Inqwaba yabantu ilindele inombolo. Ibhasi elingu-148 Egged elima kumpambano we-Kokhav Ya'akov ngoLwesibili ntambama. Umuntu angasheshe abone ukuthi kwakungebona abagibeli abavamile abavela ezindaweni ezingomakhelwane.
"Ngeke ukholwe ukuthi kwenzakalani lapha," kuhleba enye indoda yenkolo kumakhalekhukhwini wayo, "akukholakali." Kusobala ukuthi lo mlisa ubekhuluma ngesixuku sezintatheli - ezinamakhamera azo anobukhulu obuhlukahlukene, imibhobho kanye nama-notepad - azungeze amadoda amahlanu nowesifazane obelinde esiteshini.
Laba bekungamaPalestine ayisithupha anquma ukugibela ibhasi lase-Egged eliya eJerusalema, elivame ukuthwala abantu abaningi abahlala khona, ngaphandle kwezimvume ezidingekayo, kanye nendawo yokuhlola yase-Hizmeh, engavunyelwe ngokuphelele kubantu base-West Bank Palestinians.
Lokhu bekungokokuqala ochungechungeni lwezenzo zokungalaleli komphakathi okuhlelwe ukubhikisha lokho abahleli abakubiza ngokuthi "ukuhlukaniswa kwabantu," okwenqabela abantu basePalestine ukuthi bafinyelele eMpumalanga yeJerusalema, kuyilapho bevumela uhlelo lwezokuthutha olunezigaba ezimbili eWest Bank: olulodwa lwabakwa-Israel kanye nolunye lwabakwa-Israel. AmaPalestine. Ababhikishi bagqugquzelwe iFreedom Riders ye-American Civil Rights Movement, eyagibela amabhasi eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu edlule ibhikishela ukucwasana ezifundazweni eziseningizimu.
"Siyingxenye yomlando womuntu ojwayelekile wokuzabalazela inkululeko," kusho u-Basel al-Araj, usokhemisi wase-al-Wallaja. Waboshwa izikhathi eziyisithupha ngesikhathi kuqhubeka imibhikisho ephikisana nomgoqo wokwehlukana onqamula idolobhana lakubo ezindaweni zalo kanye namadolobha angomakhelwane asePalestine.
Kubonakala sengathi abombutho wezokuvikela bebengenayo imininingwane ngaphambilini ngalo mcimbi. Kuqhamuke i-jeep yamasosha ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-20, ngaphambi kokuthi kufike abophiko lwe-Border Control, amaphoyisa kanye nemoto ebibonakala njengeyonogada bendawo yokuhlala.
I-Palestinian Freedom Riders yacabanga ukuthi izifiki zizoba nodlame. UBadee' Dwak, usonhlalakahle waseHebron, ube ngowokuqala ukuzwakalisa ukudideka kwakhe, ethi "abahlali balapha [eduze kwaseRamallah] bathule, abafani nabethu eHebroni."
Kulaba abayisithupha, nguFadi Qurun kuphela - omunye wabaholi benhlangano yasePalestine ngomhlaka-15 Mashi - owayengakaze aboshwe, ngaphandle kokuvalelwa amahora ambalwa ngemuva kombhikisho kaNabi Saleh. "Ukuboshwa kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuphila kwethu njengamaPalestine ngaphansi kombuso wakwa-Israel," basho ngesikhathi bengena ebhasini belandelwa ibutho lezintatheli, "Asikhethekile."
Uhambo lwemizuzu engu-15 kuze kudlule indawo yokuhlola yase-Hizmeh buthule. Ngemva kokuveza ifulegi nezinye izingqwembe, omunye wabagibeli wabathuka. U-Dwak waphendula, "Uyakholwa, kufanele ube namahloni ngawe."
Intatheli yakwamanye amazwe yabuza umgibeli ovela e-Ofra umbono wakhe. Waphendula ngokuthi ama-Arabhu angagibela noma yikuphi ezweni, kodwa amaJuda awakwazi ukushayela aye eRamallah. Ezinye izintatheli zamchazela ukuthi isikhulumi kwakunguHagai Segal, owayeyingxenye ye-Jewish Underground eyayidume kabi ngeminyaka yawo-80.
Endaweni yokuhlola eHizmeh amaphoyisa afuna ukuthi abagibeli ababili behle ebhasini, kodwa anqaba. Umzamo olandelayo weza ngemuva kokuthi izifiki zehlile, endaweni yokupaka. Iphoyisa lahudulela u-Dwak ezitebhisini zebhasi, kodwa labe selihamba ngaphandle kwakhe. Amaphoyisa, emazingeni ahlukene afika ahamba. Abanye babo basongela laba abayisithupha, abanye babancenga.
U-Huwaida Arraf, ummeli kanye noyedwa wabagibeli benkululeko abayisithupha ebhasini, unikeze izikhulu "ipasi lokuhlonishwa" alithola kubantu basePalestine ngokubamba iqhaza ku-flotilla yaseGaza ngonyaka odlule. Babengazi ukuthi babopha isakhamuzi sakwa-Israel nesaseMelika.
Kwaze kwaba yilapho beboshwa futhi behudulwa, abagibeli beNkululeko baphikelela: "Sinelungelo lokufinyelela eJerusalema. Kungani umuntu ohlezi efika engayidingi imvume yokungena? Asiyithobeli imithetho yobandlululo. SingamaPalestine, futhi lokhu ePalestine."
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