Ukopha kwansuku zonke kwezimpilo nempahla yasePalestine kuyashesha ngaphandle kokuphumula. Imithombo yezindaba yama-Arab kanye neyaseNtshonalanga ibika ngamabhomu okuzibulala okwesabekayo, agcwele izithombe namagama ezisulu kanye nemininingwane edla amathumbu. Angingabazi manje ukusho futhi ukuthi le mizamo iphambene nokuziphatha futhi iyingozi kwezombusazwe ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezizathu. Kodwa engikuthola kubi kakhulu ukuthi u-Israel ubulala isibalo esikhulu kakhulu sezakhamizi zasePalestine ezingahlomile - ikhehla elineminyaka engu-90 lapha, umndeni wonke lapho, intsha ekhubazekile ngokwengqondo namuhla, umhlengikazi izolo, njalo njalo. - futhi wenqaba ukumisa noma nganoma iyiphi indlela ukubeka imingcele emasosheni ayo avakashele isiphithiphithi kubantu basePalestine ngokungapheli izinyanga eziningi kakhulu ezedlule. Nokho, isikhathi esiningi lokhu kubulala okunyantisayo kubikwa emakhasini angemuva amaphephandaba futhi akukaze kukhulunywe ngaye ku-TV. Ngokuqondene nomkhuba oqhubekayo wokubulala ngokungemthetho, i-Israel ivunyelwe ukubalekela imishwana yezintatheli ezisebenzisa amagama anjengokuthi 'izinsolo' noma 'izikhulu zisho' ukumboza ukungazibophezeli kwazo njengezintatheli. I-New York Times ikakhulukazi manje isiminyene kakhulu ngemishwana enjalo ekubikeni ngeMpumalanga Ephakathi (kuhlanganise ne-Iraq) kangangokuthi ingase iphinde ibizwe ngokuthi 'Izikhulu Zithi'.
Ngamanye amazwi, iqiniso lokuthi imikhuba yakwa-Israyeli engekho emthethweni iyaqhubeka nokopha ngamabomu izakhamuzi zasePalestine ifihliwe, ifihliwe ekubukeni, nakuba iqhubeka kancane ngaso sonke isikhathi: ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi okungamaphesenti angu-65, ubumpofu obungamaphesenti angu-50 (abantu abaphila ngemali engaphansi kwe-$2 a) day), izikole, izibhedlela, amanyuvesi, amabhizinisi angaphansi kwengcindezi yezempi njalo, lokhu kuwukubonakaliswa kwangaphandle kobugebengu bakwa-Israeli esintwini. Bangaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-40 abantu basePalestine abondlekile futhi indlala isiwusongo lwangempela. Imithetho yewashi engayeki, ukudliwa komhlaba okungapheli kanye nokwakhiwa kwezindawo zokuhlala (manje ezicishe zibe ngu-200), ukucekelwa phansi kwezitshalo, izihlahla, izindlu kwenze ukuphila kwabantu basePalestine abavamile kungabekezeleleki. Abaningi bayahamba, noma njengoba kwenzeka ngezakhamuzi zasesigodini saseYanun, kumelwe zihambe ngoba ukwesaba izifiki ezibhekene nazo, ukushiswa kwezindlu zazo, nokusatshiswa ngokuphila kwazo kwenza kube nzima ukuhlala. Ukuhlanjululwa kobuhlanga yilokho okushiwo yilokhu, nakuba icebo lika-Sharon lobudemoni liwukwenza ngokukhuphuka okuncane kwansuku zonke okungeke kubikwe kahle futhi okungakaze kubonwe ngokunqwabelanayo njengengxenye yephethini evamile. Njengoba abaphathi bakaBush besekela izinqubomgomo zakhe ngaphandle kwemibandela, akumangalisi ukuthi uSharon ekwazi ukusho ukuthi ‘asibeki mingcele ekusebenzeni kwethu. U-Israyeli akacindezelwanga. Akekho osigxekayo noma onelungelo lokwenza kanjalo. Lapha sikhuluma ngelungelo lika-Israyeli lokuvikela izakhamuzi zakhona.’ (Reuters, IHT 15 November, 2002). Kungani lolu hlobo lokuzikhukhumeza lungaphendulwa noma lungaxhunyaniswa ngokushesha nohlobo lwento uSlobodan Milosevic azanywa ngayo manje eHague kuwuphawu lokuthi umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba usube nempilo engakanani. Ngesembozo saseMelika, uSharon ubulala amaPalestine ngokuthanda kwakhe ngaphansi kwesicathulo sokulwa nobuphekula.
Ukube lokhu bekungekubi ngokwanele, kukhona futhi isimo esidabukisayo sepolitiki yasePalestine neyama-Arab, abaholi bayo abaningi kanye nezicukuthwane abakaze babonakale bekhohlakele, akuvamile ukuba balimaze abantu babo njengamanje. Bebonke noma ngabanye laba bantu abazange bafake noma yiliphi isu elihlelekile, kungasaphathwa ngisho nombhikisho ohlelekile ngokumelene nezinhlelo ezimenyezelwe yiWashington zokudweba kabusha imephu yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi ngemva kokuhlasela kwe-Iraq. Yonke le mibuso engakwazi ukuyenza manje kubonakala sengathi ukuzimaketha njengento ebaluleke kakhulu e-US noma ukucindezela noma yiluphi uphawu lokuphikisa phakathi kwayo. Noma kokubili ndawonye. Ukuhilizisana nokungalawuleki kwamaqembu aphikisayo e-Iraq eLondon - ngaphansi kweso elibukhali lika-Zalmay Khalizad wase-US, othweswe iziqu e-AUB, owake waba umakhelwane wami eNew York, manje osengumvikeli we-neo-Conservative kaCheney noWolfowitz - kunikeza umbono omuhle kakhulu. lapho sikhona njengabantu. Abameleli abamele bona kuphela, ukusekelwa kombuso okwehliswayo kombuso osuzocekela phansi izwe ukuze lithathe izinsiza zalo, imibuso yasendaweni enonya, nedelelekile (okukhona okukaSaddam okubi kakhulu) ebusa ngokwesabeka, ukungabibikho kwanoma yikuphi ukufana. yentando yeningi ngaphakathi, nangaphandle, kwemibuso enjalo - akuwona amathemba aqinisekisayo ngekusasa. Okuphawuleka kakhulu mayelana nesimo esijwayelekile ukungabi namandla nokuthula kweningi labantu elihlukunyezwa ukuthotshiswa ngaphakathi kwemvilophi yokunganaki nokucindezelwa. Yonke into emhlabeni wama-Arab yenziwa phezulu ngababusi abangakhethwanga noma ngemuva kwekhethini ngabakhethiwe, nakuba behlakaniphile, abaphakathi. Izinsiza ziyahwebelana noma zidayiswe ngaphandle kokuziphendulela; ikusasa lezombangazwe lakhelwe ukusiza abanamandla kanye nosonkontileka abancane bendawo; ububele bomuntu kanye nokunakekela impilo yezakhamizi kunezikhungo ezimbalwa zokuzinakekela.
Isimo sasePalestine sihlanganisa konke lokhu ngedrama eshaqisayo. Njengoba isiphetho sokuthatha kwawo amasosha iminyaka engu-35, ibutho lakwa-Israel selichithe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule licekela phansi ingqalasizinda yokuphila kwabantu eWest Bank naseGaza: abantu bakhona, empeleni, bahlala emakhejini, ngogesi nangokhonkolo. uthango noma amasosha akwa-Israyeli ukuze agade futhi avimbele ukuhamba kwawo ngokukhululeka. U-Yasser Arafat namadoda akhe, okungenani ababhekene nokukhubazeka nokucekelwa phansi kwamanje ngenxa yalokho abakusayina e-Oslo, futhi ngokunikeza igunya lokuhlala kwa-Israyeli, babonakala besabambelele, noma kunjalo, izindaba ezingavamile zezindaba zabo. inkohlakalo kanye nengcebo etholwe ngokungemthetho isakazeka kuyo yonke imithombo yezindaba yakwa-Israel, yama-Arab kanye neyamazwe ngamazwe. Kuyakhathaza kakhulu ukuthi iningi lala madoda lisanda kuzibandakanya ezingxoxweni eziyimfihlo ne-EU, ne-CIA, namazwe aseScandinavia ngesisekelo sokwethembeka kwabo kwangaphambili njengababambeli kanye nezinceku zika-Arafat. Okwamanje uMnu Palestine ngokwakhe uyaqhubeka nokukhipha imiyalo nezigwebo eziyinhlekisa, zonke ziyize noma iminyaka ephelelwe yisikhathi; ukuhlasela kwakhe kwakamuva u-Osama Bin Laden kuyisibonelo esisodwa, njengokwamukela kwakhe kwamuva kwecebo likaClinton lika-2000. Noma kunjalo, yena nabalandeli bakhe njengoMohamed Rashid (owaziwa nangokuthi uKhalid Salam) basaqhubeka nokusebenzisa izizumbulu zemali ukufumbathisa, ukuze abakhohlakele, futhi bandise ukubusa kwabo kudlule kukho konke ukuhlonipha. Akekho obonakala enganakile njengoba iQuartet engadumile imemezela ingqungquthela yokuthula nezinguquko ngazwi linye ngosuku olulodwa, ihoxisa uhlelo ngokulandelayo, kuyilapho ikhuthaza u-Israyeli ekucindezelweni kwayo ngosuku lwesithathu.
Yini engaba yinkimbinkimbi ukwedlula ikhwelo lokhetho lwasePalestine, u-Arafat wabo bonke abantu, oboshelwe icala lakwa-Israel, alumemezele, aluhoxise, aluhlehlise, futhi alumemezele kabusha. Wonke umuntu ukhuluma ngoguquko ngaphandle kwabo kanye abantu ikusasa labo lincike kukho, okungukuthi izakhamuzi zasePalestine, ezibekezele futhi zadela okuningi ngisho noma ubumpofu nosizi lwabo kwanda. Akumangalisi yini, kungasaphathwa ukuthi kuhlasimulise umzimba, ukuthi egameni lalabo bantu ababebekezelela amacebo okubusa aklanywa yonke indawo, ngaphandle kwalabo bantu ngokwabo? Impela abaseSweden, abaseSpain, abaseBrithani, abaseMelika ngisho nabakwa-Israyeli bayazi ukuthi isihluthulelo esingokomfanekiso sekusasa leMpumalanga Ephakathi yiPalestine, yingakho benza konke okusemandleni abo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu basePalestine bayagcinwa. kude nezinqumo ngekusasa ngangokunokwenzeka. Futhi lokhu ngesikhathi somkhankaso oshubile wempi ngokumelene ne-Iraq, lapho abantu abaningi baseMelika, abaseYurophu kanye nama-Israel besho ngokusobala ukuthi lesi yisikhathi sokuphinda udwebe imephu yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi nokuletha 'intando yeningi'.
Sesifikile isikhathi sokuthi iNgonyama ethi igqoke izingubo ezintsha, ayibiza ngentando yeningi, iveze obala ukuthi iyini ngempela. Intando yeningi ayinakungeniswa ngaphandle noma iphoqelelwe: iyilungelo lezakhamuzi ezingalenza futhi zifise ukuphila ngaphansi kwayo. Kusukela ekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, amazwe ase-Arab ahlala ezifundazweni ezihlukahlukene ‘eziphuthumayo’, obekuyilayisensi yokuba ababusi bawo benze abakufunayo egameni lezokuphepha. Ngisho namaPalestine ngaphansi kwe-Oslo babenombuso owabekwa kubo owawukhona kuqala ukuze ukhonze ukuphepha kuka-Israyeli, futhi okwesibili, ukukhonza (nokusiza) uqobo.
Ngenxa yazo zonke izinhlobo zezizathu, phakathi kwazo ukuthi imbangela yePalestine (njengokukhululwa kweNingizimu Afrika yobandlululo) ibilokhu iyisibonelo kuma-Arab kanye nabantu abanengqondo enengqondo yonke indawo, kuyaphoqa namuhla ukuthi amaPalestine athathe izinyathelo zokubuyisela imfashini. isiphetho sabo ezandleni zabo. Isiteji sezombangazwe ePalestine manje sehlukene phakathi kwezindlela ezimbili ezingakhangi nezingemukeleki. Ngakolunye uhlangothi kukhona okusele kweGunya kanye ne-Arafat, ngakolunye amaqembu amaSulumane. Akekho noyedwa noma omunye ongakwazi ukuvikela ikusasa elihle lezakhamizi zasePalestine. ISigungu seziPhathimandla sidelelekile, ukwehluleka kwaso ukwakha izikhungo eziyisisekelo, umlando waso owonakele nongagculiseki ngendlela yokuthi singakwazi ukuphathiswa ikusasa. Izikhohlakali kuphela ezizokwenza sengathi akunjalo, njengoba ezinye zezinduna zezokuphepha kanye nezingxoxo eziqavile sezizenzisa. Ngokuqondene namaqembu amaSulumane, aholela abantu abaphelelwe yithemba endaweni engemihle yezingxabano zenkolo ezingapheli kanye nokwehla okuphambene nesimanje. Uma sikhuluma ngeSiyoni njengehlulekile ngokwepolitiki nangokwenhlalo, kungamukeleka kanjani ukuphendukela kwenye inkolo ngokungenzi lutho futhi sibheke khona insindiso yezwe? Akunakwenzeka. Abantu bazakhela owabo umlando, hhayi onkulunkulu noma imilingo noma izimangaliso. Ukuhlanzwa kwezwe ‘labafokazi’, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kukhulunywa ngamaSulumane, amaKrestu noma amaJuda, kuwukungcolisa impilo yomuntu njengoba kuphilwa izigidigidi zabantu abaxubene ngokwebala, umlando, ubuzwe, inkolo noma ubuzwe.
Kodwa iningi labantu basePalestine futhi, ngicabanga ukuthi, ama-Israyeli, bayazazi lezi zinto. Futhi ngenhlanhla enye indlela yezepolitiki isikhona kakade engeyona i-Hamas noma i-Arafat's Authority. Ngikhuluma lapha ngokubunjwa okuhlaba umxhwele kwamaPalestine ezindaweni ezithathiwe okwathi ngoNhlangulana walo nyaka bamemezela uhlelo olusha lwezwe lasePalestine (moubadara wataniya). Phakathi kwabaholi bayo kukhona uDkt Mustafa Barghouti kanye noDkt Haidar Abdel-Shafi, uRawia Al-Shawa, nabanye abaningi abazimele abaqonda ukuthi esimweni sawo esintekenteke umphakathi wasePalestine uhloselwe 'inguquko' ngamaqembu anentshisekelo yangempela yokuqeda iPalestine njengezwe. amandla ezombangazwe nezokuziphatha iminyaka eminingi ezayo. Inkulumo eyize ngokhetho eyenziwa ngu-Arafat nabaphathi bakhe ihloselwe ukuqinisekisa abantu bangaphandle ukuthi intando yeningi isendleleni. Akunjalo - laba bantu bavele bafune ukuqhubeka nezindlela zabo ezikhohlakele nezingenamali nganoma iyiphi indlela engenzeka, okuhlanganisa nokukhwabanisa okusobala. Ukhetho lwango-1996, kufanele kukhunjulwe, lwenziwa ngokwesisekelo senqubo yase-Oslo, inhloso enkulu yalo kwakuwukuqhubeka nokuhlasela kwama-Israel ngaphansi kwesihloko esihlukile. UMkhandlu Womthetho (i-al majlis al-tashri'i) empeleni wawungenamandla ngaphambi kokubili komyalo ka-Arafat kanye ne-veto yakwa-Israyeli. Lokho uSharon kanye neQuartet manje abakuhlongozayo ukunwetshwa kombuso ofanayo ongamukelekile. Yingakho iNational Initiative isiphenduke into engenakugwenywa kubantu basePalestine yonke indawo.
Okokuqala, ngokungafani neSigungu seziPhathimandla, lihlongoza ukukhululeka, esikhundleni sokubambisana, nomsebenzi wakwa-Israyeli. Okwesibili, imele isizinda esibanzi emphakathini ngakho-ke ayifaki abantu bezempi noma bezokuphepha futhi akukho okulenga enkantolo yase-Arafat. Okwesithathu, iphikisana nenkululeko hhayi ukulungiswa kabusha komsebenzi ukuze uvumelane nezikhulu kanye nama-VIP.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, umkhankaso - engijabule ukuwuncoma ngentshiseko- ubeka phambili umbono wegunya elibumbene likazwelonke, elikhethelwe ukusebenzela abantu nesidingo salo senkululeko, senkululeko yentando yeningi, kanye nenkulumompikiswano yomphakathi nokuziphendulela. Lezi zinto ziye zahlehliswa isikhathi eside kakhulu. Ukwehlukana okudala phakathi kweFatah, iPopular Front, iHamas, nazo zonke ezinye, akusho lutho namuhla. Asikwazi ukukukhokhela ukuthunyelwa okuhlekisayo okunjalo. Njengabantu abangaphansi komsebenzi sidinga ubuholi obunhloso yabo enkulu kuwukusisusa ekudlwengulweni nasemisebenzini yakwa-Israyeli, nokusinikeza umyalelo ongafeza izidingo zethu zokwethembeka, ububanzi bukazwelonke, ukubeka izinto obala kanye nenkulumo eqondile. U-Arafat unomlando wokukhuluma kabili. U-Barghouti, ngakolunye uhlangothi - ngimsebenzisa njengesibonelo lapha - uthatha umugqa osemthethweni, noma ngabe ukhuluma nabasePalestine, ama-Israel, noma abezindaba bangaphandle. Uyahlonishwa abantu bakhe ngenxa yosizo lwakhe lwezokwelapha ezigodini, futhi ukwethembeka nobuholi bakhe bukhuthaze wonke umuntu oke waxhumana naye. Ngicabanga futhi ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi abantu basePalestine manje baholwe abantu besimanje, abafundile kakhulu okubalulekile kubo izimiso zokuba yisakhamuzi embonweni wabo. Ababusi bethu namuhla abakaze babe izakhamuzi, abakaze bame emgqeni wokuthenga isinkwa, abakaze bazikhokhele izikweletu zabo zokwelashwa noma zesikole, abakaze babekezelele ukungaqiniseki nonya lokuboshwa ngokungekho emthethweni, ukuxhashazwa kwezizwe, ukuthathelwa amandla ngamatulo. Izibonelo zika-Barghouti kanye no-Abdel-Shafi, njengalezo zabo bonke abantu abavelele kulolu hlelo, zikhuluma ngesidingo sethu sokuzimela kwengqondo kanye nokuba yisakhamuzi esinomthwalo wemfanelo, wesimanje. Izinsuku zakudala seziphelile futhi kufanele zingcwatshwe ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka.
Sengiphetha ngokuthi uguquko lwangempela lungenzeka kuphela uma abantu bezokwenza lolo shintsho, balwenze ngokwabo. Iqembu eliphikisayo lase-Iraq lenza iphutha elibi kakhulu ngokuphonsa isiphetho salo ezandleni zaseMelika, futhi ngokwenza kanjalo ukunaka ngokwanele izidingo zabantu bangempela base-Iraq manje abahlushwa ukushushiswa okubi kombuso wentando yeningi futhi sebezobhekana nobunzima obulinganayo. ukuqhuma kwamabhomu yi-US. E-Palestine kufanele kube nokhetho manje, kodwa hhayi ukhetho lokuphinda kufakwe izisebenzi zika-Arafat ezimapeketwane, kodwa esikhundleni sokukhetha izithunywa zomhlangano womthethosisekelo nomele ngempela. Kuyiqiniso elidabukisayo ukuthi phakathi neminyaka eyi-10 yokubusa kabi u-Arafat wavimbela ngenkuthalo ukusungulwa komthethosisekelo naphezu kwayo yonke inhlamba yakhe ‘ngentando yeningi yasePalestine’. Ifa lakhe akuwona umthethosisekelo noma umthetho oyisisekelo, kodwa yi-mafia enciphile kuphela. Naphezu kwalokho, futhi naphezu kwesifiso sikaSharon esishubile sokuqeda impilo yezwe lasePalestine, izikhungo zethu ezidumile kanye nezomphakathi zisasebenza ngaphansi kobunzima obukhulu nokucindezelwa. Ngandlela thize othisha bayafundisa, abahlengikazi abahlengikazi, udokotela odokotela, njalo njalo. Le misebenzi yansuku zonke ayikaze ime uma kuphela ngenxa yokuthi isidingo sibeka umzamo ongapheli. Manje lezo zikhungo kanye nalabo bantu abaye basebenzela umphakathi wabo ngokweqiniso kufanele baziveze futhi banikeze uhlaka lokuziphatha nolobuhlakani lwenkululeko kanye nentando yeningi, ngezindlela ezinokuthula kanye nenhloso yezwe yangempela. Kulo mzamo amaPalestine angaphansi kombuso kanye nalabo abase-shatat noma abangaphandle kwezwe banesibopho esilinganayo sokwenza umzamo. Mhlawumbe lesi sinyathelo sikazwelonke singanikeza isibonelo sentando yeningi nakwamanye ama-Arabhu
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