NgoMgqibelo, ngo-January 17, ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-22 zokubhodloza iGaza ngamabhomu nemicibisholo, amathangi nezikhali, amasosha angaphansi komhlaba kanye nomlilo wokudubula; ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-22 zokwethuka kubantu basePalestine baseGaza ababona izikole zabo ziqhunyiswa ngamabhomu, izingane zabo zibulawa futhi zigogekile, futhi ukuphila kwaphenduka isihogo emhlabeni; ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-22 okwathatha ukuphila kwabantu basePalestine okungenani abangu-1,200, kuhlanganise nezingane ezingu-350, "eziningi ezigqitshwe ngaphansi kwemfucumfucu," njengoba i-New York Times (1/18/09) yavuma, futhi yalimaza abanye abangu-5,200; ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-22 ezishiye abantu baseGaza abangama-26,000 bengakwazi ukuhlala ezindlini zabo, kulimaze izakhiwo zokuhlala ezingama-20,000, futhi kwacekela phansi ingqalasizinda yaseGaza eseyishayiwe kakade, u-Israyeli wamemezela "ukuphela kwecala elilodwa."
IsraelIsimemezelo safika ngolunye usuku ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwesivumelwano-hhayi namaPalestine noma uhulumeni weHamas. Gaza obekukade ukuhlasela, kodwa phakathi Israel futhi I-united states. Ngosuku olulandelayo iHamas nayo yavuma ukuthi kumiswe isonto elilodwa, futhi impi kubikwa ukuthi isimile—okwamanje.
U-Israel kanye ne-U.S. ngokungangabazeki bazozama ukuveza lokhu kumiswa kwezikhali njengesenzo sozwelo esibonisa ubuntu babo, isifiso sabo esiqotho sesixazululo esinokuthula, kanye nethemba labo lokuthi lokho abathi kungumthombo wenkinga—i-Hamas rocket fire kwa-Israel—ingakwazi. zixazululwe. Akukho okungaba ngaphezu kweqiniso. Futhi awekho nakancane amanga nobuzenzisi okwenziwa amaphekula amakhulu emhlabeni wonke okuyosula izithombe ezishiswe ezinkumbulo zezigidi nezigidi emhlabeni wonke zezinsuku ezingu-22 zokubulala ngokungenhloso okuqhubekayo komunye wabantu abahlukunyezwe kakhulu emhlabeni—amaPalestina aseGaza, bavalelwe ejele elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni elivulekile/ekamu lokuhlushwa, endaweni elingana nedolobha laseDetroit, abangenayo indlela yokungena, futhi bengenandlela yokuphuma.
Abakwa-Israel bathi bafeze izinhloso zabo eziningi ngesibhicongo sezinsuku ezingama-22 Gaza. Lokho kukodwa—iqiniso lokuthi uquqaba, ezimweni eziningi ngokungakhethi, ukubulawa kwezakhamuzi, abesifazane, nezingane, kuhlanganise nokubulawa kwababaleki ekamu leZizwe Ezihlangene, lafinyelelwa. Israel"Izinjongo" zikhuluma ngokusobala esimweni esingenabulungiswa ngokuphelele sokuhlasela kwama-Israyeli.
Izinjongo zakwa-Israel...
I-rhetoric yakwa-Israyeli mayelana nemvelo yokuhlaselwa Gaza iye yaphumela obala futhi yomele igazi.
NgoJanuwari 10, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wakwa-Israel u-Tzipi Livni wathi "Israel ngeke zisakhombisa ukuzibamba...akuwona umcibisholo ocitshwayo ocitshwayo."
Isikhulu sezempi sakwa-Israel sitshele iphephandaba lakwa-Israel i-Haaretz, "Kithina, ukuqapha kusho ukuba nolaka." Wathi, "Kusukela emzuzwini esingena ngawo, senze sengathi sisempini. Lokho kudala umonakalo omkhulu phansi... ngithemba nje labo ababalekile endaweni Gaza imizwa esisebenza kuyo izochaza ukushaqeka. Mhlawumbe othile lapho uzosanguluka ngaphambi kokuba kuqhubeke." (Haaretz, 1/7/09)
Isibhicongo ku Gaza kwaba ukuqhubeka kwe IsraelUmkhankaso weminyaka engu-60 wokukhuculula ngokobuhlanga Palestine, abhubhise umphakathi wasePalestine, futhi aphule umoya wabantu basePalestina. Ngobubanzi, lokhu kuhlasela okunonya ngamabomu bekuhloswe ukwenza buthaka ngokwezombangazwe nangokwezempi futhi kuthumele umlayezo kunoma imaphi amabutho esifundeni ami endleleni yokubusa okungenamingcele ama-imperialists ase-U.S. kanye nenja yawo yokuhlasela yesifunda yakwa-Israel.
Futhi, inkulumo-ze yakamuva yakwa-Israel isimemezele ngokusobala inhloso yokuchoboza abantu basePalestine. I-International Herald Tribune isanda kushicilela amazwi acashunwe kuMoshe Yaalon ngonyaka ka-2002, ngesikhathi eyinduna yamasosha akwa-Israeli: "AmaPalestine kumele enziwe aqonde ekujuleni kokwazi kwawo ukuthi angabantu abahluliwe." (1/9/09).
Futhi ngoFebhuwari 2008, ungqongqoshe wakwa-Israyeli, ekhuluma ngesimo Gaza, uxwayise ngokuthi abasePalestine bangazilethela lokho akubiza ngokuthi "ukuqothulwa kwabantu." "Uma umlilo we-Qassam [rocket] ushuba futhi namarokhethi efinyelela ibanga elide, azozilethela inani elikhulu ngoba sizosebenzisa wonke amandla ethu ukuzivikela," uMatan Vilnai, IsraelIphini likangqongqoshe wezokuvikela, etshela umsakazo wamasosha. (Shoah igama lesiHeberu elivamise ukugodlwa ukuze libhekisele ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe kwamaJuda. Alivamile ukusetshenziswa ku Israel ngaphandle kwezingxoxo zokuqothulwa kwamaJuda amaNazi phakathi nempi yezwe yesibili, futhi ama-Israyeli amaningi ayakwenyanya ukusetshenziswa kwawo ekuchazeni ezinye izenzakalo.)
Ukubulawa kwabantu eGaza kuxhumene nezinhloso ze-U.S. kanye ne-Israel zokukhomba i-Iran, ethathwa njengesithiyo sabo esikhulu eMpumalanga Ephakathi ngenxa yobukhulu bayo, indawo ekuyo, kanye nezinsizakusebenza zamandla, nangenxa yokuthi isivele njengesigxobo sesifunda. yokuphikisa ezinye iziqondiso i-US efuna ukuthatha izinto kanye nekhono elingenakuphikiswa lika-Israyeli lokubizela amaPalestine nomakhelwane bayo imigomo. Amandla anjalo angqubuzana nezithize US kanye nemigomo yakwa-Israyeli, nakuba ingameli ikusasa elikhululayo noma ikhefu eliyisisekelo kuma-imperialism. Noma kunjalo, kunjalo US futhi Israel abanomthwalo omkhulu wokuhlupheka okusabalele kanye nokucindezelwa okujulile kwe Emaphakathi Mpumalanga, futhi ziyizithiyo ezinkulu zenkululeko esifundeni—kuhlanganise nangenxa yezindlela i-imperialism eye yabhebhezela futhi yavula ubufandamentali bamaSulumane.
The US futhi Israel bazimisele impela ukuhlanganyela ekubulaleni okwesabekayo nokungacunuli ukuze bafeze lezi zinhloso ngoba bebusa futhi bebumba kabusha isifunda sase-Middle East-Central Asia nokuqinisa. Israel zibalulekile ekuzigcineni US amandla omhlaba kanye nokuphakama.
Ukulungiselela Ukumiswa Kwezikhali Ngokuqinisa Ukubulala
Israel‘Izenzo phakathi nezinsuku eziholela ekumisweni kwezikhali zaziwumfanekiso omubi wezinhloso zabo zokusabela, ezimelene ne-Palestine, naphezu kwakho konke ukubhikishela okungenalutho okuphambene nalokho. Ngosuku olulodwa nje - Januwari 15 - noma kunjalo Israel yayixoxa ngokuyeka ukulwa, yaqhumisa ngamabhomu indlunkulu ye-UN, isibhedlela esikhulu, namahhovisi amaqembu ezindaba ezindaba zomhlaba wonke.
Amahhovisi abezindaba aqhunyiswe ngamabhomu, ngokusho kwemibiko, "ngemuva kokuba amabutho akwa-Israyeli eqinisekise iReuters ukuthi isakhiwo saseGaza esinezitezi ezingu-16 esisetshenziswa njengesikhungo sezindaba ngabanyathelisi bemithombo yezindaba yamazwe ngamazwe kwakungeyona inhloso yezempi," nangemva kokuba isevisi yezindaba yeReuters inikeze ama-Israyeli. ngezixhumanisi zabo ze-GPS ukugwema iziteleka ngengozi.
Israel kuhloswe i-UNRWA—i-United Nations Relief and Works Agency eyakhiwe ukusiza ababaleki basePalestine kusukela empini yango-1948-49 kanye nenzalo yabo. Abakwa-Israel bashaye izikhungo ze-UNRWA izikhathi ezine ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwamanje Gaza-kuhlanganisa noJanuwari 6 lapho kubulawa abantu basePalestine abangu-43 ngesikhathi igobolondo lakwa-Israel lishaya isikole ekamu lababaleki laseJabaliya.
Ngokusho kwe-Times yaseLondon (1/15/09), "Inhlanganisela eyinhloko ye-UN Gaza ishiywe ivutha amalangabi namuhla ngemva kokushaywa ukudubula kwezikhali zakwa-Israel." Umkhulumeli we-UN ocashunwe ku-"Democracy Now" (1/16/09) uthe: "Izindawo zethu zokugcina izimpahla zishaywe uhlobo oluthile lwesiqhumane futhi zasha. Umlilo usubhebhetheke usuka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngamafutha wadlulela nasezindaweni zokugcina impahla. Ngamunye, izindawo zokugcina izimpahla ziyakhuphuka. Manje sizama ukwakha indawo yokugcina impahla phakathi kwezindawo zokugcina izimpahla namahhovisi ukuze sizame ukumisa amahhovisi. Silahlekelwe yikho konke ukudla kwethu nayo yonke imithi yethu kulo mlilo."
Umlilo wasakazeka ngokungaphezi, ucekela phansi ukudla okubalulekile kanye nempahla yezokwelapha, ngoba Israel iqondise indlunkulu ye-UNRWA nge-phosphorus emhlophe-isikhali samakhemikhali esibulalayo, ukusetshenziswa kwaso ngokumelene nezakhamuzi kuwukwephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. NgoJanuwari 15 i-Times yaseLondon yabika ukuthi kusetshenziswe amagobolondo atholwe ngu Gaza odokotela bakufakazela lokho Israel besisebenzisa lesi sithako esibulalayo, esingashisa kakhulu noma sibulale uma sithintwa noma sihogelwe.
Ngalo kanye usuku Israel imemezele ukumiswa kwayo, i-New York Times ibike ukuthi "izelamani ezimbili, ezineminyaka engu-5 nengu-7 ubudala, zishone ngezithuba zabo-7:14 ngesikhathi kuqhunyiswa umlilo wakwa-Israel esikoleni. Unina, obephakathi kwabangu-XNUMX abalimele, uqhunyiswe imilenze." Iqembu le-UNRWA Gaza umqondisi, uJohn Ging, utshele abezindaba, "Laba bafanyana ababili bamsulwa, ngokungangabazeki, njengoba befile. Umbuzo obuzwayo manje uthi: ingabe lokhu kanye nokubulawa kwazo zonke ezinye izakhamuzi ezingenacala Gaza ubugebengu bempi?"
Umkhulumeli we-UNRWA, uChristopher Gunness, uthe: "Lapho uthinteke khona ngqo esikoleni se-UNRWA lapho abantu ababalelwa ku-1,600 1 bebalekele khona, lapho ibutho lezempi lakwa-Israel lizazi izixhumanisi futhi lazi ukuthi ngubani okhona, lapho lokhu kuza njengakamuva ohlwini lwezincwadi eziqondile. kanye nokuhlaselwa okungaqondile kwezikhungo ze-UNRWA, kufanele kube nophenyo ukuze kutholwe ukuthi ngabe ubugebengu bempi enziwe yini," futhi, wengeza "njengokwephulwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe wobuntu." (NYT 18/09/XNUMX)
Konke lokhu kuhloswe ekuthumeleni umyalezo kubantu basePalestine ukuthi akukho siphephelo kubo ekuhlaselweni kwe-Israel, kanye nomlayezo emhlabeni wonke wokuthi azikho izinqumo ze-UN ezizoyivimbela ekuhlaseleni amaPalestina, futhi mhlawumbe ukucekela phansi noma ukucekela phansi i-UNRWA ngokwayo, kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili. umzamo wokucekela phansi umphakathi wasePalestine.
Izidumbu Ezichichimayo, Izibhedlela Zigcwele Igazi, Namakhulu Ezinkulungwane Ezingenamanzi Nogesi
Lokhu kufika lapho ukuphila ku Gaza sekuyiphupho elibi. Ummeli wamalungelo abantu u-Yadin Ilam utshele i-"Democracy Now" (1/16/09): "Siyazi ngeqiniso ukuthi abantu abangu-250,000 abanawo ugesi kusukela impi yaqala ezinsukwini ezingamashumi amabili ezedlule, futhi abantu abayingxenye yesigidi abanawo amanzi afanele. zichichima emgwaqeni, futhi sisonqenqemeni lwezifo eziwumshayabhuqe."
U-Caoimhe Butterly upenda isithombe esihlasimulisayo embikweni wakhe osesigcawini ku-CommonDreams.org (1/16/09): "Izidumbu ze- GazaIzibhedlela ziyachichima. Izidumbu emigudwini yazo emhlophe egcwele igazi zimboze yonke indawo yaphansi emakhazeni asesibhedlela saseShifa. Ezinye ziphelele, zikhubazekile ngendlela enyantisayo, izitho zomzimba ezisontekile ngendlela engezona ezemvelo, imigodi yesifuba ivulekile, amakhanda aphephuka, ugebhezi lungene phakathi. Amalungu omndeni alinda ngaphandle ukuze abone futhi afune umfowabo, umyeni, ubaba, umama, unkosikazi, ingane. Abaningi balabo abalinda ithuba labo balahlekelwe amalungu omndeni amaningi kanye nabathandekayo. Igazi ligcwele yonke indawo. Abasebenza esibhedlela bathulula ipayipi phansi emagumbini okuhlinzela, amabhandeshi anegazi alahlwe emakhoneni, futhi abalimele bayaqhubeka nokutheleka: izidumbu ezibhodlozwe izicucu, ukusha, amanxeba ezinhlamvu."
Ukumisa Umlilo: Ukuqhutshekwa Kokuhlasela Ngezinye Izindlela
I-US-Israeli "ceasefire" ingumzamo wokuqhubeka nokuphishekela lezi zinhloso zobugebengu. Okokuqala, kunemibiko yokuthi amasosha amaningi akwa-Israel ngeke asuke ngokushesha Gaza. Amasosha akwa-Israel ayaqhubeka nokuzungeza Gaza, Futhi Israel futhi Egypt baqhubeke nokubopha abantu base Gaza futhi ulawule konke ukufinyelela ekuphumeni. Ingxenye eyodwa yokuyeka ukudubula umzamo wase-U.S.-Israel-Egypt wokuqinisa ukuklinywa Gaza ngokucekela phansi imigudu kusuka Egypt abantu baseGazan abathembele kuzo ukuze bathole izinto eziyisisekelo kanye nezikhali ezincane (ngaphandle kwalokho bebengeke bakwazi ukuzivikela). Ngakho indlala ye Gaza cishe kuzoqina ngenxa yalokhu "kuyeka ukudubula."
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokumemezela "ukuphela kwecala" lokuqeda ukulwa, Israel wenqabile ukubhekana ngqo ne-Hamas, okuyimanje okuyigunya lasePalestine Gaza, noma ukubona noma yiziphi izimfuno ezisemthethweni zabantu basePalestine, njengokususa ukuvinjezelwa Gaza. Isenzo se-US-Israel siphinde sinqamule noma yimaphi amanye amandla amakhulu emhlabeni wonke ekubeni nokusho okuthile mayelana nesivumelwano. Futhi izikhulu zakwa-Israel zigcizelela ukuthi zinelungelo lokuhlasela futhi.
Ingxenye ebalulekile "yokuyeka ukudubula" kwakuyi "memorandamu yokuqonda" yase-US-Israel, eyasayinwa ngayizolo, efuna "ukubambisana okwandisiwe ukuze kuvinjelwe i-Hamas ukuthi iphinde ihlome Egypt." Isivumelwano, esingacacile, sithembisa ukwandisa usizo lwezobuchwepheshe lwaseMelika kanye nabaqaphi bamazwe ngamazwe, okungenzeka ukuthi basekelwe Egypt, ukuqeda ukushushumbiswa. Okubalulekile, i I-united states bavumile ukusebenzisana nabalingani be-NATO ukuze kuvinjelwe ukushushumbiswa kwezikhali Gaza emhlabeni nasolwandle ukusuka Syria futhi Iran, futhi encwadini, eBrithani, France futhi Germany futhi wanikela ngokusiza ukunqanda ukushushumbiswa kwezikhali eHamas." (NYT, 1/18/09) US uyathembisa Egypt U-$33 million wokusiza ukuthola nokucekela phansi imigudu Gaza.
Ngesikhathi somcimbi wokusayina, i-US iphinde yanikeza u-Israyeli ukwesekwa ngamaphesenti angu-100 ngenkathi isola ukubulawa kwezisulu: "Sikusho kaningi ukuthi ukuqhubeka nokuhlinzekwa kwezikhali ku-Hamas namanye amaqembu amaphekula eGaza ... kuyimbangela eqondile yezingxabano zamanje. ," kusho uNobhala Wezwe u-Condoleezza Rice. "Ngakho-ke kuyisibopho kithi emphakathini wamazwe omhlaba ukuthi sivimbele ukuphindiselwa kwezikhali ze-Hamas ukuze ukumiswa kokudubula kuhlale isikhathi eside futhi kuhlonishwe ngokugcwele."
"Intando yeningi kuphela ezweni Emaphakathi Mpumalanga"
I-Israel iqhubeka nokuhlanganisa izimo zobandlululo ngaphakathi kwa-Israel ngokuvala amaqembu amathathu kuphela ama-Arab amelwe ephalamende lakwa-Israel—iNational Democratic Assembly, i-United Arab List kanye ne-Renewal Movement—ukuba bangenele ukhetho lwangenyanga ezayo. Isizathu—baphikise Israel's attack on Gaza futhi wabamba iqhaza emibhikishweni emelene nakho (okuholele ekuboshweni kuka-600). Amaqembu avinjelwe ngezizathu "zokwephula umthetho ka-2002 ngokwenqaba ukuqaphela Israel njengombuso wamaJuda nangokusekela inhlangano yamaphekula.” (Jonathan Cook, Electronic Intifada, 1/14/09)
Irekhodi leSivumelwano Sakwa-Israyeli: Alikho Ingcono KunaseMelika NgaboMdabu baseMelika
IsraelIrekhodi lokusekela umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezivumelwano zawo namaPalestine alingcono kunendlela US waphula ngokuphindaphindiwe izivumelwano zawo naboMdabu baseMelika.
UJohn Wolfensohn, isikhulu se-UN esiphethe ukwengamela ukuxoshwa kwamasosha akwa-Israel ngoMeyi 2005 kanye nokuhoxiswa kwabahlali bakwa-Israyeli e-Israel. Gaza , wesula ngo-April 2006, etshela i-Haaretz (7/21/07) ukuthi Israel bephule izivumelwano ezenziwe ukuqinisekisa umngcele ungene Gaza yahlala ivulekile: "Yonke ingxenye yaleso sivumelwano yachithwa."
UMark Perry, umqondisi-we-Conflicts Forum, iqembu laseBrithani-America elilamula phakathi kwamaqembu aseNtshonalanga namaSulumane, kuhlanganise ne-Hamas, ku-PBS's "Newshour" (1/5/09) okuphambene nenkulumo-ze yase-US-Israel, " Phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha zokumiswa kokudubula [okuvunyelenwe ngakho phakathi kwe-Israel ne-Hamas ngo-June 2008], kwaba nokwephulwa kwe-153 yokumiswa kokudubula kuka-Israyeli, futhi ama-Palestine angama-36 eGaza abulawa amasosha akwa-Israel. ukuvinjezelwa kwezomnotho Gaza waqhubeka."
Kusenesidingo Esiphuthumayo Sokumelana Kakhudlwana
Konke lokhu kukhomba ukuthi ukumiswa okwesikhashana Israel‘ukuhlukunyezwa kwabantu basePalestine Gaza kuyaqhubeka—futhi kungaqubuka ekubulaleni okushubile noma nini. Nokuvinjezelwa kwezigebengu Gaza kanye nomkhankaso we-U.S.-Israel wokuhlanzwa kohlanga uyaqhubeka.
Lokho kusho ukuthi isidingo sokukhuluma futhi simelane nalawa macala ase-US-Israel sisaphuthuma.
Isibonelo esisodwa esikhuthazayo (futhi kufanele kube nokunye okuningi kwalokhu): NgoJanuwari 15, ababhikishi bavimba amanxusa akwa-Israel eLos Angels futhi i-San Francisco. I-"Democracy Now" kubika, "NgoLwesine, kuboshwe abantu abayisishiyagalolunye ngemuva kokuzibopha ndawonye ukuze bavimbe i-consulate yakwa-Israel e. i-San Francisco. Lo mbhikisho ufike ngosuku olulodwa ngemuva kokuthi izishoshovu eziyisithupha zamaJuda zenze isenzo esifanayo e-consulate yakwa-Israel e e-Los Angeles. Inqwaba yabanye yabuthana ngaphandle kwenxusa, icula ‘i-U.S. AmaJuda awasho egameni lethu.’”
Abantu badinga ukufunda okwengeziwe ngobunjalo bangempela be Israel, ubudlelwano bayo ne US, kanye nobugebengu bobabili abenzile kubantu basePalestine, bese benza ngokuvumelana nalokho kuqonda.
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ULarry Everest uyintatheli ye Revolution iphephandaba (www.revcom.us) obike kusuka Iran, Iraq futhi Palestine, Umsunguli we Amafutha, Amandla Nombuso: Iraq futhi US I-Global Agenda (Common Courage), kanye nobambe iqhaza Thuthukisa uMongameli: Icala elibhekene noBush noCheney (Izindaba Eziyisikhombisa). Angafinyelelwa ku-www.larryeverest.com.
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