Umthombo: The Intercept
Ngo-July 2014, njengoba i-Israel iqala ukuhlasela kwayo eGaza, uJessica Ramos, owayengumholi wesifunda seDemocratic Party eQueens, uye ku-Facebook ukuthumela lokho okungase kubonakale njengomyalezo we-anodyne: "Palestine <3."
Kepha umhlaba wezepolitiki wasekhaya weDemokhrasi waqubuka. Isihloko seQueens Chronicle kufingqa ukushaqeka: "Isikhulu seDem sizwakalisa ukuzwelana neGaza."
Kwakuyizinsolo ezibucayi kangangokuthi inhloko encane yafaka nempendulo: "UJessica Ramos uthi okuthunyelwe kwePalestine kuFacebook kumayelana nokugqugquzela ukuthula."
I-athikili iphawule ukuthi uRamos ubeyingxenye yeqembu elisafufusa lamaDemocrats anenqubekela phambili eliphonsela inselelo ukusungulwa kweqembu, nokuthi iqembu "bonke ngokomlando bathatha imibono eqinile esekela u-Israyeli, njengoba kwenza uRep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, Bronx), the usihlalo weqembu.โ
Kunikeze inkundla yenhlangano engaziwa yeDemocratic Alliance ukuxwayisa ngokuthi uRamos "akuyena yedwa obeke amazwana ezwakalisa ukweseka amaPalestine, kodwa uyena yedwa emanzini ashisayo nobuholi futhi obhekene nesikole samabanga aphansi. Noma kunjalo, cishe akuyona into ongathanda ukuyithinta uma usemjahweni oqinile.โ
Eminyakeni emine kamuva, uCrowley ngokwakhe wayebhekene nenselele enkulu, futhi owayephikisana naye, u-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Wakhuluma ngamandla ngokumelene nokunye ukuhlasela kuka-Israyeli eGaza.
Ukucasuka kwakhe i-hawkish Crowley kwaphathwa emaphephandabeni akwa-Israel njengebika. โIDemocratic Progressive eyasola u-Israyeli โngesibhicongoโ saseGaza icasula lowo ophethe i-NY,โ kusho isihloko se-Times of Israel. "Ukuwina okuyinhloko kweCongressional ka-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, umlandeli wakwaSanders, kubonakale njengophawu lwamandla akhulayo osopolitiki beDemocratic Alliance abazimisele ukugxeka u-Israyeli. "
URamos, ngakolunye uhlangothi, uqhubekile nokukhuphuka, ewina indondo yeDemocratic Alliance ebhekene nozakwabo kaCrowley, uJose Peralta, ukuze athathe isihlalo seSenate yesifunda saseNew York.
Kungakapheli amasonto enqobile yakhe yokuqala, u-Ocasio-Cortez wacindezelwa esikhundleni sakhe ngombango we-Israel-Palestine. Wakhubeka kabi, ekwenza kwacaca ukuthi nakuba ayazi ukuthi ikhampasi yakhe yokuziphatha ibhekephi kulo mbuzo, wayengayazi kahle imininingwane. Uzobe enqaba kakhulu ukukala lolu daba ngendlela esezingeni eliphezulu phakathi nonyaka olandelayo. Amalungu akanye naye eqembu elizoba yiQembu abenomlando wawo kulo mbuzo. Unina kaRashida Tlaib wazalelwa eduze kwaseRamallah kanye noyise eMpumalanga yeJerusalema; manje ubemele iDetroit, eMichigan. U-Ilhan Omar, omele iMinneapolis, eMinnesota, ube ngumgxeki ogqame kakhulu wekhongolose wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US. U-Ayanna Pressley waseBoston, Massachusetts, okwamanje, wayenomlando wokuba nelungelo lenqubomgomo yangaphandle kulowo osesikhundleni amxoshile. Ukuthi bobane ngokuhlanganyela bazodala isikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando esitezi seNdlu ngoLwesine kusikisela ukuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu edlalwayo wushintsho oluqhubekayo nolwenhlalo olubheke kubantu basePalestine, kunanoma yini ehlukile kwelungu ngalinye.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, bajoyinwa amaReps. Cori Bush eMissouri kanye noJamaal Bowman eNew York. UBush ubeqhudelana nowayephethe isikhathi eside uLacy Clay Jr., owasebenzisa uBush ukuzwelana nenhlangano ye-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions ngokumelene naye. abathumeli equkethe isithombe sikaBush nesishoshovu sase-Palestine-America uLinda Sarsour. Umkhankaso kaBush usamile kuwo: โU-Cori Bush ubelokhu ezwelana nenhlangano ye-BDS, futhi umi ndawonye nabantu basePalestine, njengoba bemile ebunyeni nabantu abamnyama baseMelika belwela izimpilo zabo.โ
U-Bowman ubephonsela inselelo u-Rep. Eliot Engel, ongomunye woklebe abaqine kakhulu kwa-Israel kuCongress, futhi iqembu iDemocratic Majority for Israel lafaka u-$1.5 million ukuze limehlule. U-Bowman uwinile noma kunjalo.
Njengoba i-Times of Israel yabikezela, konke lokhu bekuholela ekukhuleni kohlobo olusha lweDemocrat, okungenzeka ukuthi aluyazi yonke imininingwane - u-Ocasio-Cortez ukukhombisile lokho futhi ngo-Ephreli. interview noMkhandlu Wezobudlelwane Bomphakathi WamaJuda waseNew York - kodwa oyedwa akesabi ukusebenzisa izindinganiso zobulungisa ezifanayo kwa-Israyeli njengoba zisetshenziswa yonke indawo emhlabeni.
Kugcine kubhodloze phansi eNdlu yabaMamele ngoLwesine kusihlwa. U-Omar ngokungagwegwesi kodwa engasho ngokungeyikho ukuthi uNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBenjamin Netanyahu "nge-ethno-nationalist." Tlaib, umMelika wasePalestine, ungeze, "Ngiyisikhumbuzo kozakwethu ukuthi amaPalestine akhona ngempela."
Nokho, endlini, u-Omar ukhunjulwe okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe njengengane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili eqosheme ngaphansi kombhede eSomalia, enethemba lokuthi umzuliswano olandelayo wamabhomu ngeke uyishaye ekhaya ngokulandelayo. โKuwukuhlukumezeka engizophila nakho impilo yami yonke, ngakho ngiyabuqonda ngokujulile izinga lomuntu ubuhlungu nemindeni ecindezelekile ekuzwayo ePalestine nase-Israel njengamanje,โ kusho yena.
"Abaningi bathi usizo lwe-conditioning akulona ibinzana okufanele ngilisho lapha, kodwa mangicacise: Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ingqikithi ithini, amadola kahulumeni waseMelika ahlala eza nemibandela."
Pressley, umdala weSquad kanye abathambekele okuncane ukuphonsela inselelo isimo se-Israel-Palestine, Wakhuluma ngqo emigwaqweni yezepolitiki ebekwe eduze kwamalungu eNdlu yabaMeli, bese egijima phakathi kwawo. โAbaningi bathi i-conditioning aid akuyona inkulumo okufanele ngiyisho lapha,โ kusho yena, โkodwa mangicacise: Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyini umongo, amadola kahulumeni waseMelika ahlala eza nemibandela. Umbuzo okhona ngowokuthi ingabe amadola ethu abakhokhi bentela adala izimo zokwenza ubulungiswa, ukuphulukiswa, kanye nokulungisa, noma lawo madola adale izimo zengcindezelo kanye nobandlululo.โ
U-Ocasio-Cortez naye ushaye kanzima. โIngabe amaPalestine analo ilungelo lokusinda? Siyakukholelwa lokho?โ wabuza, ekhumbuza iNdlu ukuthi u-Israel wayevimbele u-Omar noTlaib ukuba baye ezweni. "Kufanele sibe nesibindi sokuqamba amagalelo ethu," esho, ebhekisa endimeni yase-US ekuqhubekiseleni phambili nasekuxhaseni ukulwa.
Lapho Bush Wakhuluma, waqala ngokuthi, โMina noSt. Louis sikhula ebunyeni nabantu basePalestine.โ
IQembu lalingelodwa. U-Rep. Betty McCollum wase-Minnesota wasukuma wagxeka ukuhlaselwa kwe-Gaza, njengoba kwenza u-Reps. Andre Carson wase-Indiana, u-Chuy Garcia wase-Illinois, no-Joaquin Castro wase-Texas.
UMcCollum, onomthelela osizweni lwamasosha angaphandle e-US njengosihlalo wekomidi elincane lezokuvikela le-House Appropriations, uthe uzoqhubeka nokweseka uxhaso lwezinhlelo zokuvikela ezicitshwayo zakwa-Israel ze-Iron Dome kumthethosivivinywa wokusetshenziswa kwemali walo nyaka. Kodwa-ke, ugxeke izigidigidi zamaRandi zosizo lwezempi olungenamibandela i-US ithumela u-Israyeli minyaka yonke.
"Usizo lwezempi lwaminyaka yonke lwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.8 ... kunikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ekuthathweni kuka-Israyeli ePalestine ngoba akukho ukuziphendulela futhi akukho kulawulwa yiCongress," kusho uMcCollum. โLokhu kumele kushintshe. Akukho nelilodwa idola losizo lwaseMelika oluya kwa-Israyeli okufanele liye ekuboshweni kwezempi kwezingane zasePalestine, ukuthathwa kwamazwe asePalestine noma ukucekelwa phansi kwemizi yasePalestine.โ
UCastro ubonge uTlaib ngokuba khona kwakhe, evumelana nesitatimende sakhe: โUkuba khona kwami โโnje kusiphazamisile isimo esikhona.โ Ubebonakala ekhuluma ngqo nabaholi bakwa-Israel lapho ethi, "i-creeping de facto annexation ayinabo ubulungiswa."
Abaholi bakwa-Israel bebekubhekisise ukwanda kokungabaza kwengqungquthela ngephrojekthi yabo yokufuduka. Futhi ngenkathi kungenzeka ukuthi idamu liphukile eNdlu, libambe eWhite House, njengoba iBiden ibambelele kakhulu kumbhalo wesifunda wakudala.
"Ukukhishwa ngenkani kwemindeni eJerusalema akulungile," kusho uCastro ngoLwesine ebusuku. Lokho akukona ukugomela okuyimpikiswano, kodwa kungokwangaphandle kweNdlu.
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