The sun is sinking fast behind the trees of an olive grove on the outskirts of the West Bank
Inganakwa amakhaya endawo engomakhelwane yamaJuda e-Hashmonaim, idlanzana lentsha enesibindi kaNilin ekugcineni liphume lizosebenza.
U-Jamal no-Abed bayajuluka ngenxa yemizamo yabo yokushaya kokubili ukuhwalala nokubuya kwebutho. Bama ngokuziqhenya, izinhlangothi ezingaphambili zezikibha zabo zabonakala zigcwele isisi esikhalisa unyembezi namabhomu asabekayo. Ngalinye libiza ishekeli elilodwa (25c) ngenani elilahliwe, futhi phakathi kwawo kunamabhodlela okungenani angama-50.
Nilin, midway between
Ngokwesiko, u-Nilin ujabulele izinzuzo hhayi kuphela zemboni yezolimo echumayo ezindaweni zayo ezikude, kodwa nezimboni ezine ezihlinzeka ngezimpahla ezisukela ku-cola kuye kuphethiloli kubantu basePalestine esifundeni saseRamallah.
Kodwa u-Jamal no-Abed, abahleka ngokwethuka futhi benqaba ukuphendula lapho bebuzwa amagama abo aphelele, babonakala bewubuso bamathemba ebhizinisi lekusasa likaNilin.
Encircled by half a dozen Jewish settlements like Hashmonaim โ all illegal under international law โ the village is slowly being sealed off in a fashion that may soon make its isolation almost as complete as
Kusukela ngoMeyi,
Bekopisha isu lamadolobhana asePalestine aseduze, abantu base-Nilin baqale umkhankaso wemibhikisho engenalo udlame ngokuyinhloko ukuze kubambezeleke umsebenzi ngethemba lokuthi umbono womhlaba, noma izinkantolo zakwa-Israel, zizobazuzela ukuphumula.
Khonamanjalo, uchungechunge lwezigameko zodlame ezenziwa amasosha sezidlule nemiphefumulo eminingi kulo muzi. Umbutho uphinde wazama izindlela ezintsha zokuqeda imibhikisho, okuhlanganisa noketshezi olunuka kabi olubizwa nge-Skunk olufuthwa kubabhikishi.
Ngemuva kwezingxabano ezinjalo u-Jamal no-Abed bathola imali - okulingana ne-Palestine izingane ezimpofu ezidubula emigqonyeni zifuna amathini eziphuzo asetshenzisiwe. Umbhangqwana ugweda ezihlahleni njalo ebusuku ngaphansi kokuhwalala uqoqa amathini angenalutho ashiywe amasosha.
Uma abalimi bakaNilin bebhekana nokushabalala okuseduze kwezimpilo zabo ngokuphucwa umhlaba wabo, osomabhizinisi bakaNilin bangase bangabi kude.
I-B'Tselem, inhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu yakwa-Israeli, ibone izinhlelo eziqanjwe amasosha akwa-Israel zokuvala ezimpambanweni zemigwaqo ezingenela edolobhaneni, okuwukuphela kwendlela yokungena nokuphuma e-Nilin. Njengamanje ilawulwa indawo yokuhlola amasosha, indawo lapho umPalestine owayeboshiwe adutshulwa khona onyaweni ngoJulayi yisosha lakwa-Israel - isikhashana esathathwa uSalam Amira, intombazane yesikole yasePalestine, ekhamera yakhe yevidiyo.
โI-Israel ithi ifuna ukuvimbela izakhamuzi zase-Nilin ukusebenzisa umgwaqo ukuze โzivikeleโ,โ kusho uSarit Michaeli we-B'Tselem. โEqinisweni lokho kusho ukuthi umgwaqo uzogcinelwa izifiki ukufinyelela ezindaweni ezijulile eWest Bank, ohlangothini olukude lwe-Nilin. Indlela izoba ngeyamaJuda kuphela.โ
Esikhundleni sendawo yokuhlola, u-Israel uhlongoza ukuthi u-Nilin aguqulwe abe yindawo exhunywe ngomhubhe komunye umgwaqo oholela ezigodini zasePalestine endaweni. Izakhamuzi zesaba ukuthi zizobe sezincike ngokuphelele ekuzimiseleni kwebutho lakwa-Israyeli lokuza nokuhamba.
Eminye imiphakathi yaseWest Bank ike yabhekana nesimo esifanayo esikhathini esedlule. I-Qalqilya, okuyikhaya labantu basePalestine abangu-50,000, yayizungezwe udonga eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
Abalimi bayo abaningi, abathembele embuthweni ukuba abavumele badlule emasangweni baye ezweni labo, bakhala kabuhlungu ngemingcele eyenze kwaba nzima ukuziphilisa. Bathi amasosha avame ukungafiki noma avule isango imizuzu embalwa nje ngosuku.
Imibiko iphakamisa ukuthi i-Qalqilya ibone ufuduko lwengxenye eyodwa kweshumi yabantu kusukela kwaqedwa ukwakhiwa kodonga.
Njengo-Qalqilya, u-Nilin useduze ne-Green Line, umngcele wangaphambi kuka-1967 we-West Bank ne-Israel. Kusezindaweni ezinjalo lapho udonga lwakwa-Israyeli selungene khona kakhulu ezweni lasePalestine.
UNksz Michaeli uveze izinhlelo zikaNilin kanye nentuthuko efanayo kwenye indawo eWest Bank isho ukuthi noma yiliphi ithemba lezwe lasePalestine elihlangene - umgomo webalazwe lomgwaqo elixhaswe yi-US - libhujiswa ngu-Israyeli.
โAmasosha angavula futhi avale umhubhe ngokuthanda kwawo,โ kusho yena. โFuthi sesibonile ukuthi amasosha asebenzisa kanjani amandla anjalo kwezinye izindawo eWest Bank. Uma befuna ukujezisa idolobhana noma ukuletha ingcindezi, bamane bavale umhubhe.โ
Umhubhe kungenzeka ube utshani bokugcina bomnotho ka-Nilin odonsa kanzima.
Ngokombiko ovela eBhange Lomhlaba oshicilelwe ngenyanga edlule, imikhawulo eyandayo yokunyakaza eWest Bank imisa amathuba ebhizinisi.
Umkhiqizo wasekhaya wasePalestine wehle ngamaphesenti angama-40 ngesikhathi se-intifada kanti ukutshalwa kwezimali kwehle โkwaba sezingeni eliphansi kakhuluโ.
Lo mbiko uphinde uphawule ukuthi umhlaba oshiywe emiphakathini yasePalestine "uhlukaniswe waba yinqwaba yezindawo, kunombuso wemikhawulo yokuhamba phakathi kwabo".
USalah Hawaja, ohola umkhankaso ongenalo udlame olumelene nesithiyo, uthe izakhamuzi zifisa ukugwema isiphetho esinjalo sikaNilin.
โUdonga luyisigaba sokuqala sokusiphendula i-ghetto,โ usho kanje. โUmhubhe nokulawulwa kwawo yibutho kuzokwenza izimboni abantu abaningi base-Nilin abathembele kuzo ukuze baziphilise. Akekho umuntu ongakwazi ukuqhuba ibhizinisi engazi usuku nosuku ukuthi uzokwazi yini ukuthumela amaloli noma alethe izimpahla.
โAkukho esingakwenza ngaphandle kokuthi simelane nakho ngoba enye indlela wukuthi sibuke umnotho wethu uklinywa kancane kancane. U-Israyeli ufuna siwushiye lo mhlaba siye kwabahlala khona, kodwa kasiyi ndawo. Sizoqhubeka nokulwela ilungelo lethu lokuhlala lapha.โ
UJonathan Cook ungumbhali nentatheli ezinze eNazareth, kwa-Israel. Izincwadi zakhe zakamuva zithi 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 Komuntuโ (Izincwadi Ze-Zed). Iwebhusayithi yakhe www.jkcook.net.
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