U-JUAN GONZALEZ: Izikebhe ezimbili zokudoba eziguquliwe zasuka Cyprus namuhla ethwele izishoshovu ezingamashumi amane nanye kanye nabasebenzi bokusiza abantu abayingxenye ye-Free Gaza movement ezama ukuqeda ukuvinjelwa kwe-Israel eGaza Strip.
Izikebhe - the Liberty futhi IGaza yamahhala—ushiye itheku eliseningizimu ye-Larnaca namuhla ekuseni ohambweni olulinganiselwe lwamahora angamashumi amathathu. Israel usexwayise izishoshovu ukuthi zihlukane nazo Gaza, ethi "isihloko sesaziso sokwelulekwa se-Israel Navy" esixwayisa ngemikhumbi yangaphandle "endaweni yasolwandle emisiwe."
UMnyango Wezangaphandle kwa-Israel uthe encwadini evulelekile eya kubahlanganyeli, "Sicabanga ukuthi izinhloso zenu zinhle kodwa, empeleni, umphumela wesenzo senu ukuthi nisekela umbuso wenhlangano yamaphekula Gaza. "
U-AMY GOODMAN: Njengamanje sihlangene nesinye sezishoshovu olwandle esikebheni Liberty. U-Huwaida Arraf uyisishoshovu samalungelo abantu. Ungumsunguli we-International Solidarity Movement. Ufundisa umthetho wamalungelo abantu e- I-Al-Quds University in iJerusalema.
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I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Ngiyabonga ngokuba nami.
U-AMY GOODMAN: Huwaida, sitshele ukuthi ukuphi. Futhi uhambe nini ngomkhumbi?
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Sasuka eningizimu Imbobo of Larnaca cishe ngo-10:00 a.m. isikhathi sethu. Siqonde ngqo Gaza. Siyimikhumbi emibili, ehamba ngaphandle kwezinkinga kuze kube manje. Amanzi ayagaya, kodwa wonke umuntu ujabule. Uma yonke into ihamba KAHLE futhi singavinjwa ibutho lasolwandle lakwa-Israel, silindele ukuthi sibe lapho phakathi namahora alandelayo angamashumi amabili nane kuya kwangamashumi amabili nesithupha.
U-JUAN GONZALEZ: Futhi yini othemba ukuyifeza? Yiziphi izinhlobo zezinsiza zokwelapha onazo?
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Hhayi-ke, sigibele izinsiza zokuzwa ezingaba ngu-200 ezazicelwe umphakathi waseGaza ukuze zisize izingane, ngoba akwaziwa kahle, kodwa izingane eziningi zaseGaza seziyizithulu ngenxa yama-Israel—umsindo—ama-sonic booms abawenzayo. njalo isuka phezu kweGaza. Nangempela bacela 9,000. Asikwazanga ukukuhlela ngalesi sikhathi. Siphinde siphathe izinsiza zokwelapha ezidingeka ngokushesha.
Kodwa-ke, asiqiniseki futhi sicacile ukuthi lokhu akusikho-okwethu, uyazi, uchungechunge lwabantu, ngoba asihlosile ukuqhubeka nokufaka amabhande eGaza, kuyilapho okwenzekayo ukuthi imigomo yakwa-Israyeli ibulala abantu indlala futhi. okubenza bayeke uku--noma bavele baphile ngokunikezwayo, futhi akukhona lokho esikufunayo. Siphume ukukhombisa ukuthi abantu be Gaza babe namalungelo abantu futhi bafanele ukukwazi ukuziphilisa hhayi nje ngokuphila ngokuphiwa, ngoba Israel ibavimba ngokuphelele ekuhambeni, ibavimbe ekungeneni nasekuphumeni futhi ilawule impilo yabo ngokuphelele. Futhi njengamanje, bazama ukulambisa futhi balulaze abantu bonke.
U-JUAN GONZALEZ: Hhayi-ke, cindezela imibiko England baye bacaphuna abakwa-Israyeli bethi bona—uhulumeni wakwa-Israel bathi banithatha njengabangcono kunabaphangi. Ingabe uke waba nokuxhumana okuqondile nezikhulu zakwa-Israel noma unombono wokuthi yini ongayilindela empendulweni yazo?
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Awu, kuyahlekisa lokho. Sivuleleke kakhulu ekuxhumaneni kwethu—kuyofika kulokho esikwenzayo nokuthi kungani sikwenza futhi sikukhomba lokho. Israel iye yalisebenzisa kabi kabi igunya layo njengegunya eliphethe. Ngo-2005, Israel yakhipha izindawo zayo zokuhlala ezingekho emthethweni Gaza futhi manje uthi-izama ukufuna lokho Gaza imahhala. Kodwa ngokusobala, lokhu kuyinhlekisa. Hhayi-ke, benqatshiwe yiKomidi Lomhlaba Wonke leRed Cross kanye nezinye izinhlangano zamalungelo abantu kanye nezinhlangano zosizo lwabantu, ngoba Israel usasebenzisa ukulawula ngempumelelo Gaza. Futhi siyakubona lokho, ngoba Israel izilawuli Gaza ngomoya, ulwandle nomhlaba, yingakho bethi bazosivimba ukuthi singangeni.
Manje, ngakho-ke sesisungule ukuxhumana okuningi, sibeke zonke izinhloso zethu kuwebhusayithi. Thina ngisho, ngaphambi kokushiya Imbobo of Larnaca, senze iziphathimandla zechweba laseCypriot zihlole izikebhe zethu ukuze ziqinisekise ukuthi asiphethe lutho esingashongo ukuthi siphethe, ukuthi asinazo izikhali nanoma yiziphi ezinye izinto ezingekho emthethweni eziwusongo lwezokuphepha kuzo. Israel kube bonke. Futhi nathi, ambalwa—emavikini ambalwa edlule, isimemo esiya kuNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wakwa-Israel u-Tzipi Livni ukuthi eze nathi, eze nathi uma ekhathazekile ngokusongela kwezokuphepha futhi eze nathi ukuze abone ukuthi izinqubomgomo zakwa-Israyeli ziyini ngempela. ukwenza kubantu baseGaza. Manje, basenqabile leso simemo nesimangalo—uyazi, bathi bazosivimba noma kunjalo. Kodwa kucace kakhulu ukuthi uma bezosivimba, akusiyo inhloso yezokuphepha.
Futhi yingakho, empeleni, sikulo msebenzi, ngoba, njengamandla athathayo, Israel ilawula amanzi aseGazan. Manje, siphikisana ngokuthi ukuhlala kuka-Israyeli, ngokwako, sekube ngokungemthetho, ngoba iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane nanye bephula izinqumo zoMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN, futhi u-Israel usebenzise kabi amandla akhe ngokubeka wonke umphakathi, okuyinto u-Israyeli okudingeka yiba nomthwalo wemfanelo—wena unesibopho kubantu obaphethe, inhlalakahle yabo—kodwa u-Israyeli uwasebenzisa kabi amandla akhe futhi ulambisa abantu baseGaza, futhi ubeka inani labantu bonke, abantu abayizigidi eziyi-1.5—ijezisa ngokuhlanganyela. bona. Lokhu akukhona nje kuphela emthethweni ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, kodwa futhi kuwukuziphatha okubi, yingakho siqala lolu hambo.
Ngenxa yesimo esikhona kule minyaka embalwa edlule lapho i-Israel ivimbezele kanzima iGaza, iziguli ezingama-200 eGaza zishonile ngoba azikwazanga ukuthola usizo lwezempilo — ukushiya iGaza ukuze zithole usizo lwezempilo oludingayo. Amaphesenti angu-80 abantu baseGaza, ngokweZizwe Ezihlangene, ayaphila—awakwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kokuphiwa. Unamakhulu abafundi abafuna ukuphishekela imfundo yabo phesheya abangakwazi ukuhamba. Unenkinga esabekayo yokukhucululwa kwendle, ngoba abantu baseGaza abakwazi ukungenisa izinto abazidingayo ukuze bakhe amasistimu okukhuculula indle, ngakho unezinhlangano ze-UN ezithi maduze nje kungase kube nokuqubuka kwezifo ezibangelwa amanzi. Unabadobi abazama ukudoba futhi badutshulwe lapho bephuma ngaphezu kwamamayela amathathu olwandle. Ngakho-ke, lesi simo asibekezeleleki ngempela, inhlekelele yokusiza abantu. Futhi umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe, ohulumeni, izikhungo okufanele zisekele amalungelo abantu azenzi lutho ngakho. Futhi leyo ngempela inhloso yomsebenzi wethu—
U-AMY GOODMAN: Huwaida Arraf, ungachaza ukuthi ubani osezikebheni ezimbili, i Liberty futhi IGaza yamahhala? Sizama ukufinyelela esinye isikebhe njengamanje noLauren Booth, udadewabo kaTony Blair, intatheli, kanye noJeff Halper, uprofesa wase-Israel we-anthropology, umxhumanisi we-Israel Committee Against House Demolitions. Kodwa ubani omunye okulezi zikebhe ezimbili?
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Impela. Cishe sinezakhamuzi ezingamashumi amane nantathu ezivela emazweni ayishumi nesikhombisa ahlukene. Sine-kwethu Liberty, engikhuluma kini ngiphuma kuyo, abantu abayishumi nesishiyagalombili. Sinelungu lephalamende laseGreece ebesinathi. AmaGreki, esaqala kuwo uhambo lwethu, aye asisekela kakhulu, njengoba kwenza izikhulu zaseCyprus. Njengoba ushilo, sinoLauren Booth, udadewabo kaTony Blair, noJeff Halper nezinye izakhamuzi eziningi ezivamile. Ngicabanga ukuthi thina—kuwukumela okuhle ngempela komphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe. Sinodokotela, sinabameli, sinabo abahlengikazi, sinabafundi, sinoprofesa, hhayi amagama amakhulu, kodwa abantu abathintekayo emhlabeni wonke abathi asizukuhlala sibukele lokhu kwenzeka. . [akuzwakali]
U-AMY GOODMAN: Huwaida, bengifuna nje ukubuza ukuthi, nganoma yiliphi ithuba, njengoba sikhuluma nawe, ungatshela yini abantu abasesikebheni sakho ukuthi batshele abanye esizama ukubafinyelela. Sasifike kubo ekuseni yonke. Manje asikwazi ukufinyelela IGaza yamahhala, esinye isikebhe. Kodwa uma ubungabatshela lokho, mhlawumbe bebengakwazi—angazi ukuthi nixhumana kanjani nobabili, izikebhe ezimbili ezehlukene.
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Sinawo amafoni asethelayithi, engikhuluma nawe ngawo manje, futhi sinawo ama-walkie-talkies. Futhi sinesistimu ye-VHS. Ngakho sinezindlela ezihlukahlukene zokuxhumana.
U-AMY GOODMAN: Awu, ungakwazi—
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Asibanga nenkinga yokufinyelela kubo, kodwa—
U-AMY GOODMAN: Sikhona manje. Kodwa ungasitshela futhi—sizwile ukuthi uthole izinsongo zokubulawa ngaphambi kokuba usuke eKhupro—sinjani isimo?—nokuthi ubunamasele, amaphoyisa, ahlola phansi izikebhe, amaphoyisa aseKhupro, ngaphansi komgwaqo. izikebhe ngaphambi kokuthi uhambe ngomkhumbi.
I-HUWAIDA ARRAF: Yebo. Hhayi-ke, emasontweni ambalwa edlule, singene ezikhumulweni zemikhumbi eziningi. Futhi sizamile ukuqapha ngokuphepha, ngoba sifunde kokuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphambilini, futhi ikakhulukazi ngo-1988, Inhlangano Yenkululeko YasePalestine yazama ukuhlela isikebhe esifanayo nePalestine, futhi leso sikebhe sasi-leso sikebhe empeleni sahlaselwa, sahlaselwa. kuqhume. Ngakho-ke sibe nabantu ewashini lamahora angamashumi amabili nane. Futhi ngaphambi kokushiya isikebhe ngasinye—ngaphambi kokushiya ichweba ngalinye, senze ukuhlola kokutshuza. Senze okwethu ukuhlola kokucwila Cyprus. Iziphathimandla zaseCyprus zavolontiya ukusenzela lokho, ngakho zahlola indawo engaphansi ezikebheni zethu. Futhi sasiqine kakhulu ngokufuna ukuthi banikeze nezikebhe zethu isikweletu esihlanzekile sempilo, ukuze Israel ngeke bathi bayasivimbela ukuthi singangeni ngenxa yanoma yiluphi uhlobo lwezizathu zokuphepha. Ngakho babheka izikebhe zethu. Bahlole zonke izinto zethu, konke esinakho emkhunjini, futhi basho ukuthi azikho izikhali noma azikho ezinye izinto ezingekho emthethweni. Futhi ngethemba, uma ngaphansi kokuhlola isikebhe kwakucacile, khona-ke lezi zitsha zilungele ukuhamba.
Futhi sizoqhubeka nokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuze kube yilapho sifika Gaza noma kuze kube uyazi, Israel unquma—abakushilo ukuthi bazosivimba ngenkani. Uma zisivimba, sikulungele ukuhlala olwandle uma nje amanzi nokudla kwethu kusaqhubeka. Uma siqala ukwehla, sizobuyela emuva Cyprus, sizophinda futhi sibuye siphume, sigcizelela ukuthi sinelungelo lokudlula. Inqobo nje uma lungekho uhlobo lokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha, Israel ayikwazi ukuhlukanisa ngokuphelele abantu basePalestine, abantu baseGazan, futhi ibasuse emhlabeni wonke. Manje, okunye okungenzeka ukuthi banganquma ukusidubula, banganquma ukusidubula, noma banqume ukugibela izikebhe zethu ngenkani futhi basibophe. Futhi, lokhu kuzobe kungekho emthethweni. Asikho usongo lwezokuphepha. Futhi empeleni, siyamema—uyazi, sihola indlela khona manje. Noma yimuphi omunye umkhumbi, noma ubani onesikebhe ofuna ukuza nathi, sibamema ukuba bahlanganyele nathi.
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