Udaba alukho mayelana ne-hummus, amabha kashokoledi noma amaholide oLwandle Olufile. Kumayelana nomphakathi ukuthi uzibophezele ngokugcwele ngesenzo sawo (noma ukuntula). Udaba alukho ngempela mayelana nemikhiqizo yakwa-Israel, kodwa kunalokho mayelana nokuthi ngisho nesinqumo esibonakala simsulwa njengokuthenga izinsuku zakwa-Israel singakuvumela kanjani ukuqhubeka nokuzithoba kwabantu basePalestine.
Ngenxa yokuthi i-Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) igqamisa lokhu, ukusabela evame ukukuveza kuyakhokhiswa futhi kuyaqina. Abaningi basabela ku-BDS ngoba empeleni iyasebenza. Abalandeli bakwa-Israel banalo lonke ilungelo lokukhathazeka ngokuthi inkulumo yabo eyenziwe ngokwezifiso ngokucophelela mayelana nokungaphambuki kwe-Israel (ehlanganiswe nokonakala kwasePalestine) - osekuphele amashumi eminyaka ithuthukiswa emithonjeni yezindaba ehlukahlukene kanye nezindawo zezepolitiki e-US namazwe aseNtshonalanga - manje isivele yahlakazeka.
Ingqungquthela yakamuva ye-BDS yaseNyuvesi yasePennsylvania, ehlelwe yiqembu labafundi, i-PennBDS, ibe yisibonelo sakamuva sokukhombisa ukusebenza kahle komnyakazo womhlaba kanye nokukhathazeka kwangempela okuzwiwa abasekeli bakwa-Israyeli e-United States. Bazi ngokugcwele ukuthi ukubhekana ngqo nezinsolo ze-BDS cishe ngeke kuphumelele, bahlela ulwazi olunganembile, ukubiza ngamagama nokusabisa. Nokho, isu elikhathele alisatheli izithelo.
Abasekeli beSiyoni bakwa-Israel benza yonke imizamo yokugqugquzela umphakathi wamaJuda ePhiladelphia ukuthi uqondise engqungqutheleni eyayifuna ukuthi i-Israel iphendule ngokungena kwezempi, ukucwasa ngokobuhlanga kanye nokwephulwa okusobala kwemithetho yamazwe ngamazwe.
Omunye walabo abacasulwe yile ngqungquthela nguRuben Gur, uprofesa wezifo zengqondo enyuvesi. Esihlokweni esishicilelwe kuyi-Daily Pennsylvanian, ufanise abahleli bengqungquthela 'namaNazi'. โIsibonelo esifanele sale nhlangano amaqembu ahlelwa amaNazi ngeminyaka yawo-1930s ukuze adube, ahlukanise futhi ajezise amaJuda namabhizinisi awo,โ wabhala, mhlawumbe ekwazi ngokugcwele ukungalungi komlando kwesitatimende sakhe.
Umongameli wePenn u-Amy Gutmann kanye noSihlalo wama-Trustees uDavid L. Cohen bagcizelela ukuthi ukuvumela i-PennBDS ukuthi ihlele kwakuwumsebenzi wokuziphatha ohloselwe โukuvikela inkulumo okungenzeka singayithandiโ (isitatimende esinokulinganisela okumangalisayo, ukusho okuncane). โINyuvesi iveze kaningi, ngokungaguquki futhi ngamandla ukuphikisana kwethu nalolu hlelo. Kalula nje, asihambisani ngokuphelele nesikhundla esithathwe yiPennBDS, โbabhala kuDaily Pennsylvanian.
Inkulumo-mpikiswano ibhaliswe kuzo zonke izindlela ezitholakalayo futhi yadlulela ngalรฉ kwemingcele yenyuvesi ngokwayo. Ngokuxakayo, i-Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia yayifisa ukuphikisa ingqungquthela ye-BDS ngokungasingethe omunye ngaphandle kuka-Alan Dershowitz ukuze ethule inkulumo ephuthumayo esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme. UDershowitz, owaziwa ngenkulumo yakhe evusa uhlevane kanye nendlela yakhe yokuhlambalaza izishoshovu ezisekela iPalestine, waphoqeleka ukuthi ashintshe amaqhinga, njengoba ingqungquthela kanye nempikiswano eyayidala kwavumela izishoshovu ze-BDS inkundla yokuhlela nokudlulisa umyalezo ocacile nokuthula. โIngqungquthela ye-BDS isinika ithuba lokuphendula inzondo ngemiyalezo eyakhayo,โ kusho uDershowitz, njengoba kwabikwa ephephandabeni lasePhiladelphia i-Jewish Exponent.
Labo abathintekayo ekukhuthazeni izimbangela zokuthula nobulungisa bazi kahle ukuthi ukufutheka okunjalo kuwuphawu lokwesaba nobuthakathaka obuphathekayo. Umqondo we-pro-Israeli - ukuthethelela ukuphakama kohlanga, ukulinganisa ukusebenza kwezempi, ukuvikela ukuhlanzwa kohlanga - akusizi ngalutho lapho kukhulunywa ngomlayezo ophikiswayo. Ngakho-ke, noma nini lapho bebhekana nezenzakalo ezinjalo, abazwelana no-Israyeli baphendukela 'ekususeni impikiswano'. Lokhu kondliwa kakhulu ukubika okuchemile, ulimi olunolaka kanye nokusola okungenasisekelo. USolwazi uGur ubengafaniswa nokumela lo mlingisi, njengoba ehlasele ngisho iphephandaba labafundi uqobo: โAngizange ngiwakholwe amehlo ami. Kubi ngokwanele ukuthi uPenn uzivumele ukuthi uhlotshaniswe nale nhlangano enenzondo yokuqothula uhlanga, kodwa ukuze unikeze ithuba 'lencazelo' yabo bese unikeza isithunzi lokhu kuphuma kokwaziswa okungamanga nokumelene namaJudaโฆโ
Noma kunjalo, โngenkathi abaphikisi be-BDS bematasa bebiza amagama, abantu engqungqutheleni babebambe iqhaza ekuvezeni amaqiniso phansi,โ ngokuka-Uri Hores, isishoshovu sokuthula sakwa-Israel (ebhala kumagazini +972). Lokhu kuhlanganisa: โamaqiniso angokoqobo, amaqiniso omlando namaqiniso angokomthetho, ethulwa ochwepheshe bezomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wamalungelo abantu njengoNoura Erakat, onikeze ingqungquthela umbono obanzi wesimiso sezomthetho esiyinkimbinkimbi abantu basePalestine abaphila ngaphansi kwabo.โ
Ngokusho kukaHores, ingqungquthela yePenn "yayimodeliswa ngemuva kwengqungquthela efanayo ngo-2009 eHamphire College e-Amherst, Massachusetts." Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu njengoba impumelelo yalezi zinhlelo, naphezu kokwehliswa kwesithunzi nezingxabano eziyihaba, zimema izingxoxo kwenye indawo. Esinye salezo zibonelo kwaba ngo-Ephreli 2010, lapho ithimba lezigele labafundi eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley liphikisana ngodaba lokwehlukana ezinkampanini zase-US โezazizuza ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo noma ngokwezempiโ ngokudla kwa-Israyeli ezindaweni zasePalestine. Kuvotelwe umthethosivivinywa wokukhipha imali. Abantu abagqamile okuhlanganisa uNoam Chomsky, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu uDesmond Tutu, uNaomi Klein kanye no-Alice Walker bakhiphe izitatimende beseka lo mthethosivivinywa, kwathi abahlomule kaNobel uShirin Ebadi, Mairead Maguire, Rigoberta Menchu โโTum kanye noJody Williams basayina incwadi enanela ukwesekwa okukhulu: โSimile. sibumbene enkolelweni yethu yokuthi ukuqhela ezinkampanini ezinikeza ukwesekwa okubalulekile kwebutho lezempi lakwa-Israel kunikeza ubuholi bokuziphatha namasu okufundisa kanye nemali yemfundo yomphakathi exhaswa ngabakhokhi bentela. Sonke singabadali bokuthula, futhi sikholelwa ukuthi akukho ngxoxo ngaphandle kwengcindezi yezomnotho engakhuthaza u-Israyeli ukuthi aguqule inqubomgomo yakhe yokusebenzisa amandla amakhulu ngokumelene nezakhamuzi zasePalestine. "
Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ukuthululwa kokusekelwa kwezinhlelo ze-BDS akwenziwanga ngokuyalelwa yinoma yimuphi umuntu noma iqembu. Kunalokho kwakuyimpendulo obizweni olwenziwa izinhlangano zomphakathi zasePalestine eziyi-171 ngoJulayi 2005.
Isifunda saseMpumalanga Ephakathi sesivele siwubufakazi bokukhuphuka kwamandla abantu osekukhuthaze umhlaba. I-BDS iwukuqhutshekwa nje komshikashika wobulungiswa womhlaba wonke, futhi i-PennBDS imane nje ingabagqugquzeli bombutho okhulayo ozoletha uguquko lwangempela kupharadigm yamakholoni emile isikhathi eside. Isishoshovu esidumile sasePalestine u-Ali Abunimah utshele ingqungquthela enkulumeni yaso yosuku: "Lokhu kubheda ngengqungquthela kusitshela okuthile mayelana nesikhathi esikuso. Mayelana nempi yemibono, sisekupheleni."
Inani elandayo labantu seliqaphela leli qiniso. Omunye wabaculi be-rock abadume kakhulu e-US, uCat Power, ukhansele uhlelo lwakhe lwakwa-Israel, "ejoyina uhlu lwabaculi abagwema izwe," ngokusho kweWashington Post (Feb 10). Ukhansele ikhonsathi ehleliwe yaseTel Aviv ngoba ezizwa โegula emoyeni wakheโ. Abaculi abaningi, izinkampani kanye nabantu abajwayelekile nabo bazizwa ngaleyo ndlela, okufakazela ukuthi ubumbano lomhlaba wonke alulona inani lemizwa, kodwa inkundla yangempela yalabo abafisa ukuletha ushintsho oluhle.
U-Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) ungumbhali wephephandaba ohlanganiswe ngamazwe ngamazwe kanye nomhleli we-PalestineChronicle.com. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ethi My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story (Pluto Press, London).
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