U-Israel ugcine wakhe umgwaqo ongenela edolobhaneni laseWest Bank eKhan al-Ahmar ngesonto eledlule, ngemuva kokubambezeleka kwesigamu sekhulu. Kodwa okuwukuphela kwezimoto ezivunyelwe ukuhamba kuwo ogandaganda abahlelelwe ukushanela imizi yabantu abangu-200.
Uma umphakathi owodwa uze ukuzokhombisa ukushabalala kwesixazululo semibuso emibili, nguKhan al-Ahmar.
Kungaleso sizathu osomaqhinga baseYurophu baphuma emahhovisi abo aneziphephetha-moya ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule beyocasha emagqumeni ashisayo, anothuli ngaphandle kwaseJerusalema futhi bazibonele ngawabo amalungiselelo okubhujiswa kwaleli dolobhana. Lokho bekuhlanganisa namaphoyisa akwa-Israel ashaya ngonya izakhamuzi nabasekeli njengoba bezama ukuvimba ukuqhubekela phambili kwemishini emikhulu.
IBrithani, iFrance, iJalimane, i-Italy kanye neSpain bathumele umbhikisho osemthethweni. Ukugxeka kwabo kufane nokwabameli beDemocratic Alliance abangaphezu kuka-70 eWashington ngoMeyi - isibonelo esingajwayelekile sosopolitiki baseMelika abakhombisa ubumbano nabantu basePalestine.
Kungajabulisa ukukholelwa ukuthi ohulumeni baseNtshonalanga banendaba nezakhamizi zaseKhan al-Ahmar - noma izinkulungwane zabanye abantu basePalestine abahlanzwa ngokwandayo ngu-Israyeli emazweni aseduze kodwa usizi lwabo oludonse ukunakwa okuncane kakhulu.
Phela, ukucekelwa phansi kukaKhan al-Ahmar kanye nokudluliselwa kwabantu bayo ngenkani kungamacala empi.
Kodwa eqinisweni osopolitiki baseNtshonalanga bakhathazeke kakhulu ngokuphakamisa inkohliso yenqubo yokuthula eyaphelelwa yisikhathi eminyakeni eminingi edlule kunokuhlukunyezwa okwase kunesikhathi eside kwabasePalestine ngaphansi kombuso wakwa-Israel.
Osonhlamvukazi baseNtshonalanga bayaqonda ukuthi yini esengozini. I-Israel ifuna kuhambe uKhan al-Ahmar ukuze kwakhiwe izindawo zokuhlala zamaJuda endaweni yayo, emhlabeni awuqoke ngokuthi โE1โ.
Lokho kuzobeka isiqephu sokugcina sokuthi i-Israel yakhe inqwaba yamakhaya abahlali abasha ukuze ihlukanise iWest Bank kabili. Lezo zindawo zokuhlala zizovala futhi amaPalestine aseWest Bank asuka eMpumalanga yeJerusalema, inhloko-dolobha elindelekile yezwe elizayo lasePalestine, enze inhlekisa nganoma yisiphi isivumelwano sokuthula.
Ukusulwa kukaKhan al-Ahmar akukafiki nje. I-Israel inyathele umthetho wamazwe omhlaba amashumi eminyaka, yenza uhlobo oluthile lokunamathisela okunwabuzelayo okudale ukuthi kube nokushintshashintsha kwezihlalo kosopolitiki baseNtshonalanga.
Izakhamuzi zamaBedouin zikaKhan al-Ahmar, eziphuma esizweni sakwaJahalin, sezihlanzwe ngokohlanga kabili ngaphambilini ngabakwa-Israyeli, kodwa lawa macala empi awazange anakwe.
Okokuqala kwakungeminyaka yawo-1950, eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kokudalwa kuka-Israyeli, lapho amaphesenti angama-80 abantu basePalestine baxoshwa emakhaya abo ukuze bavule indlela yokwakhiwa kombuso wamaJuda.
Nakuba kwakufanele bakujabulele ukuvikelwa kokuba yisakhamuzi sakwa-Israyeli, amaJahalin aphoqelelwa ukuba aphume eNegev aye eWest Bank, ngaleso sikhathi eyayilawulwa yiJordani, ukuze enze izifiki ezintsha zamaJuda.
Isizukulwane kamuva ngo-1967, lapho sebezinzile kabusha, amaJahalin aphinde ahlaselwa ngamasosha akwa-Israel ayehlala eWest Bank. Amadlelo amaJahalin ayethuthele kuwo nezimbuzi nezimvu zawo ashaqwa ukuze akhe indawo yamaJuda kuphela, iKfar Adumim, ngokwephula imithetho yempi.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ama-Jahalin ahlala endaweni emnyama echazwa yi-Israel "engekho emthethweni". Njengabanye abantu basePalestine kumaphesenti angama-60 eWest Bank abamenyezelwe ngaphansi kokulawulwa yi-Israel yinqubo yokuthula yase-Oslo, banqatshelwe izimvume zokwakha, okuphoqe izizukulwane ezintathu ukuthi zihlale emijondolo yamathini nasematendeni.
I-Israel iphinde yenqaba ukuxhuma idolobhana emanzini, ugesi kanye namagridi endle, emzamweni wokwenza impilo ingabekezeleleki i-Jahalin ingakhetha ukuhamba.
Ngenkathi inhlangano yezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi yase-Italy isiza ngo-2009 ukusungula isikole sokuqala sikaKhan al-Ahmar - esenziwe ngodaka namathayi - i-Israel yaqinisa impi yayo yezomthetho yokubhidliza leli dolobhana.
Manje, amaJahalini azophinde axoshwe emazweni awo, sengathi awazona nje izinkomo ezinhlanhlathayo. Kulokhu zizohlaliswa kabusha ngenkani eduze kwendawo yokulahla imfucuza edolobheni lase-Abu Dis, lasePalestine, elivinjezelwe izindonga nezindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israel macala onke.
Endaweni entsha bazophoqeleka ukuba balahle indlela yabo yokuphila yokwalusa. Njengoba isakhamuzi u-Ibrahim Abu Dawoud saphawula: โKithina, ukuhamba ogwadule kuwukufa.
Kokunye okukhombisa isimo esibucayi samaPalestine, abaphathi bakaTrump kulindeleke ukuthi baphakamise ohlelweni lwabo lokuthula osekunesikhathi belulindile ukuthi indawo yasemijondolo efana ne-Abu Dis, esikhundleni se-East Jerusalem, isebenze njengenhloko-dolobha yezwe elizayo-mbumbulu lePalestine - uma. U-Israyeli ukhetha ukuqaphela eyodwa.
Ukucekelwa phansi kuka-Khan al-Ahmar kuzoba ngokokuqala ngqa ukudilizwa komphakathi wasePalestine kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1990s, lapho u-Israyeli ezinikele enqubweni yase-Oslo.
Manje njengoba iqiniswe ukwesekwa okungaguquki kukaWashington, uhulumeni kaBenjamin Netanyahu ugijimela phambili ukuze afeze umbono wawo we-Greater Israel. Ifuna ukuhlanganisa izindawo lapho amadolobhana afana neKhan al-Ahmar emi khona futhi isuse abantu basePalestine.
Kunesithiyo esincane. NgoLwesine olwedlule, inkantolo ephakeme yakwa-Israel izamile ukuthulisa ukuhlangana kwamafu esiphepho e-Europe ngokukhipha umthetho wesikhashana wokudilizwa kwezindlu.
Ukukhululwa kungenzeka kube okwesikhashana. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule yona le nkantolo - esigungwini ebeligcwele amajaji ahlonzwe nenhlangano yabahlala kuleli - yeseka ukubhujiswa kukaKhan al-Ahmar.
INkantolo Ephakeme nayo ibilokhu iqhubekela phambili ekwamukeleni impikiswano kahulumeni wase-Israel yokuthi amashumi eminyaka okudliwa komhlaba abahlali kufanele kugunyazwe kabusha - nakuba bephula umthetho wakwa-Israel kanye nowamazwe ngamazwe - uma kwenziwa "ngokholo oluhle".
Noma ngabe amajaji akholelwa ini, akukho โukuthembela okuhleโ ngokuziphatha kwezifiki noma uhulumeni wakwa-Israel emiphakathini efana neKhan al-Ahmar.
USaeb Erekat, umakadebona wezingxoxo zokuthula ePalestine, muva nje uxwayise ngokuthi i-Israel kanye ne-US sebeseduze โnokuqedaโ iphrojekthi yezwe lasePalestine.
Izwakala iphelelwa yithemba kunokwejwayelekile, i-European Union ikuqinisekisile kule nyanga ukuzibophezela kwayo esixazululweni semibuso emibili, ngenkathi inxusa ukuthi โizithiyoโ zokufezekiswa kwaso zibonakale ngokucacile.
Indlovu ekamelweni ngu-Israyeli uqobo - kanye nokholo olubi oluhlala njalo. Njengoba uKhan al-Ahmar ekhombisa ngokusobala, ngeke kuphele ukusulwa kancane kancane kwemiphakathi yasePalestine kuze kube ohulumeni basentshonalanga bathola amandla okufaka unswinyo olunzima kwa-Israyeli.
Inguqulo yalesi sihloko yaqala ukuvela ku-National, Abu Dhabi.
UJonathan Cook uzuze uMklomelo Okhethekile kaMartha Gellhorn Wobuntatheli. Izincwadi zakhe zihlanganisa โI-Israel kanye Nokungqubuzana Kwezimpucuko: I-Iraq, i-Iran kanye Nohlelo Lokwenza Kabusha IMpumalanga Ephakathiโ (Pluto Press) kanye โNePalestine Enyamalalayo: Izilingo Zakwa-Israyeli Ekuphelelweni Ithemba Kwabantuโ (Izincwadi Ze-Zed). Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.jonathan-cook.net.
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