Ngakho-ke uMongameli Obama uya kwa-Israel futhi, okungenani umzuzwana oshisayo, aye eWest Bank ehlala abantu. Uma kukhona ozibuzayo, ithimba lakhe elibhala inkulumo lihlala lisezingeni eliphezulu kule kota yesibili. Bamnikeze ulimi olukhulayo lapho enxusa khona ubulungiswa, ekhumbuza umhlaba ukuthi umsebenzi awukwazi ukuqhubeka. "Abantu basePalestine banelungelo lokuba abantu abakhululekile ezweni labo," u-Obama etshela intsha yakwa-Israyeli. “Ilungelo labantu basePalestine lokuzibusa kanye nobulungiswa babo kumele kuhlonishwe. Zibeke ezicathulweni zabo, bheka umhlaba ngamehlo abo.” Kwakuyizinto ezinhle kakhulu.
Ababhali bezinkulumo ze-White House kungenzeka baluke umlingo wabo ngaphambi kohambo lwangempela. Ngabe bashilo okuthile mayelana ne-Apartheid Wall (futhi yebo, ama-Israel abiza kanjalo-asebenzisa igama lesiHeberu elisho 'ukwehlukana,' hafrada, esikhundleni segama lesiBhunu elinencazelo efanayo, webandlululo) ukube belinde u-Obama aze akubone ngamehlo akhe? Akwenzeki ngempela ukuhambisa amamayela ayisishiyagalombili noma ayishumi ukusuka eJerusalema ukuya eRamallah, noma ngabe ngemoto noma ngendiza enophephela emhlane, ngaphandle kokuyibona. Ikakhulukazi phakathi nehora noma amabili eBetlehema, elinye lamadolobha amaningi asePalestine, angcwele hhayi, manje azungezwe ngokuphelele uDonga.
Ukwenqaba ukuvuma noma yimaphi amaqiniso akhona manje - iWall, izindawo zokuhlola, amasosha avimbela abantu basePalestine ukuthi bahambe ezweni labo - ngokuqinisekile bekuyingxenye yomlayezo ka-Obama wokuthi inqubomgomo yase-US yenzani futhi ayinandaba nayo. Konke kumayelana nokukhipha: atwostatesolutionwithswaps. Wonke igama elilodwa. Akukho ukuqashelwa ukuthi isixazululo semibuso emibili senziwe saba yinto engenakwenzeka ngokunwetshwa kwezindawo zokuhlala okungahloliwe. Akukho ukuvuma ukuthi “ukushintshashintsha” okuhlongozwayo kuzokwenza ukuthi u-Israyeli athathe unomphela indawo yezolimo evunde kakhulu neyakhiwe futhi cishe yonke imithombo yamanzi ayivelakancane yaseWest Bank, kuyilapho ivumela amaPalestine ukuthi athathe ingxenye eyengeziwe yomhlaba owomile futhi ongathetheleli. (Ingasaphathwa-futhi akekho owayenza-isigodi saseJordani esikhulukazi, i-Israel manje esisibiza sisonke njengendawo yokuphepha yezempi engeke ibe nemingcele empilweni yasePalestine phakade.)
Ukukhuluma, njengoba besho, ishibhile. (Ngixoxe ngalowo mqondo kanye nohambo luka-Obama kabanzi kwinhlolokhono ye-RT laphaKodwa umlayezo wangempela awutholakalanga emazwini ka-Obama asankondlo, noma nakulokho akushiyile. Umlayezo wangempela ku-Israel washiwo ngokucacile, ngaphandle kwezinkondlo: singathanda ukuthi wenze zonke lezo zinto, uqaphele ubulungisa, ukubona umhlaba ngeso lePalestine, konke lokho, kodwa, uma ungazinaki izicelo zethu, ngeke kube khona imiphumela. Sizoqhubeka nokukhokha imali ekhona manje engu-$30 billion yosizo lwezempi, sizoxoxisana ngosizo olusha, mhlawumbe olukhulu nakakhulu uma lona kuphela, futhi sizoqhubeka nokukuvikela ngaphandle kwemibandela eNhlanganweni Yezizwe Ezihlangene. Sinomhlane wakho. Ngeke ibe khona imiphumela yokwephula kwakho umthetho. Bheka ingxoxo yami ye-Real News Network yohambo luka-Obama nomyalezo wakhe lapha.
U-OBAMA WENZA U-ISRAEL AYENZE KAHLE E-TURKEY
Bekujabulisa nokho ukubuka ucingo luka-Obama lapho uNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBinyamin Netanyahu exolise khona - uhlobo - kuNdunankulu waseTurkey u-Recep Erdogan ngokugasela komkhumbi wosizo. UMavi Marmara lokho kwakuzama ukuvinjelwa yi-Israel eGaza, lapho ama-commandos akwa-Israel abulala isakhamuzi sase-US esisodwa kanye nezishoshovu zamalungelo abantu zaseTurkey eziyisishiyagalombili. Ukwenqaba kwe-Israel ukuxolisa ngokubulala sekuholele ekutheni kudonse iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili phakathi kwala mazwe womabili. Manje iWashington yayinesizathu esiphuthumayo sokuxazulula ukungezwani kweTurkey-Israel futhi ibuyisele izinhlaka ezimbili zase-US endleleni: kwakungekhona ukuxolisa ngokubulawa kwama-commandos akwa-Israel uFurkan Dogan, isakhamuzi saseMelika esabulawa emkhunjini. Kwakuyinhlekelele yaseSyria. Ngakho-ke u-Obama wayala uNetanyahu ukuthi axolise, futhi ucingo lwenziwa etiyeleni njengoba u-Obama wayesezophuma e-Israel, nomongameli wase-US elalele. Futhi nakuba ukuxolisa kukaNetanyahu, "ngamaphutha okusebenza" ekugaseleni, kwakunomkhawulo, kwacaca ukuthi u-Obama uphumelele ukuphoqa umholi wakwa-Israel ukuthi enze lokho okudingwa yiWashington. Kwakungesinye isifundo esingashiwongo - lapho iWashington igcizelela, u-Israyeli uzokwenza lokho okudingekayo; kodwa iWashington ngeke igcizelele egameni lamaPalestine.
Nokho, kube khona into eyodwa engaba yi-quid-pro-quo ohambweni, ephathelene ne-Iran. Ngenkathi u-Obama eveza amaphuzu ajwayelekile okuxoxa avumelana ne-AIPAC mayelana nezinsolo zokusongela kwenuzi kwe-Iran nokuthi kungase kuthathe isikhathi esingakanani ukuthi i-Iran ithole isikhali senuzi, akazange avumele ukuphikelela kukaNetanyahu ngengozi eseduze nesidingo solaka nakakhulu. ukuma ngase-Iran. Kubukeka sengathi kunohlobo oluthile lwesikhundla esingashiwongo kusuka ku-Obama kuya kuNetanyahu: sizoyeka ukukukhathaza ngokuhlala nokungabi nabulungiswa kwabantu basePalestine, kodwa ngokubuyisela kufanele uyeke ukusicindezela e-Iran. Ingabe lokhu “kwakuwukuthengisa amaPalestine ukuze uthole uhlobo oluthile lokuthula neCongress kanye ne-AIPAC”?
FUTHI UKUKHULUMA NGEZINSONGO ZEZINGA...PHAKATHI NAMAZWE APAKATHI EMPUMALANGA ECEBILE HHAYI YIBA NEZIKHALI ZENNUZI...
Sisanda kuqeda ukukhumbula iminyaka edabukisayo, yeshumi yokuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq. Kuyadabukisa ngoba ngenkathi impi enkulu yase-US isiphelile, i-Iraq isadla lubi, ihlukaniswa ukuhlukana kwamahlelo agqugquzelwa yi-US, isizinda sayo senhlalo sihlakazekile. Izakhamizi zase-Iraq ziyaqhubeka nokufa, amasosha ase-US ake athunyelwa lapho ayaqhubeka nokukhubazeka ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo, futhi abakhokhi bentela baseMelika bayaqhubeka nokukhokha izikweletu zezigidigidi zamadola. Ngisebenzisana nabanye abaholi abalwa nezimpi abacabangisisayo nabanamasu ezweni lonke, ngabhala incwadi ethi ukuhlolwa kwe The Nation ukuhlola amafa kanye nezifundo zempi yase-Iraq, ukuthi i-United States yalahlekelwa kanjani empini, nokuthi yini ezayo.
Isiteshi esikhulu se-NPR saseSan Francisco, I-KQED, isingathe iphaneli ne I-Washington Post's Intatheli enkulu yase-Iraq u-Rajiv Chandrasekaran, abanye namanje-angeke-bavume-thina-sabe-umxolisi wezempi onephutha, kanye nami. Imibuzo ethokozisayo evela emphakathini wase-Bay Area futhi.
Kwaqhubeka imigubho. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ngaphambi kokugubha iminyaka yase-Iraq siphawula enye ingxenye yeshumi, lokhu ukubulawa kukaRachel Corrie ngamasosha akwa-Israel eshayela iBulldozer yase-US ekhiqizwa futhi exhaswa ngemali yase-US ngesikhathi ezama ukuvikela umuzi wamaPalestine ukuthi ungabhidlizwa eRafah, eGaza. Hlikihla. Abazali baka-Rachel abangajwayelekile, uCindy noCraig Corrie, kanye namakhulu omndeni nabangane babuthana e-Olympia, eWashington ukuze bagubhe impilo ka-Rachel futhi bazibophezele ekuqhubekeni nomsebenzi wakhe wamalungelo abantu. Nawu umlayezo wevidiyo ovela ku-Craig no-Cindy kubasekeli bakaRaheli emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngaba nelungelo elikhulu lokujoyina uCraig noCindy esikhumbuzweni; enye yezinto engikhulume ngayo kwakuwukuxhumana phakathi komsebenzi kaRachel wamalungelo abantu ePalestine kanye nokuphikisana kwakhe nempi yase-Iraq. Ezinsukwini ezintathu nje ngaphambi kokuba abulawe, uRachel wayejoyine inqwaba yezingane zaseGaza enguqulweni kaRafah yombhikisho womhlaba wonke wokulwa nempi wangoFebhuwari 15, 2003. Izingane zadweba amafulegi ase-US ukukhombisa ukuphikisa kwazo, futhi uRachel wadweba ngamagama e-US. izinkampani ezizothola inzuzo ngempi ezayo - iHalliburton, iBechtel, nokuningi. UCindy kamuva wabhala, “URachel wangitshela ukuthi izishoshovu zesaba ukuthi akekho ozonaka umbhikisho omncane waseRafah. Njengathi sonke esazizwa sinentshiseko ngokwenzeka e-Iraq, babefuna ukulalelwa. Ukubamba iqhaza kuka-Rachel kanye nobuholi bakhe embhikishweni owawuse-Rafah ngalolo suku kwakuyisandiso sokuhlela ukulwa nempi ayekwenzile e-Olympia ngaphambi kokuya kwakhe e-Palestine. Wayeziqhenya ngokuthi ngalo lolo suku yena namaGazans baya emigwaqweni egameni labantu baseRafah nase-Iraq, ukuthi umngane wakhe owayebhikisha eSeattle wayephethe uphawu olukhumbula uRafah…Ngenkathi uRachel namanye amalungu e-ISM ejoyina amaPalestina ekuboniseni, bebesekela futhi bebonisa ukusetshenziswa kwezindlela ezingezona ubudlova zokuphikiswa kanye nenkulumo yamahhala ukuphikisa ukuhlaselwa okunobudlova okwenziwa amasosha ase-US kanye ne-Israel kanye nomsebenzi ohlala njalo, ongekho emthethweni. "
BESE KUNEMPI ESINAYO...FUTHI KUSAZOFANELE SILWE
Ukuvakasha okulandelanayo e-Afghanistan kukaNobhala wezokuVikela osanda kuqinisekiswa u-Chuck Hagel kanye nozakwabo eMnyangweni Wezwe uJohn Kerry kubukeke kuhluke ngandlela thize, kodwa kokubili kubonise ubudlelwano obuwohloka ngokushesha phakathi kohulumeni wase-US kanye nohulumeni wase-Afghan, kanye neqiniso lokuthi impi ayikapheli. Kunesidingo esiphuthumayo sokuqeda impi - maduze nje kuno-2014 "ukwehla" kwamabutho okulwa esizwa ngawo manje.
Ukuvakasha kukaHagel kukhombise ukungezwani okubonakalayo noMengameli wase-Afghan uHamid Karzai. U-Karzai wafuna izivumelwano zikazwelonke ezihlukene phakathi kwe-Afghanistan nanoma yiliphi ilungu le-NATO elalifuna ukugcina amasosha ezweni lakhe ngemva kuka-2014 (kunokuba kube isivumelwano esihlangene ne-NATO). Uqhubekile nokufuna ukuthi amasosha ase-US/NATO ashiye amanyuvesi ayeke ukuhlukumeza abafundi base-Afghan. Izingqinamba ezimbili ezinkulu zazihilela isithembiso saseWashington esinesikhathi eside kodwa esingafezeki sokunikeza ukulawula kwejele elikhulu laseBagram kuziphathimandla zase-Afghan, kanye nesicelo sikaKarzai sokuthi wonke amasosha ase-US aphume esifundazweni saseWardak, lapho wona kanye nabalingani bawo base-Afghan bema khona besolwa ngokuhlukumeza nokubulala izakhamuzi zase-Afghan. Ku-Bagram, izikhulu zase-US zathi ngokuqinisekile - inqobo nje uma sifinyelela ku-veto ukuthi yiziphi iziboshwa ocabanga ukuzikhulula, inqobo nje uma uzimisele ukubamba iziboshwa ngaphandle kwanoma yiliphi icala (njengathi) - futhi oh, njengoba kunjalo, inqobo nje uma sigcina izikhiye. E-Wardak, umkhuzi waseMelika uvele wathi amasosha akhe azohlala eWardak inqobo nje uma ebona kufanele ukwenza umsebenzi. Ukunikezwa kwemikhosi okumenyezelwe kakhulu kwe-Bagram kulawulo lwase-Afghan kwaphazamiseka, umhlangano wabezindaba owawuhleliwe u-Hagel-Karzai wakhanselwa, futhi uHagel wabuyela ekhaya ezama ukululaza ukuvakasha ngokuphelele. Konke kwenzele izingxoxo ezithokozisayo - kufaka phakathi i inhlolokhono engiyenze ku-CCTV ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaHagel.
Lapho uKerry evakashela eKabul okungalindelekile kamuva, isimo sashintsha. Kungazelelwe ubudlelwano be-US-Afghan bonke babulungile, uKarzai wazwakalisa ukubonga kwakhe, uthando, futhi wabelana ngezinhloso nabasekeli bakhe baseWashington. Ukunikezwa kwe-Bagram kwaqhubeka - nakuba imigomo yokugcina yahlala ididekile. Intshisekelo ka-Karzai yokukhulula iziboshwa “ezingenacala”, okungenzeka ukuthi lezo akholelwa ukuthi zingasiza ukuqala ezakhe izingxoxo namaTaliban, kungenzeka ukuthi zisamisiwe ukuze kwanelise izimfuno zaseMelika. Futhi kungazelelwe akekho owayekhuluma ngokuhoxisa amasosha ase-US eWardak. Ngaphandle kwesikhungo sikahulumeni eKabul, nokho, ukuphikiswa okudumile kwempi yase-US kwakubonakala futhi kwanda. Kube nemibhikisho emelene neziteleka ezandayo, ngokumelene nokugasela ebusuku kwamasosha ase-US nase-Afghan, ngokumelene nokuhlukunyezwa kwabafundi, nokuphikisana nokuhlukunyezwa okuseyifa elisebenzayo lokulawula i-US kwe-Bagram. Ukuthi uhulumeni wase-Afghan okhohlakele futhi ongathandwayo angasinda yini eminye iminyaka emibili yempi yase-US akukacaci.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela