Ukwethulwa kwe-Aljazeera International ngoNovemba 15, ingalo yamaNgisi ye-Aljazeera Satellite Television bekungewona neze umcimbi ojwayelekile. Kube esinye isengezo esiphawulekayo emizamweni ekhulayo yomhlaba wonke okuhloswe ngayo ukuphikisana nokubusa kweMelika-Yurophu phezu kwemithombo yezindaba yomhlaba: ukunquma ukuthi iyiphi indaba okufanele ikhulunywe nokuthi kanjani, ngaleyo ndlela ukwakha umbono womphakathi, ukuqinisa izinqubomgomo zaseNtshonalanga, ukusabalalisa imibono nemibono yayo, izindleko zezethameli ezinganakiwe neze nezingenalo ishwa ezingahlobene noma ezingafisi ukuhlobana nezinkulumo ezinjalo.
Kusesekuseni kakhulu, ukulinganisa, nganoma iyiphi indlela ebucayi, ezemfundo noma ngenye indlela, ukusebenza kwe-Aljazeera English, nokuthi ingabe iye yaphila ngokuvumelana nemibono yayo kanye nokulindelwe yizithameli zayo ezihlongozwayo. Nokho, kumelwe kushiwo ukuthi ukungqubuzana kwezinkulumo nokucela ukuba kube nemithombo yezindaba elinganiselayo akukusha neze. Lesi sihloko sidinga kakhulu ingxoxo ephuthumayo neqhubekayo.
Ngokusobala, isidingo se-Aljazeera, futhi kamuva nenkonzo yayo yesiNgisi, savela ekuqapheliseni ukuthi ukwethulwa kwezenzakalo emazweni ase-Arab akude neze nokulungile emithonjeni yezindaba evamile e-US nakwezinye izindawo eziseNtshonalanga.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umbono womphakathi ngalezi zehlakalo awugcini nje ngokushoda, kodwa izingcezu nezingcezu abangase bazibone zivame ukungcoliswa.
Kodwa, ngabe umuntu ojwayelekile eNtshonalanga wazi kangakanani mayelana nokungqubuzana okubalulekile kweMpumalanga Ephakathi, phakathi kuka-Israel nama-Arab, ikakhulukazi amaPalestine? Lungakanani lolo lwazi olulolongwa abezindaba, futhi kungakanani ukuzitholela komuntu okuncike emcabangweni womuntu siqu?
Izimpendulo zingase zehluke, kodwa kuhlale kuyiqiniso ukuthi imibono eyakhiwe mayelana nezingxabano ezikude njengaleyo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi ijwayele ukufana ngokwemvelo, futhi ingxenye enkulu yehluleka ukuchezuka ekulandiseni okuvelele kwabezindaba okuxhaswe abantu abaningi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingakanani ithonya imibuso enalo kwabezindaba, ikhumbula ukuthi abezindaba kufanele bahlukanise ngokuphelele nomkhakha womphakathi, ngakho-ke babe ngumgxeki ozimele futhi ongachemi? Nakuba imibuso ingeke ikwazi ukuvimbela izehlakalo noma ukuziqinisekisela amandla aphelele, ifunde kahle ngokubaluleka kwabezindaba kanye nekhono layo lokwakha isimo esihle sombono womphakathi esibonakala sihambisana nesombuso.
Umbono womphakathi ulolongwa emithonjeni yezindaba yasentshonalanga ngokucindezela njalo izindaba ezithile, kuyilapho ucindezela abanye. Isibonelo, akuvamile ukuthi ukuhlasela okuvamile kwamasosha akwa-Israel kubantu abavamile ePalestine kube yizindaba ezisematheni, kodwa ukusabela ekuhlaseleni okunjalo, okufana nokuqhunyiswa kwebhomu lokuzibulala kungaba indaba ehamba phambili kanye nokubalulekile ezitolo zezindaba yonke indawo.
Ngokwenza kanjalo, umbono womphakathi uqondiswa kancane kancane ukuthi ucabange ukuthi izimpilo zasePalestine azibalulekile njengempilo yakwa-Israel, nokuthi ukuhlasela kwePalestine kuvame kakhulu futhi kunonya. Futhi nakuba lezi zinqubomgomo ngokuqinisekile zigunyazwe yizikhulu eziphezulu zanoma yisiphi isikhungo semidiya, ziyasebenza hhayi nje ukungcolisa umbono womphakathi ngezehlakalo ezikhona phansi, kodwa nezintatheli ezihlanganisa lawo maqiniso. Izinqubomgomo ezinjalo azibekezeleleki futhi kufanele zibonwe njengezinqubomgomo zobandlululo, njengoba zinjalo ngempela.
Esinye isibonelo esisobala impi yase-Iraq. Abezindaba base-US, kanye nezinga elincane abezindaba baseBrithani, nakuba bengase bavumele impikiswano elawulwayo mayelana nezindlela namaqhinga asetshenziswa ukunqoba impi, kubonakala ngazwi linye mayelana nezinjongo รขโฌหezincomekayoรขโฌโข zempi. I-BBC iyakungabaza ukusebenzisa izisho ezinjena ezivame ukufakwa nguTony Blair njengokuthi "ukukhulula" i-Iraq, okuletha "intando yeningi" kuma-Iraqis, njalonjalo. Umkhawulo ovunyelwe yi-BBC ukuthi isikhathi sangemva kokuhlasela siye savumela inkululeko ephelele noma ngabe intando yeningi egcwele ingenzeka uma kucatshangelwa izingxabano zombango, ngaleyo ndlela kungaze kube nokungabaza ngezono zakuqala, ukuhlasela okungagunyaziwe, okungekho emthethweni kanye nokuhlala ngokulandelayo ngokwazo. Imithombo yezindaba yase-US ihlala, vele, iyisibonelo esedlulele.
E-Afghanistan, isithombe singcoliswe ngokulinganayo futhi asithembekile. Kukangaki sizwa ngenkulumo-mpikiswano enengqondo mayelana nenhloso yangempela yempi kulelo zwe elimpofu, elicekeleke phansi? Cishe ungalokothi. Isikhumbuzo seminyaka emihlanu yokuhlasela kwe-Afghanistan, i-CNN, i-BBC, kanye nenqwaba yemithombo yezindaba eNtshonalanga ithumele izintatheli zayo eKabul nakwamanye amadolobha ahlukahlukene ase-Afghani ukuyohlola isimo kulelo zwe ngemuva kweminyaka yodlame lweTaliban "ukuvuka" ukuhlanganisa imizamo รขโฌหukwakha kabushaรขโฌโข. Bahlola usizi lwabesifazane, imfundo, umkhakha wezempilo, ezokuphepha, ukushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa, njll. Eminye yemibiko yayimangalisa ngempela.
Kodwa lokhu kuhlola okukhethekile ngokusobala kwakuwukwamukela ngenhliziyo yonke isimangalo sikahulumeni wase-US sokuthi impi yakhe e-Afghanistan yayigqugquzelwa izinhloso ezinhle njengokukhulula abesifazane ekubanjweni kontamolukhuni, ukuthuthukisa usizi lwama-Afghanis ajwayelekile, njll. Lezi zinhloso zaziyizinjongo yaze yethulwa kuphela lapho ezakuqala zehluleka, njengokuthunjwa kuka-Osama bin Laden, nokuyinto abezindaba ababeyiqhakambisile ezinyangeni zokuqala zempi. Yehliswa kalula ngabezindaba, lapho ihoxiswa amasosha futhi njengento ebaluleke kakhulu ohulumeni baseNtshonalanga. Manje, izintatheli zaseNtshonalanga ngokukhululeka nangokujwayelekile zibekela inselele ngesibindi ukwehluleka komfelandawonye oholwa yi-NATO e-Afghanistan ukwenza ngcono izimpilo zabantu njengoba isimo sakhona siya siba sibi kanye nokushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa, ikakhulukazi ukusuka e-Afghanistan kuya e-Iran kuya e-Europe siphezulu kakhulu; kodwa futhi, kukhona imingcele kulokhu kuqiniswa kwezintatheli: kuphela okuthandwa nguJohn Pilger okusangabaza izinjongo zakuqala zempi, efana ne-Iraq, nayo elahlekile.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula konke lokhu, kodwa kubaluleke ngokulinganayo ukuhlola ngeqiniso isimo sezindaba zama-Arab, ikakhulukazi ngokufika kwe-Aljazeera English, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ifisa ukuzichaza kanjani.
Iminyaka eminingi yokunyathelisa okulawulwayo emhlabeni wama-Arab ikhiqize izenzakalo ezimbili ezishaqisayo ngokulinganayo: esinye isithiyo esimela umbono weziphathimandla, nesinye esiphundu kakhulu esehlisa igunya futhi sizinikeze ukuphela kwendlela esebenza ngayo. Ngabe i-Aljazeera izoba yizwi lesithathu elikhuluma iqiniso namandla, kodwa lingazibongeli, noma lingaphenduli? Ngabe lokho kungenzeka, uma ubheka ukuthi i-Aljazeera ngokwayo ixhaswa kanjani futhi ivikelwe kwezepolitiki? Inkulumompikiswano ayisho lutho uma ihlolisiswa ngamawala.
Kufanele kushiwo nokho, ukuthi ngaphandle kwenselelo enkulu endleleni yokulawula abezindaba ekhona, ukuhlela kabusha izinto ezibalulekile zemithombo yezindaba kanye nokuhlolwa kabusha kobudlelwano phakathi kwabezindaba nombuso, maningi amathuba okuthi ukuhlanekezelwa kwabezindaba kuqhubeke. ukuhlukumeza umcabango ohlangene wemiphakathi yonke, ngaleyo ndlela ibumbe imibono yabo ngokwabo, yomhlaba oyizungezile, futhi ngenxa yalokho ibandlulule indlela echaza ngayo imibono yabo kanye nezibopho zabo mayelana nezingxabano zomhlaba wonke, kungaba sePalestine-Israel, Iraq, Afghanistan noma kwenye indawo.
Incwadi yakamuva ka-Ramzy Baroud ethi, The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People's Struggle (Pluto Press) iyatholakala ku-Amazon.com nase-United States e-University of Michigan Press.
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