Abantu basePalestine bafuna ukukhululeka emsebenzini. Ukuphila kuba njalo ngezinye izikhathi. Kodwa ukufeza kanjani lokho? Baqale bazama ukwenza lutho. Kwaphela iminyaka engu-20 bengenzi lutho, nangempela akwenzekanga lutho. Babe sebezama amatshe nemibese, intifada yokuqala. Futhi namanje akukho okwenzekayo, ngaphandle kwe-Oslo Accords, engazange iguqule isimo esiyisisekelo somsebenzi. Ngemva kwalokho, bazama intifada enonya: futhi, lutho. Bagwaza idiplomacy; namanje lutho, umsebenzi waqhubeka njengakuqala.
Manje bahlukana: Isandla esisodwa sidubula amarokhethi e-Qassam kwa-Israyeli, esinye siphendukela eNhlanganweni Yezizwe. U-Israyeli uyabachoboza bobabili. Phakathi, abantu basePalestine baphinde bazame imibhikisho engenalo udlame, futhi bahlangatshezwa nezidunu zezibhamu ebusweni, izinhlamvu zenjoloba kanye nomlilo ovuthayo. Futhi futhi, lutho. AmaPalestine azama izindlela ezintathu ezihlukene, izikhali, idiplomacy kanye nokumelana nobudlova, futhi u-Israyeli uthi cha kubo bobathathu.
Ama-Israyeli afunani? Lutho. Bafuna ukuzola. Bafuna umsebenzi uqhubeke ngaphandle kokuphazamisa isikhathi sabo sokulala esingapheli. Cishe bonke osopolitiki bakwa-Israel bathi asikho isixazululo, noma kunjalo akufanele siye lapho. Awekho amaPalestine, akukho ukuhlasela kwamaphekula futhi akukho nkinga. Sasuka eGaza Strip, iWest Bank ithule, sesimemezele ukweseka kwethu isixazululo semibuso emibili. Iyini i-Israel enikeza iPalestine? Hlala uthule ungenzi lutho. Kepha abantu basePalestine bafuna ukukhululeka kulo msebenzi. Ukuphila kuba njalo ngezinye izikhathi.
I-Israel ifike emzuliswaneni wamanje walo mjikelezo ongapheli wokuchitheka kwegazi kwelinye futhi inani eliphakeme lokuphika ubukhona babantu basePalestine. Kusukela kuNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Avigdor Lieberman kanye noNdunankulu uBenjamin Netanyahu kuya kusihlalo we-Yesh Atid u-Yair Lapid kanye nosihlalo we-Labour Party u-Shelly Yacimovich, bonke bazama ukuvala amakhanda ethu esihlabathini futhi bathi lolu daba alukho, ukuthi inkinga akuyona inkinga - kuze kufike uQassam aphephethe ebusweni babo. Bahlela umkhankaso wokhetho ngentengo ye-cottage shizi, kwaze kwaba yilapho i-Hamas ifika futhi yabakhumbuza ngobukhona bayo kuphela indlela engakwazi ngayo, engeke iwuthole noma kuphi.
Yini okufanele u-Israyeli ayenze manje, buza ababuzayo, hhayi ukusabela ngamandla? Kufanele yini ibambe lapho izimpilo zabantu baseningizimu isiphenduke isihogo? Lowo mbuzo akufanele uphakanyiswe manje, lapho zonke ezinye izinketho zihlangabezane nokwenqatshwa. Lowo mbuzo kwakufanele uphakanyiswe ngokuphathelene nezinye izindlela ezingaphumelelanga. Manje u-Israyeli kufanele aphinde akhethe inketho ezenzakalelayo, ejwayele kuze kube sekugcineni kwesicanucanu; okunye futhi ukubulawa kwezinga eliphezulu, elinye igalelo elinzima, lohlobo esilwaziyo nesiluthandayo.
Sikhule kancane kusukela ku-Operation Cast Lead, kuyiqiniso. U-Richard Goldstone ufanele ukubonga ngalokho, noma sizokuphika. Umbutho Wezokuvikela wakwa-Israel awuzange ubulale amaphoyisa angama-250 asePalestine ngosuku olulodwa, futhi (okungenani okwamanje ) ukuhlinzwa kwamanje, okucishe kufane nokuhlinzwa kufiphele ngaphambi kobugebengu bamanduleli wawo. I-rhetoric, nayo, ine-diabolical kancane kancane. Osopolitiki nojenene baphinde bashaye iziteshi zemisakazo nethelevishini, beqhudelana bodwa bebanga isicoco sabaningi abachitha igazi, kodwa ngokwezinga eliphansi. U-MK Benjamin Ben-Eliezer uzishaya isifuba ngokuthi uyena โowaqeda uShehadeh,โ ebhekise kuSalah Shehadeh, umkhuzi weHamas owabulawa ibhomu le-Israel Air Force ngoJulayi 2002, ngesikhathi uBen-Eliezer engungqongqoshe wezokuvikela. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela Kwasekhaya u-Avi Dichter uncoma ukuthi iGaza Strip "ifomethwe kabusha," kuyilapho lowo owayeyi-GOC Southern Command u-Yoav Galant ephinda esikhumbuza ukuthi sinenhlanhla kangakanani yokuthi akazange enziwe umphathi wabasebenzi. I-IDF idubula igama elisha enkundleni yempi, "ukunquma," ukuchaza lokho u-Israyeli ayekwenza ebuholini bezempi ye-Hamas. U-MK Miri Regev (Likud) uthi uphikisana nesisombululo semibuso emibili, okwenza iphutha elibonakalayo lohlelo lolimi kule nqubo. Umlobeli wezokuvikela weChannel 2 uRoni Daniel uthembisa iGaza "ubusuku obujabulisayo." Nakulokhu kukhona ongqondongqondo nezifundiswa ezihlongoza ukunqanyulwa kokudla, amanzi nogesi eStrip. U-MK Yisrael Katz (Likud) ubaqoka bonke ngenxa yobubi: Unyembezi olulodwa oluvela enganeni engumJuda lwanele ukuxosha bonke abantu baseGaza Strip. Ungqongqoshe wezokuThutha noma cha, iqembu eliyinhloko liyancenga.
Lokhu, ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi, ukuphela komlilo wekamu wesizwe esiwushiyile, njengoba manje imidlalo yeMaccabi Tel Aviv kanye nomncintiswano wengoma ye-Eurovision ingasasenzeli. Kodwa ngisho nale ngxoxo yomphefumulo ongenangqondo incane kakhulu kunangaphambili. Ubani owaziyo, mhlawumbe ukuqashelwa sekuqala ukugcwala ukuthi kufanele kwenziwe okuthile โkanye kuphela,โ njengoba ama-Israyeli ethanda ukusho. Kodwa, njengakuqala, lokho ngeke kwenzeke ngamandla ezikhali. Ukuzama ukukhuluma ne-Hamas, ukusho ukuthi yebo ohlelweni lokuthula lwaseSaudi kube kanye, ngisho nokuxoxa ngedlanzana lamaphuzu amaphesenti asala phakathi kukaNdunankulu wangaphambili u-Ehud Olmert kanye noMongameli wePalestinian Authority uMahmoud Abbas ezingxoxweni zabo; noma yini ngaphandle kokuqhuma kwamabhomu. Sesifikile isikhathi se-diplomacy kanye nokuqeda umsebenzi, isikhathi sokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu sesiphelile.
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