womuntu.